Thursday, April 22, 2010

Post #11: Personal Experiences of Race and Stereotypes

For your new blog response, read the latest three course pack articles ("China Doll," "The Handicap of Definition," and "Learning Race"). Then, write a minimum of one paragraph here about your own personal experiences regarding race and/or stereotypes. In your paragraph, make a specific connection to something that is mentioned in the one of the essays.

Due: before our next class meeting

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Announcements

Don't forget to get feedback from Sarah on your thesis statements before Thursday. Her e-mail is sarahb1988@verizon.net (if you e-mail her, do so by Wednesday evening at the latest so you'll get feedback in time for the in-class essay).

General topic: choose a specific type of technology (Internet, social networking sites, cell phones)and argue that the pros outweigh the cons (or vice versa).

My office hours tomorrow: WED, 2-4 PM

Thursday, April 15, 2010

3 Cell Phone articles

Dear Class,
For your HW, read one of the three articles when you click on the link below. Be prepared to discuss it during out next class meeting when we prepare for Paper #4 (in-class essay):
http://www.sartuno.com/classdocs/CellPhoneArticles.doc