2 movie groups

Happy group:  Overcoming obstacles Rachel Getting Married; The pursuit of Happyness, Howl's Moving Castle. 
Solutions to problems group:  stereotypes  "Crash"  "Street Kings" "Peresopolis"
http://writingsoc.blogspot.com/2009/01/combined-movie-list.html  so .... comment here. Wed we pick.

List of "Best Blogs" of 2010

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1999770,00.html

Individually Odd

I wanted to write about this in my morning pages, but I could not wait to say it. I thought of the paper we read in class about individuality and how sometimes an aspect conformity limits us in the long run. I have Cerebral Palsy, a physical disability that I am proud to call a part of who I am, not of what I conform to. This music video I found called "Odd One" by Sick Puppies taught me that I am someone to everyone around me. I can't get the video directly, but here is the link from YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgbv3d-k7sA

I finish off with a quote from actress Marlee Matlin who was deaf since she was 18 years old.

"It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using." - Marlee Matlin

H.W for wednesday

I was a little confused can someone please clarify this for me. The homework was Pick one thing you would stop doing that will change your behavior. Ok I think I got that but how long does it have to be...???? So is it simply the title , CIN, Date and start typing like the example on the syllabus ...uuhhh confused or are we doing just an abstract paper like the monkey paper. (I guess im just thinking about it to hard) someone please help!

ANGRY???

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."   (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta- The founder of Buddhism 563- 483 B.C.)

The Four Agreements - Ruiz

1.  Be impeccable with your word
2.  Don't take things personally
3.  Make no assumptions
4.  Do everything as well as you can

Politics in the classroom

There is a debate afoot about politics in the classroom Most agree in principle that teachers' politics do not belong in the classroom because the teacher has inherent "power" to influence.   Thus, three questions - comment here.
1.  do we sense the presence of teachers' politics in the classroom
2.  do we feel they represent one "side" more than another "side" and
3.  do we think politics have no place in the classroom.

more amazing music

to do w writing? creativity!

Adding the class - 2 methods

If you are an "Open University" student, you go to Golden Eagle  Room 211 (above food court)and open a registration form and bring it to me for signature and then return it to them
If you are a regular matriculated student, you go to Admin 146, enrollment services, and get an "Add Form" and bring it to me for signature and then return it to them.
office hours  are 1:30-2:30 Mon and Wed.

MILLION BILLION TRILLION??!!!!

So I have never... EVER counted to one MILLION. I have never even counted to one thousand!!!It is incomprehensible that it takes 32 years to reach one trillion (MT EDIT BILLION) seconds, and only 12 days to reach one trillion (MT EDIT one MILLION) seconds. If Bill Gates is giving away half of his fortune (which is how much??) to charity, that is more money than there are people on the earth! That is nuts! A trillion is an almost unthinkable to me...

The Giving Pledge

This is the American Way:  Gates and Buffet to give away 1/2 of their billions

Quote of the Day

"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained."

~Helen Keller

Peace & Love to you.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to all of us for completing this quarter. To the graduates, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Let your feeling of accomplishment carry you through your next goal and use it in your pursuit to be an agent of social change.

MT, thank you!

Thank you!!!

Prof. Tabor, thank you for all your help. You made writing papers a whole lot easier. Best wishes!

At Last!!!

School is done :P!!! Yeppie... Ready to move on to the next phase of my life. The knowledge I have obtained from school is Priceless.......

I really enjoyed this class! MT did an amazing job and deserves tremendous praise!!

FINAL CLASS

Hi MT...I would like to know who are the people who will be able to go to thurs last class at 6pm?

Social Media

Thursday: Title B M E + name screenname

A:  What is writing?  What is writing for Sociology?
B:  What is blogging?  What stands out for you about blogging/our blog?
C:  What is social media?  What stands out for you about social media

BE SPECIFIC.  Use clear examples that illuminate your concepts.
Avoid cliche truisms - I have already heard them all.
REMEMBER:  Less is more

Intro:

It requires something more than personal experience to gain a philosophy or point of view from any specific event. It is the quality of our response to the event and our capacity to enter into the lives of others that help us to make their lives and experiences our own. -Emma Goldman*

"There is no great writing, only great rewriting. "
-Justice Brandeis

Someone wrote BLUE - I answered RED

I was a little unsure about the revised final paper. Are we supposed to include the original paper in the new one?  Yes, as discussed. So do I take my first paper make corrections and add to that paper?  Yes. You make all the obvious ("little") corrections that I indicated already, and you add what you add - maybe new sentences, new paragraphs, new citations - and maybe a re-arrangement or a re-organization.   I know we are supposed to attach the original copy, but I wasn't sure what you mean about highlighting the new one. I hope this paragraph gives you the idea.  If you have completely re-arranged paragraphs to create a solid structure, you may yellow-highlight all the way down the side with a vertical line rather than highlighting every line.

ORIGINAL:

I was a little unsure about the revised final paper. I wanted to know if we are suppose to include the original paper in the new one. So do I take my first paper make corrections and add to that paper? I know we are suppose to attach the original copy and I wasn't sure what you meant about highlighting the new one. 

CONFUSSSSEDDD

For the night class...
I know that this thursday the night class is canceled and that papers are due as well, so does that mean that for next week June 10th there is no class?????

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