JOURNAL TOPIC: (today's tunes: "Move on Up" by Curtis Mayfield)
Hunter
S. Thompson observed, "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
How do you respond to challenges that arise from circumstances you
didn't predict?
AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Blog status
3. Discuss the Socratic Method
4. "Richard Cory"
HW:
1. Memorize "Richard Cory"-- due in class Friday, August 17
2.
Why "Richard Cory" now, when most World Literature courses start in
chronological order with ?
Because one year I taught this course, one of the funniest, most beloved people ever killed himself the day before school started.
And I'm concerned-- between 2007 and 2015, teen suicide rates doubled for girls and went up 30% for boys. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, on average there are 123 suicides in America EVERY DAY. Please click the links &
read the articles by the beginning of class tomorrow (Tuesday, August
14). Think about Richard Cory and come to class prepared to discuss how literature reflects the versions of
ourselves that only we know.
I can't think of anything more important to learn than living. Can you?
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