Some entertainment before we begin today

here we go 

1. 3, 5, 9 or 11 sentences, with enveloping TITLE
2. Serious, lighthearted, creative, passionate, critical
3. Self, networks, social structure, change
4. Problems, solutions, patterns, inexplicability 

 bottom:  MOST important thing you learned (one extra sentence)
 

Final Paper Wednesday

A lot of you will see this, and if you do, do this:   final paper:  I want to see your original and final, paperclipped together.  Also, take a highlighter (yellow or some other color pen) and highlight all that is new.
This means:  1.)  all corrections and 2.) all additions.  If entire paragraphs are new, you can highlight vertically, down the margin rather than highlighting the entire line-by-line paragraph.

final paper...

I know my papers have not been the best, but with the final paper due on Wednesday, which one is the best ones for you guys to do?

Wednesday - remember

TWO copies of the next paper, paper #4:  Wednesday

SUMMER QUARTER

JUST CHEKING IN THIS MORNING. I SORT OF MISS WRITNG THE MORNING PAGES. I WAS JUST CHEKING OUT THE BLOGS AND REMEMBERED THAT THE PAPER IS DUE WEDNESDAY INSTEAD OF TOMORROW(AWESOME). HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND, NOW START OF A NEW ONE. JUST FEELING THE TENSION OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE QUARTER, BUT EAGER FOR IT TO FINISH ALREADY. WISH EVERYONES THE BEST THIS QUARTER ..... =) GOOD OL' MONDAY

Observation Paper #4 due Wed., not Mon

Three of you were missing last class.  We moved the due date to Wednesday this week.  See you all tomorrow.

Film paper

I do NOT was a review or a summary of the films. I want you to select a theme that can be seen in both of them and expand on that theme using the film examples, your life, the public life you see around you, and any references you wish to find and include on the theme.

Mini Monet

astonishing

2 views of 2 dictatorships

you are not expected to be experts in the history of Nazi Germany or modern Persia (Iran), but our two movies had some themes, many of which are common themes:  government, church, God, the belief that God likes your ideas, magic, love, family, beliefs, freedom (or lack thereof), control, discipline, school, tradition, absolutism, language and how language holds us together or separates us, prisons, elders, dreams, nationalism, rebellion, bribery, common dress (uniforms) and control., scarcity of resources, gender roles and the sacrifice that some parents make.   One Truth:  the Shah took 3000 prisoners; the new government took 30,000.  They also have in common that they give you a look at two major points of totalitarian control and allow you to see how easy and interesting it is to begin to formulate your own understanding of government and its power.. . . . . . you also see children at different stages of development:  in Life is Beautiful, a little boy; in Peresepolis, a girl drowing up.  What do children seek?  Structure a paper around some of the common themes, using a few examples from each film to help you make your point.  You may also use examples from your own life today to help support the structure you create.  How do these histories allow you to see the United  States?  Aftr the 8 year was with Iraq ... we were eager for happiness; we forgot we were not free.
Choice:  Grandma:  Of oucrse you had a choice; everyone always has a choice.
Grandma:  Fear lulls our mind to sleep.
"We were eager for happiness; we forgot we were not free."