Essay one revision returned, essay two received and time to start on essay three
I have just returned the revised first essays to those who submitted them. In terms of overall grades, the class median rose from 1.5 to 2.3, basically from a little less than a C- to a C+. This means half of the grades were below this scores, half above, with probably a few straddling the line. The average grade rose from 1.71 to 2.28, again from a C- to a C+. Five students who received less than a 2.0 did not submit revisions as required; otherwise, the change would have been greater.
I have received 14 drafts of essay two, which is pretty much in line with the number of essay one revisions received. If you have yet to submit essay two, please do. I'll begin reading and responding to them later today.
It's also time to start essay three. As with the previous assignments, click on the "syllabus" link at the top of the page and scroll down to the third assignment. It's essentially the same as the just completed assignment, though this time you will read and analyze a website rather than a video. Many of the same criteria, plus some new criteria, can be used. I'll post a bit of a "lecture" on that tomorrow. In the meantime, the reading assignment is for chapters five and seven because they are a better fit for the assignment than would be the normal progression. The summary for those two chapters, in complete sentences please, is due by midnight Friday. Look for ideas that you can use to kick off the analysis of your website.
More good news is that when it comes to the calendar, as of Friday, we are halfway through the class. One month to go. In terms of the work to be done, we're not quite halfway, but pretty close. Keep plugging away and we'll get there together and if you have questions or concerns, be sure to let me know.
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Not everyone is political
I am a bit burned out on the political theme. I think that the focus of this course is to narrow. The book UnSpun covers a wide range of topics from the political to the commercial, and psychological. Since the book covers such a wide array of topics, I feel that we should be able to choose our video analysis from a wide ray of topics as well. I don't feel that we should be limited to the political arena. Frankly, I am not a political person and I really am never going to be. I am 45 years old and have only started voting within the past 3 years. Because of religious beliefs, I have always steered away from politics. After reading the book Unspun, I am even more cynical about politics and everything else for that matter. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Anyway, I really don't want to read any more political garbage. I am more interested in health aspects. I have a B.S. Degree in Exercise Science and hence, issues relating to heath and well being are a much bigger interest to me personally, but in all honesty, the most interesting thing to me is education, autism and brain learning. I want to be a teacher and teach Special Ed. I currently work as a para-educator. I work with severely disabled children and children with autism. I would be much more interested in studying these topics and evaluating websites pertaining to them. From the comments I have read on the blog, I am not alone in my lack of interest in the political world. The reality is, if you believe in God, if you believe in his word, all the political agendas in the world are not going to alter his plan. What he wills, is what will be.
So picking them apart and writing about them to death is not going to change his will in all things, including elections.
Let us write about the things we are passionate about, and can really learn from.
Kelly
everyone and everything is political
Everyone is political, though they may not like what most people refer to as politics. The argument you've posted is political because you are arguing for one position over another, one allocation of resources (your work) over another. That's politics and it's political. But I won't be changing the assignments. Part of your education, part of being educated, is examining new ideas, ideas you may know or not know, like or dislike. This is how the class is structured; using your analogy, that seems to be the way God willed it and how it will be. However one might feel about that, the choice is to do the work as assigned or drop the class. Bradley
You definitely have your own
You definitely have your own opinion as well. You did a nice job of spin on what I wrote.
Kelly
Drop the class being your
Drop the class being your only defense.
Sorry, not happening.
Kelly
You are stuck with me till
You are stuck with me till the end!!!!!
Kelly