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[05 Nov 2008|12:56am] |
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
-Abraham Lincoln
iam not drunk
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[26 Oct 2008|08:14pm] |
So Halloweek is upon us. Just a reminder to students about extra credit opportunities that will end at the end of this week. The essay can be handed in any time this week and the costume thing is for Friday only. I won't bail you out if you get in trouble for being in costume on Thursday.
In a similar vein, I am characteristically at a loss for my own costume. I generally have good ideas, they just never seem go well in practice. So, I am asking the public, as it is preferable to using Google. I need something that isn't too silly, and preferably with a historical aspect to it. Not a Roman, though. I tried to do the toga in college, and it did not go well.
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[09 Oct 2008|11:27pm] |
I'm just going to remind everyone of two things. A) National Sexual Assault Hotline- 1-800-656-HOPE and B) http://www.rainn.org/
That being said, National Coming Out Day is this Saturday. 20th anniversary of it, in fact. For those who don't know, you were probably never my student. But Wikipedia briefly explains the day as " an internationally-observed civil awareness day for coming out and discussion about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues."
I'm all about awareness. So, as I do every year, the day closest to Coming Out Day (which would be tomorrow,) I change your regularly scheduled history class to discuss the history of LGBT issues. History and awareness together again.
I break down what I talk about according to Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes.
The Freshmen class gets history from 16th century and back.
Sophomores get 17th to 19th centuries.
Juniors get 1900 to 1950.
And Seniors get the 1950- present day history.
If anyone has an issue with discussing these things, I highly suggest you come, you may learn something.
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| ATTN: Students |
[06 Oct 2008|04:19pm] |
All Hallow's Eve is upon us, as I'm sure you know, and so I am offering five (5) points of extra credit on your next test if you do either (not both, no double extra credit) of the following:
A) Dress up as a person of historical significance for class with a paragraph or two of why that person is historically significant. I mean: come as Amelia Earhart with a piece on her impact on the feminist movement. Come as King Henry VIII with a piece on the impact of the English Reformation. I do not mean: "I'm a Hippie, they were dirty naked people who did drugs and protested stuff."
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B) A essay on the history of Halloween. This can span from its origins to the modern day incarnation, or can just focus on one aspect of it, say, the Christianization of Halloween. Try to make it interesting, I've read a lot of these over the years. All essays must be 4-5 pages, double spaced, pt 12 font, Times New Roman.
I do this every year and will make an announcement again in class, so you will have no excuse for not knowing about it!
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[01 Oct 2008|10:31pm] |
Alright, students and people all, I've decided to make my lists electronic as well. They'll still be hanging up on the board in the back, but now I have another way to make you look at them!
( Numbers to Know )
( Links to Like )
( Books to Borrow )
( Movies to Munch Over )
I wrote that up mostly from memory, so I may have forgotten some. As always, any suggestions are more than welcome.
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[30 Sep 2008|10:16pm] |
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Aside from the shock at the sudden unexpectedness of Thomas Davis' death, which goes without saying, and the fact that the school counseling staff is there for any student who need them, which ought to be general knowledge, my only comment on the recent death of Thomas Davis is to question the reasoning behind having the services on a school day, during school hours, when his coworkers and students are unable to attend. As of now, I am unaware if the school plans on canceling classes for the day, but I suppose it is a possibility.
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