Question to t about citing

Hello T
You explain yesturday how to cite lectures within our essay, however i want it to know if you could tell me how i would cite a lecture on my reference page.
Thank T

Writer's Block

Wow, I am having the biggest writer's block... I cannot even form the first sentence. Anyone else having the same troubles or better yet had the same issue and overcame it? Please help!

simply curious.

I noticed the paper is out of 3.9. Does that mean it is equivalent to the grading on the previous papers or will this paper be worth more than the others and affect our grade the most?

I saw this 2 years ago and i could never forget it.. enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=BODHsU3hDo4

Class is in the classroom

someone said I said it was in the Library - but no, it is in the classroom.  I do not know where the notion of class-in-the-library came from.

live w/o $$$

interesting

Tips to living an extraordinary life

Are there "right" and "wrong" cultures or are they just different?

In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/undesired

Just when finals are approaching you're SO POPULAR.

Do you ever notice that you are sought after when things at school are at their worst?! Let me break this down for you: I have 6 papers to write, and it has been nearly impossible to focus as I'd rather do something else anyway. So I finally muster up the will to begin-- my bestie calls and asks, "what are you doing?" Being the altruistic person that I am (0r a natural born sucker) I made lunch for her, her sister, and baby her niece. Fast forward later in the day, the guy I thought forgot me resurfaces... let's end the non-ending cycle with him there. It is now almost 2am and my drunken friend texts me his sexual escapade of the night. I absolutely love my friends love the madness!

7 Billion people : Are you a typical person?

Make it one over-arching piece for the final

How do I explain my behavior
How do I explain my mistakes
How do I correct my mistakes
How do I explain others’ behavior
Is there any consistency in how I see behavior, mistakes, corrections, and those of others
Did I consciously or unconsciously use a (sociological) theorist in my understandings.

Creation vs. Evolution

What if God created the world through evolution?

A pallindrome - So simple and yet so brilliant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=42E2fAWM6rA  This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old.   The contest was titled "u @ 50" by  AARP. This video won 2nd place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause. 

All hail, Kim Jong Il

Protests in North Korea

Hopefully this isn't the last time we hear anything about it.
Time will prevail..

More on next paper

Ask yourself:  has your thinking about behavior (your own and that of others) changed since you became a Soc Major?  You MAY select one theorist - or it may be that Sociology in general has prompted you to see behavior a particular way.  If your thinking is not reflective of Sociology in general or one theorist in particular, that's ok.  If you feel that the way you see behavior is thanks to a theorist in another field (e.g., anthropology, poli sci., religious studies, philisophy) you may use that other field.
This question does not assume it should be traceable; it is just asking for reflection. 
Reflecting on the question may come in the form of observations back on the weeks of this quarter - or it may reveal to you something new, a way you now see, now that you have reflected.
Questions/comments here.

Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks

Just an Anecdote

As I sat to read an article from a magazine last night, I decided I could take some time off from my 20 month old daughter. To keep her busy, I had an Elmo DVD playing on our living room T.V. and toys scattered all over the floor. I know, I may be coming off as a negectful parent. We all need a break though. The way I saw it was: I sit and relax while she gets to explore. I was so concentrated in what I was reading that I did not notice my daughter standing next to me. Suddenly, her little fingers were pulling on my sweater sleeve. She said to me,"Mami, haya" which is Spanish for "Mommy, over there." I was not sure what she wanted so I allowed her to guide me. She took me to the bedroom and into the closet, where I have a shelf with all of our books. She pointed to it and said, "Ma, gimme" (Mom, give me). I finally understood. She wanted a book. She wanted to read too. I gave her two of her books. Holding one in each hand, she walked with me back to the living room and joined me. Although she was interested in the books for no more than five minutes, I was amazed at what I had done by reading. It is true, "Children See, Children Do."

Relaxed due date for this paper

Paper #6 due on Tues, March 1 - rather than Thur, March 24th.

QUESTION: Which theorist (sociologist or sociological perspective or other scientific or philosophical perspective) did you use as you explained behavior, and did you do it consciously?

ADDING HERE: "OR other scientific or philosopical perspective" because one student asked if he could use Charles Darwin. yes.

Education - what is the source of the problem?

Cola and cancer

read this, folks http://www.naturalnews.com/031383_caramel_coloring_cola.html 

Fascinating vid on youth in Egypt: 25 min

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrNz0dZgqN8&feature=player_embedded
The organization - the tactics - the alliance with the military - and, today, the resignation of Mubarek.

Marcel the Shell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9-sEbqDvU&feature=player_embedded

Creation ... Creativity

Morning Pages!

I enjoy writing every morning....even if I simply write one page.

Graduation is looming

The Career Development Center offers services ...  Here are some highlights:

§  www.calstatela.edu/careercenter  !  The site features “What can I do with this major?”, Eagle iJobs job listings, online resources.  This is a treasure trove 

§  Free workshops!  Every quarter, topics such as interviewing skills, resume writing and job search techniques.

§ Spring Career Fair  for networking & job hunting: Wed April 27 from 10–2 in Golden Eagle Ballroom.

§ OCI (On-Campus Interview Program), available to graduating seniors: the opportunity to interview with employers coming to campus  April 18 – May 20.  Our website covers the details.

I can hear!

To those of you in class who know what I am talking about, I can hear! Im so glad I can hear you guys now! To those of you who dont know, I had hearing problems due to allergies and I never realized how precious hearing can be.

hard wired for attention to status?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042401774.html

Mooji meditation (2 parts)

Part II

Wow! This made me open my eyes.

Procrastinating...

So I'm on Reddit and what not and I discovered this poet. His name is Christian Bok. I wanted to share some of his work with y'all, check it out:

He also has a book titled, Eunoia, where he uses only one vowel for each poem. Ch 1:

The entire book is viewable online for free here.

His work reminded me of one of my favorite spoken word artists, George Watsky.

That is all. Back to work...

What a great weekend!

Looking forward to tuesday's class meeting.

MT the web to send Christina a thank you note is incorrect.

the link to the Power Point from Christina

http://calstatela.libguides.com/soc301_tabor
Christina is a very caring librarian.  If you liked her effort yesterday, drop her a thank you note - she will appreciate it.  csheldo [at] exchange [dot] calstatela [dot] edu <-- correct now

Thank you MT!

For taking the extra time to keep us informed and updated :-)

Elements of Style Question

As we move through the 22 rules, some get complex and have versions.  Do you do them all?  No, pick one version of the rule - but be prepared to tell the rule and to tell the exceptions or the variants.
So how do you pick?  Remember that part of your job is to express an interesting Sociological fact or observation, whether book-sociology or sociological patterns out there in the world.  So pick a variant of the rule with which you can express good Sociology. 
also remember, you express the sentence you create once incorrectly, then once correctly.

Paper #2 due Thursday

use proper font and 1.25 inch margins and left (only) justified.
TITLE:  when I say to "use title" in the beginning and the end, that typically does not mean to repeat the exact title but, rather, to use a word or phrase that refers back to the title in both the beginning and the end.  Sometimes you might use the entire title, but typically you probably "refer" to it with a word or phrase.

Library ASA format - how are we using it?

CITATIONS:  starting with paper #4, then also paper 5,6,7  at least one citation.
TITLE PAGE:  - we are not using on papers 1-7.  We use one line on page one for title and author and Paper # and date - final paper will have a title page
REFERENCES - put on page 2 for paper 4,5,6,7.  Have an official reference page for final paper.
ABSTRACTS - none until final paper.  It goes atop page 1, properly formatted.
AND ... guess what?  There is no paper #8!  There are just 7 papers and then a Final, cumulative paper due on the final day of class, March 10.

Library day Today, Monday the 18th

Do NOT go to the classroom:  go directly to the Library, north side, Room 1033

Paper Questions

Does anyone else feel like either these questions are too easy or there is a deeper motive behind them?

young people crave self esteem more than sex

the study

How do you explain your behavior

due tomorrow, paper #1.

Assignment Confusion

Am I the only one that is confused about the recent assignment given to us? If anyone here is clear on them, please explain to me. The untis of analysis? What do I do with that. Perhaps I shouldn't have left class until I was clear about them.

Paper 2

Is Anyone still remember two questions for paper number 2?

Loving the Morning Pages

Co-dependent

Today would be day two of the morning pages for me. I did not and could not write without music playing in the background. However, I refuse to do anything without first turning on the music because it enhances everything! I'm getting ready to begin the morning pages for today (I just woke up). I'm listening to "The Day the World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails as we speak.

Morning Pages

I am looking forward and excited to free write morning pages the next 5 days.

'Everyone should sign up before Tuesday

If you have any problems signing up - email me.

Welcome writers of Winter 2011

Once you join, you can post.

miss this class!

I thought we were gonna try to keep this blog alive? =( Anyways, I super miss our round table sessions. Hope you are all doing well=D Oh and I totally just thought of writing something because I had a phone interview for Jenny Craig and remembered Jon talking about it haha. Ok thats all byee!

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."

This blog

This blog is not helping you because you do not use it.
what do you think of the poverty levels in the US?

THE FILMS

Unfortanatly,Im going to miss class today. I wanted to know the names of the two movies we are going to see in class for the film paper.....................

on creativity in schools

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Watch!

http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html

Find out which writer you write like

http://iwl.me/ 

Help me help you

I am dumbfounded. I cannot find a valid Soc question that is interesting to me. There is a couple of ideas that I have. However, I am afraid these ideas I have may come as invalid, or too boring... Here goes:

• What is the significance in cliques in high school?
• What is the impact of art in a small community?
• What defines an interracial marriage in any part of the world?
• What is the point in racial profiling by police officers
• What is the stigma behind those with disabilities vs. those who do not?

For those who read, you can see my problem and I desperately need your help before Monday. In any other case, steal my ideas, because I came up with them several minutes ago.  Thanks for reading!

Here is what others found

nice list found on line  AND:  I can get "Life is" at our library, so we'll only need Persepolis

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?????

This is Gnarly!

EMBED-Ardi Rizal - The real SMOKING BABY !! - Watch more free videos

Yes, I am doing school work during the holiday weekend......

Very excited about my final paper...My re-do of paper #5 is turning out to be really good :)

thur night class: one paper mixup

someone picked up wrong papers - comments were to a "Rene", but you are not Rene. Please email me: U do not have credits for your paper, and U need credit for your papers.

Thursday Night Writing Class June 3

June 3 evening class cancelled.  I need to take a personal day that day. Papers still due that week.  I will be picking them up at 10AM Friday June 4
There are envelopes for drop in at my door>  D3081F King Hall.
REMEMBER TO ATTACH YOUR ORIGINAL PAPER if it is a revision.  HIGHLIGHT the new changes on your revision.  If quantitative paper, attach your data gathering instrument as an Appendix at the back of your paper.  I do NOT want the data.

Please take my survery!

It will really help me out for our next paper..thanks!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YBB6HP3

Risky Sex Survey

I am doing my quantitative paper on risky sex and I still need a few more people to take my survey. Since you are on the blog site.... will you please take my survey? :) It should only take about a minute.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R6L9KBV   Thanks :D

class

for thursday's night class are we just getting our papers back with the feed back???

Prof. MT

I wanted to know if u graded the film paper CIN#0474?

Writers Day: Paper #5

• Just finished paper 19 - 7 more in the morning.   Wow - some great papers - even if just in potential. I am going to encourage a lot of your to re-write & develop.  Maybe you wish to go forward with your Quantitative study, and that is fine, but in addition I will be asking almost all of you to re-write this paper #5 so that we can have a collection.  I will also be asking you to send them to me electronically and give me permission to publish them on line.  Each one is unique, and yet they share a fresh curiosity and integrity.  Thx-and let's keep going.
• Consider coming to class on Monday to pick up your paper even if you are scheduled to come on Wednesday.  
• I'll do my best to email each of you by noon as promised so U can better make your decision as to how to finish up.

see here for final paper

http://sorenkerk.com/301/301%20papers%201-5.htm