Well, it is the last day of September, and I can honestly say that we are working harder today than the first day that we met. In most classes, Mike Rose's Article "Lives on the Boundary" was the hot topic. We discussed the various labels for students who test into basic writing and math courses and thought hard about how Rose built his argument.
Some important points that we covered today:
- claim vs. fact
- statistical analysis (hard but worth the effort)
- social history (learning by the artifacts of the time [letters, art, news, ecoomics, politics, etc])
- schools reflecting society's inability to deal with race, class and gender (huge thought that needs to be broken down
In terms of the specific classes, here are the assignments
8 am and 10:15 am
Re-read the article from beginning to end. Get ready to summarize the whole piece tomorrow.
11:25
Your group is a little bit ahead of the other classes. You all need to go through the article and create a list of questions (at least 5) where the article doesn't make sense. Then, you need to try to answer your questions.
On a final note, I am reading through and grading all of your final drafts for Writing Assignment 1. I am enjoying the work that you are all doing and thinking about the material that we need to cover this semeter. I will return about 10 a day for the next few days until I am finished.
Best,
Prof. Keane
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