[This post was written in response to Peggy McIntosh's essay that was given to us by Mr. Franek during class.]
In Peggy McIntosh's essay regarding "white priveledge", she mentions many truths that I have witnessed in my lifetime. First I'll note her point about finding people of the white race on " posters, post-cards, picture books, […]
[This post was written as a response to question posted by Mr. Franek on his blog regarding the book Invisible Man by: Ralph Ellison.]
I have to admit I had the same feelings as Todde in regards to reading this book. I saw it as a 600 page novel that would probably tell me something that I could say […]
[ This is a soundoff written in response to a book review written about Barbara Kingsolver's book, THe Poisonwood Bible.]
Though spending my summer trying to get through this book wasn’t what I would call a highlight of my life, I would have to say I strongly disagree with the hatred Jim has for this book. […]
[The following is a draft of a vignette in my literacy autobiography that was posted on Mr. Franek's blg.]
Chapter 2: De Tar Baby (Or reading made fun) Brer Rabbit was a spunky Disney character that went on adventures and got into plenty of trouble. One of his favorite adventures was told to me by my […]
[ This was a soundoff in response to the idea that you tube could possibly be block by the highschool computers.]
I think that the idea of the school blocking you-tube is rediculous. The you-tube site has so much information that can be useful in the classroom that blocking it would have more advantages then disadvantages. […]
[This was a soundoff in response to the terrible comments said by Don Imus on a countrywide broadcast earlier this year.]
Well I’ll admit, like Autumn, I wasn’t too informed about who Don Imus was. When one of my friends came up to me a few days ago and said, “Didya hear what Imus said?” my […]
[ This soundoff was written in response to an Op-ed written by Mark Franek about children's reading habits today.]
My favorite line in the piece was “All teachers know that the desire to read grows with reading. Perhaps some books should be treated like Brussels-sprouts, force-fed to students at certain times in their educational lives. Most […]
[ This soundoff was written in response to an Op-ed written by Mark Franek in regard to the academic rules about cell phone use on campus's]
My favorite line in the piece was, “Instead, young people continue to leave us in their digital dust while we spend our time worrying about building outdoor, coin-operated lockers, completely […]
[The following was written as a response to an op-ed by Mark Franek regarding the desire to censor a children's book written by Susan Patron.]
I found this article very amusing. Reading through some of the other responses, I think Dan puts it the best when he says, “There are more important things going on in […]