Day 37

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 37

1. The Border Fence in the news.
2. Living the Dream questions.
3. Bonus points from Blog site comments--due Monday (Happy Leap Day). Please clearly indicate the number of comments you have made.
4. Shadowy Lines worksheet (I'll pick this up from you on Monday after the writing exam)
   
5. Angela Whitiker's Climb
   
   
   1. Questions
      
6. Writing an In-Class Essay Exam—Short link, longer link
   
7. Monday: You can bring an outline, books and lists of quotes. It's worth 10 "big" points.
   

Day 36

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 36

1. Friedman's new book.
   
2. Worksheet for Shadowy Lines
   
   1. Combine
      
   2. Review
      
   3. Hand in (10 points)
      
3. Homework
   
   1. For 2/29: 214-233
      
   2. For 3/3: List of quotes—6 minimum—to be used during the assignment (books ok, too)
      
   3. 3/3: In-class writing assignment* (10 points)
      
   4. March 4: List of quotes for Angela Whitaker's Climb due—Take home question assigned.
      
   5. March 5^th: Take home writing assignment due. (10 points)
      
   6. March 7^th: Second draft of in-class writing assignment and take home due. (30 pts)
      
   7. March 17^th: Revised Essays Due.
      

      
       

*In-class writing for Monday:

Answer each question as completely as possible. Read the questions carefully. Use direct quotes from the books to support your points. Consider a quick outline before you start writing.

Pick one of the following questions to write about

1. According to CM:
   

• on the surface, class is less of an issue,
  
• while in reality the divisions between classes run deeper than ever.
  
• And, this is unlikely to change.
  

  
   

In your own words, explain why there is a difference between our perception of class and the reality and explain why it is unlikely to change. Evidence from "Shadowy Lines" will help here. Finally, give examples from N&D and/or "15 Years on the Bottom Rung" that support your argument.

Pretend you're Thomas Friedman. Pretend Andy Blevins and Jeff Martinelli are sitting across the table from you in a bar. What would you tell them to do? What evidence would you give them to convince them you are right? Treat each as individuals with different issues. Evidence from "Untouchables" and the sections dealing with education will be helpful here.

Day 35

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 35

1. Manuh Santos
   
2. Bonus Points:
   
   1. Tonight: 7pm G119/121 Dr. Ray Hyman
      
   2. Tomorrow: 7pm Deccio Parker Room: The Right to Dream
      
3. Complete O/R of Essay 2
   
4. This is Not a Test notes
   
   1. Nickel and Dimed
      
   2. TWIF
      
5. The Unflat World notes
   
   1. Too
      
      1. Sick (tb, for ex)
         
      2. Disempowered (1/2 flat)—rural v. cities
         
      3. Frustrated (terrorism)
         
      4. Many Toyotas (ecology)
         
      5. Others?
         
6. Worksheet for Shadowy Lines
   
7. Homework: Complete Shadowy Lines Worksheet
   
   1. and read first half of Angela Whitaker's Climb
      
8. Homework: Homework:
   
   1. For 2/27: Read Shadowy Lines that Still Divide from Class Matters
      
   2. For 2/28: Angela Whitaker's Climb 202-214
      
   3. For 2/29: 214-233
      
   4. For 3/3: List of quotes—6 minimum—to be used during the assignment (books ok, too)
      
   5. 3/3: In-class writing assignment* (10 points)
      
   6. March 4: List of quotes for Angela Whitaker's Climb due—Take home question assigned.
      
   7. March 5^th: Take home writing assignment due. (10 points)
      
   8. March 7^th: Second draft of in-class writing assignment and take home due. (30 pts)
      
   9. March 17^th: Revised Essays Due.
      

      
       

*In-class writing for Monday:

Answer each question as completely as possible. Read the questions carefully. Use direct quotes from the books to support your points. Consider a quick outline before you start writing.

Pick one of the following questions to write about

1. According to CM:
   

• on the surface, class is less of an issue,
  
• while in reality the divisions between classes run deeper than ever.
  
• And, this is unlikely to change.
  

  
   

In your own words, explain why there is a difference between our perception of class and the reality and explain why it is unlikely to change. Evidence from "Shadowy Lines" will help here. Finally, give examples from N&D and/or "15 Years on the Bottom Rung" that support your argument.

• Pretend you're Thomas Friedman. Pretend Andy Blevins and Jeff Martinelli are sitting across the table from you in a bar. What would you tell them to do? What evidence would you give them to convince them you are right? Treat each as individuals with different issues. Evidence from "Untouchables" and the sections dealing with education will be helpful here.

Day 34

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 34

1. H/I Final Drafts Essay 2
   
   1. O/R: Y/N?
      
      1. Y= +5
         
      2. N= +/- 0
         

         
          

2. Homework:
   
   1. For 2/27: Read Shadowy Lines that Still Divide from Class Matters
      
      1. We'll do an in-class worksheet to guide us through it.
         
   2. For 2/28: Angela Whitaker's Climb 202-214
      
   3. For 2/29: 214-233
      
   4. For 3/3: List of quotes—8 minimum—that support your choice for the in-class writing assignment.
      
   5. 3/3: In-class writing assignment* (20 points)
      
   6. March 4: List of quotes for Angela Whitaker's Climb due—Take home question assigned.
      
   7. March 5^th: Take home writing assignment due. (20 points)
      
   8. March 7^th: Second draft of in-class writing assignment and take home due. (60 pts)
      
   9. March 18^th: Revised Essays Due.
      

*Answer each question as completely as possible. Read the questions carefully. Use direct quotes from the books to support your points. Consider a quick outline before you start writing.

Pick one of the following questions to write about

1. According to CM:
   

• on the surface, class is less of an issue,
  
• while in reality the divisions between classes run deeper than ever.
  
• And, this is unlikely to change.
  

  
   

In your own words, explain why there is a difference between our perception of class and the reality and explain why it is unlikely to change. Evidence from "Shadowy Lines" will help here. Finally, give examples from N&D and/or "15 Years on the Bottom Rung" that support your argument.

Pretend you're Thomas Friedman. Pretend Andy Blevins and Jeff Martinelli are sitting across the table from you in a bar. What would you tell them to do? What evidence would you give them to convince them you are right? Treat each as individuals with different issues. Evidence from "Untouchables" and the sections dealing with education will be helpful here.

Day 33

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 33

1. BP from Zontek?
2. Rubric Scores
3. Complete H/I Peer Review Review
4. Today:
a. Research (esp. Proquest: facts/Stats and Expert opinion)
b. Ask me for help
c. Anyone want to read each other’s essays?
5. Tomorrow: Final Drafts Due, bring 2 copies, don’t use the writing center, don’t come late, or try to turn in late essays.

Friedman on Immigration

Here's a great article on High Fences and Big Gates from TF.

Peer Review Review

Name:____________________________

Names of your reviewers:_________________________

Peer Review Questions:

List three changes suggested by your peers

1. Which of these changes did you make?
   
2. What did they see as strengths and weaknesses that you didn't see on your own?
   
3. What did they see that you already noticed?
   
4. Write down one or two things you saw in someone else's essay that you liked and that you will try to copy in your essay.

What else do you need to do to make this the best paper possible?

Day 32

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 32

1. H/O H/I peer edit take home
   
2. In same groups
   
1. Complete Peer Editing with 3^rd Reader
   
3. Peer Review Review
   
4. This is Not a Test Notes?
   
5. Monday: I'm there to help, to coach.
   
   1. Bring digital version of your essay.
      

Bring specific questions about your essay so we can use our time well.

Day 30

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 30

1. Locally: Levies pass, but what would Friedman say?
   
2. Rough Drafts
   
   1. Read silently and mark up
      
   2. Complete form
      
   3. Writer reads it
      
   4. Discussion with writer
      
3. Repeat as time permits
   
   1. Hand in one copy for next class to Peer Edit
      

   
    

Day 29

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 29

1. Locally: Suncadia Effect, Gilberts Come to Cordays?, Hotels booming
   
2. Andy Blevins, College Dropout Boom
   
3. Outlines
   
   1. Sample Essays
      
   2. What is the topic of your paragraph?
      
      1. What EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE FOR EACH?
         
         1. TWIF?
            
         2. Facts/Stats or Expert Opinion?
            
4. Rough Drafts Due Tomorrow
   
   1. Bring Four copies
      
5. Intros
   
6. This is Not a Test, catching up?
   

15 Years on the Bottom Rung, slideshow?

Day 28

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 28

1. Red Wine and Chocolate (How Companies Cope) v. 50 jobs lost
   
2. Let's outline Friedman:
3. 1. Untouchables (8 types)
      
   2. How Companies Cope (7 rules)
      
   3. The Right Stuff (5 skills)
      
   4. The Quiet Crisis (5 dirty little secrets)
      
4. Let's try an outline for our papers, using Friedman
   
   1. From the POV of Yakima: Yes/No/Yes but/ No but
      
      1. Wal Mart
         
      2. DREAM act
         
      3. McCain/Kennedy
         
      4. H2A changes (include Zirkle/Global Horizons?)
         
   2. Working with Friedman for organization
      
      1. Right Stuff and Quiet Crisis
         
         1. Washington Learns
            
         2. EYELI
            
         3. YVTech
            
         4. School Levies
            
      2. Untouchables and How Companies Cope +?
         
         1. New Businesses (jails or wine, or something else…)
            
         2. Technology/Robots
            
   3. Others:
      
      1. What effect will the minute men/grassroots have on the YV in the new flat world?
         
      2. How will CAFTA affect Yakima in the new flat world?
         
5. Share quotes
   
6. Outlines—thesis and topic for each paragraph— due Tuesday
   
7. Rough Drafts Due Wednesday
   

Read: The College Dropout Boom in Class Matters

Day 27

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 27

Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines

1. Hand back quizzes
   
   1. A note about the book and about your reading
      
2. Continue in groups from yesterday to break down the quiet crisis
   
3. This is not a test notes
   
4. For Tomorrow, Read How Businesses Cope
   
5. For tomorrow: Find quotes related to your topic—try to find at least five and write them down, with page numbers, as a list. You don't have to write the entire quote, just enough to remember what it says.
   
   1. One other way of doing this: Notecards.
      
6. The easiest topics:
   
   1. Washington Learns
      
   2. Immigration Reform/H2A Visas
      
   3. School Levies
      
   4. DREAM Act
      
   5. East Yakima Early Learning
      
7. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
   
8. Outline—2.19
   
9. Rough Draft—2.20
   

Draft 2—2.26

Snokist and The Flat World

Snokist packs it in.
Key quote

Observers said the fresh side of Snokist's business became a victim of significant changes in the growing and packing industry that now require handling large volumes of fruit to meet the demands of worldwide buyers.

Snokist, with its growers having smaller acreages, struggled to compete.
"This is the end of an era for a quality company," said Keith Mathews, manager of the Yakima Valley Growers-Shippers Association. "There are, in fact, tremendous pressures on smaller growers to stay competitive."

Des O'Rourke, an agricultural economist and now owner of a firm that analyzes global fruit marketing trends, said the cooperative model is a difficult one to sustain in the current economic environment.

"Snokist has a legacy of having a lot of small growers. They have had a difficult time over the last few years," O'Rourke said. "The integrated packer-shippers have been able to develop the new orchards and get into supplying higher-value apples."

Day 26

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 26

1. Yakima and Jails again in the news
2. Let's try something
   
   1. Education (The Right Stuff, The Quiet Crisis, This is Not a Test)
      
   2. Agriculture (america and free trade, untouchables and how companies cope)
      
   3. Walmart (ten flatteners, america and free trade, untouchables and how companies…)
      
   4. Business ideas(america and free trade, untouchables and how companies cope)
      

      
      

3. The Right Stuff
   
   1. Learn how to learn
      
   2. Passion and curiosity
      
   3. You need to like people
      
   4. Nuture your right brain
      
4. Test Tubes and Tubas first paragraph and GTech
   

   
   

5. HOW DO THE TOPICS IN THE EDUCATION OPTIONS COMPARE TO HIS ASSESSMENT AND HIS RECOMMENDATIONS?
   

   
   

   1. Some people say we should_________________________.
      
   2. (Other people say we should_________________________.)
      
   3. Friedman says we should_______________________________.
      
   4. It looks to me, here in the Yakima Valley, like we should_______________________________.
      

   
   

6. The Right Country
   
   1. The Good News: Reasons we are in a good spot
      
      1. Flexible, deregulated, free-market, universities, and institutional strengths, consumers, political stability, open, legal system--TRUST
         
7. The Quiet Crisis
   
   1. Dirty Little Secrets 1-6
      
   2. Bottom Line
      
8. This is not a test
   

Reading homework: How Companies Cope by Friday

Quotes related to your topic by Friday.

We'll work with

1. Feb 13^th: How Companies Cope
   
2. Feb 14^th: The Unflat World
   
3. Feb 15^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
   

1. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
   
2. Outline—2.19
   
3. Rough Draft—2.20
   

Draft 2—2.26

Education links

East Yakima Early Learning: ESD site, Gates site

Washington Learns

DREAM act

The World is Green

Friedman's new book?
Lots of good links here.

Loads of Friedman Stuff

Here's a link to NYTimes site for Friedman.
Videos on environment, oil addiction, flat world (including Daily Show)
plus recent columns.

TWIF Notes 276-306

Notes TWIF 276-306

This is Not a Test

 

The main challenge in the cold war came from extreme communism. The challenge in the flat world is extreme capitalism. (277)

 

It requires a president who will push science, math, engineering.

 

Compassionate Flatism

 

Cold War: Nation at risk.= easy to rally US

Flat World: Individuals at risk= harder to rally US (278)

 

Being an American, I am most focused on my own country. (280)

 

Compassionate Flatism- five categories:

1. Leadership
   
2. Muscle building
   
3. Cushioning
   
4. Social Activism
   
5. Parenting
   

 

1. Leadership

• Chinese politicians are all math.
  
• We're all lawyers set on making us stupid, disabled
  
• W cut National Science Foundation $
  
• Short term pay offs are the only ones voters seem to want.
  

 

282: Replace the idea of lifetime employment with idea of lifetime employability.

Give access to knowledge, but share the responsibility to take advantage of it.

 

Politicians can make us more fearful or they can inspire us.

 

Energy Independence is our moon shot.

    284—combines global war on terror with education race/flat world

    (and he misses his guess on 284)

 

 

1. Muscles
   
   1. New kinds of muscles are needed.
      
   2. Portable Benefits
      
      1. Pensions/Healtcare
         
   3. Lifelong learning
      
      1. In house and K-14
         
         1. Locke/Clinton
            
   4. Immigration should be controlled to protect wages of low wage workers.
      
   5. Immigration and PhD's
      

 

 

1. Good Fat
   
   1. Wage Insurance,
      
      1. Displaced
         
      2. 2 years on the job
         
      3. Found new job
         

 

1. Be compassionate because without it, you are asking for social unrest. (296)
   
2. AKA: Enlightened Self Interest
   
3. "If you want to live like a republican, vote like a democrat." (297)
   

 

 

 

 

1. Social Activism
   
   1. Global Companies need moral conscience.
      
      1. Environment and Farmers (298)
         
      2. Collaborate between activists and companies. Not just gov.
         
      3. Computer makers (299)
         
      4. Not just the local rules should apply.
         
      5. Consumers make value decisions, moral choices, when they buy (301).
         

 

 

 

1. Parenting
   
   1. Time for tough love.
      
   2. Time to teach kids to delay gratification (303) for the future.
      
   3. Ambition comes from the parent (304)
      
   4. COSBY!
      
      1. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.
         
      2. Too much protection from hurt/ego/self esteem.
         
      3. Dodge ball? No cut sports? Grades?
         
      4. We need to level the playing field by lifting ourselves up, not pulling others down. (305)
         
      5. I am suggesting that we do more to push our young people to go beyond their comfort zones, to do things right and to be ready to suffer some short term pain for longer gain.
         
      6. The crisis is in slow motion (305)
         
      7. We aren't going to catch up by going slower.
         

 

Day 25

Lesson Plan Day 25 English 102

1. Bonus Points?
   
2. News: Editorial on Jails/ Prosser and Grandview changing
   
3. Quiz
   
4. Correct Quiz
   
5. Complete Untouchables
   
6. Notes from Education chapters
   
7. Reading Homework
   

   
   

   1. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   2. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   3. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test
      
   4. Feb 12^th: Quiz—Followed by me talking too long
      
   5. Feb 13^th: How Companies Cope
      
   6. Feb 14^th: The Unflat World
      
   7. Feb 15^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
8. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
   
9. Outline—2.19
   
10. Rough Draft—2.20
    

Draft 2—2.26

Day 24

Lesson Plan Day 24

1. Bonus Points: V-Week-every night and day: 1130 (G119) and 7pm (Parker Room) plus Tonight: Visiting Lecture 7pm GA 119,
2. Today's links
   
   1. Housing in Yakima (N&D)
      
   2. Wine, again.
      
3. Which topic interests you?
   
   1. For education: The Right Stuff, The Quiet Crisis, This is Not a Test
      
   2. For agriculture and business ideas: The Untouchables, How Companies Cope
      
   3. For WalMart: Supply Chaining, America and Free Trade, How Companies Cope
      
4. 1130: How to interpret my comments and your grade.
   
5. U-Make Quiz—Due Monday—Quiz Tuesday
   
   1. In groups of five
      
      1. America and Free Trade
         
      2. The Untouchables
         
      3. The Quiet Crisis
         
      4. The Right Stuff
         
      5. This is Not a Test
         
         1. Five t/f questions
            
         2. Five multiple choice
            
         3. Five fill in the blank
            
         4. No repeats
            
   2. I'll pick the best from both classes and the quiz will be Tuesday
      
6. Untouchables
7. Reading Homework
   
   1. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   2. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   3. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test
      
   4. Feb 12^th: Quiz—Followed by me talking too long
      
   5. Feb 13^th: How Companies Cope
      
   6. Feb 14^th: The Unflat World
      
   7. Feb 15^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
8. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
   
9. Outline—2.19
   
10. Rough Draft—2.20
    

Draft 2—2.26

How You Get Good

Here's one theory about soccer and birth month.

UNC Writing Center Handout

Here's a quick guide to argument essays.
Friendly and easy to read.

Handing Back Essays

What your score means

84 was average (79 w/o the BP)

I used the rubric. It's still early in the quarter.

College is hard. We're not going to catch up by going slower.

I have high expectations.

CHECK MY MATH.

Come talk to me if you disagree/want help.

Be as specific as possible.

Two types of comments- as I read (local) and as I look over it again for score (global).

1. As I read (Local comments)
   1. w/c
      
   2. v/t
      
   3. v/a
      
   4. sp
      
   5. B, b
      
   6. frag
      
   7. r/o
      
   8. redun
      
   9. ?
      
   10. awk
       
   11. nope
       
   12. eh
       
   13. hm
       
   14. ok
       
   15. yep
       
   16. yes
       
   17. good
       
   18. *, **, ***
       
   19. great
       
   20. wow
       
   21. !
       
   22. redun
       
   23. hook
       
   24. ¶
       
   25. sig
       
   26. explain, use, analysis
       
   27. more, expand
       
   28. [ ]
       
   29. ex? Support, evid
       
   30. ha
       
   31. org
       
   32. Be specific
       
   33. See me
       
   34. format
       
   35. C-A
       
   36. trans
       
   37. T.S.
       

My impressions from a distance are: (global)

1. Biggest issue:
   
   1. Support
      
      1. Academic evidence, by far the biggest issue.
         
      2. Here's a quick look at it from Colorado State.
         
      3. Hacker section C5-e
      4. Also, another one on evaluating evidence
         
2. Second biggest issue
   
   1. C-A
      
      1. Look at the levels of scoring—very few scored in the "Proficient" range.
         
   2. This is MUCH MORE THAN A TECHNICALITY
      
      1. Red Teams and the CIA
         
      2. Creates credibility and soundness of logic.
         
3. Organization
   
   1. Hooks need work/ Conclusions, too
      
   2. Paragraphing/Road maps pretty good
      
4. Grammar not much of an issue.
   
5. MLA
   
1. an issue but it shouldn't be.
   
2. Paper format, MLA in text citations, Works Cited.
   
   
1. The 24 hour rule
   
2. SAVE EVERTHING
   
   1. IT'S NOT WHERE YOU START, IT'S WHERE YOU FINISH!
      
   2. You will have a chance at the end of the quarter to improve your score for one of your essays by revising based on my comments and based on what you've learned.
      

1. Your options if you don't like your grade:
   

• Work Harder.
  
• Change your habits/attitudes.
  
• Read/Review Hacker.
  
• Read more closely.
  
• A more detailed outline.
  
• More drafts .
  
• Writing Center.
  
• See Me.

Day 23

Lesson Plan Day 23

Yesterday's paper

1. Wapato gets in the prison game.
   
2. WSU turns to wine. Insert your own joke here.
   
3. H-2A from a local and H2A from NYTimes
   
4. Today: Immigration, front page news, local and
   
1. Black Rock gets 55k from realtors
   
1. How to interpret my comments and your grade.
   
2. Untouchables
   
3. U-Make Quiz—Due Monday—Quiz Tuesday
   
   1. In groups of five
      
      1. America and Free Trade
         
      2. The Untouchables
         
      3. The Quiet Crisis
         
      4. The Right Stuff
         
      5. This is Not a Test
         
         1. Five t/f questions
            
         2. Five multiple choice
            
         3. Five fill in the blank
            
         4. No repeats
            
   2. I'll pick the best from both classes and the quiz will be Tuesday
      
4. Reading Homework
   
   1. Feb 8^th: The Untouchables
      
   2. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   3. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   4. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test
      
   5. Feb 12^th: Quiz
      
   6. Feb 13^th: How Companies Cope
      
   7. Feb 14^th: The Unflat World
      
   8. Feb 15^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
5. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
   
6. Outline—2.19
   
7. Rough Draft—2.20
   

Draft 2—2.26

Day 22

Lesson Plan Day 22

 

1. Essays back tomorrow for 930 and 1030. Essays back Monday for 1130—I'll make it up to you.
   
2. H2A Guest Workers
   
3. No Degree, No Way Back
   
4. U-Make Quiz—Due Monday—Quiz Tuesday
   
   1. In groups of five
      
      1. America and Free Trade
         
      2. The Untouchables
         
      3. The Quiet Crisis
         
      4. The Right Stuff
         
      5. This is Not a Test
         
         1. Five t/f questions
            
         2. Five multiple choice
            
         3. Five fill in the blank
            
         4. No repeats
            
   2. I'll pick the best from both classes and the quiz will be Tuesday
      

      
       

5. Reading Homework
   

   
    

   1. Feb 8^th: The Untouchables
      
   2. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   3. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   4. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test
      
   5. Feb 12^th: Quiz
      
   6. Feb 13^th: How Companies Cope
      
   7. Feb 14^th: The Unflat World
      
   8. Feb 15^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
6. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
   
7. Outline—2.19
   
8. Rough Draft—2.20
   

Draft 2—2.26

H-2A Changes

H-2A AP story here.
Homeland Security remarks here.

Lou Dobbs video:

Cognitive Dissonance

A term I keep hearing in the teacher's lounge.

Class Matters Writing Assignment

 

English 102 Class Matters Writing Assignment, due dates coming soon

 

Answer ONLY TWO questions.

 

Answer each question as completely as possible. Read the questions carefully. Whenever appropriate, use direct quotes from the books to support your points. Consider a quick outline before you start writing.

 

1. According to CM:
   

• on the surface, class is less of an issue,
  
• while in reality the divisions between classes run deeper than ever.
  
• And, this is unlikely to change.
  

 

In your own words, explain why there is a difference between our perception of class and the reality and explain why it is unlikely to change. Evidence from "Shadowy Lines" will help here. Finally, give examples from N&D and/or "15 Years on the Bottom Rung" that support your argument.

 

• Pretend you're Thomas Friedman. Pretend either Andy Blevins or Jeff Martinelli are sitting across the table from you in a bar. What would you tell them to do? What evidence would you give them to convince them you are right? Evidence from "Untouchables" and the sections dealing with education will be helpful here.
  

 

Angela Whitiker crosses over from N&D to the knowledge work of the "Flat World." What friction must she overcome? What makes her a success? What lessons can we learn from her "climb"? What would it take to create more Angela Whitikers?

Friedman on Charlie Rose

Colbert with Thomas Friedman

Mash up, Chaplin and Walmart

Day 21

Lesson Plan English 102 Day 21

1. From YHR today: Council supports levy, Riverpointe Landing approved
2. The Great Sorting Out
   
   1. Your notes
      
   2. My notes
      
3. America and Free Trade notes
   
4. A class poll
   
5. Here are the NYTimes results
   
6. Homework:
   
   1. Feb 7^th: No Degree, No Way Back to the Middle from Class Matters
      
   2. Feb 8^th: The Untouchables
      
   3. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   4. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   5. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test *Quiz
      
   6. Feb 12^th: How Companies Cope
      
   7. Feb 13^th: The Unflat World
      
   8. Feb 14^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
   9. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
      
   10. Outline—2.19
       
   11. Rough Draft—2.20
       

Draft 2—2.26

Notes on America and Free Trade

Notes on America and Free Trade

1. Is Ricardo Right? (262 defines Free Trade)
   
   1. Wouldn't we be better off building walls?
      
2. C-A (263)
   
   1. Now it's goods and services
      
3. and C-A, C-A (263-4)
   
   1. Some "transition"
      
   2. There will be innovation
      
   3. Illustration (264)
      
4. Don't worry about knowledge workers
   
   1. wages rising (265)
      
5. Do worry about low-skilled workers (265-6)
   
6. Upgrade education!! (266)
   
7. Summary 267
   
8. Faith that there will be new things to do (268)
   
9. Easier to see pain than gain 273
   
10. When the railroad comes to town (274)
    

Ricardo's right…

Notes on Triple Convergence and The Great Sorting

The Triple Convergence

 

203:     First around 2000, all ten flatteners started working together

Second, people started getting it.

    Third: China, India, USSR all joined in

 

• 204: Convergence I: Simultaneous improvement of complimentary goods, reinforced each other
  

 

• 206: II: People needed time to get comfortable w/ the "horizontal" playing field.
  
  • Like distance ed?
    

  
   

  • The previous model was vertical silos.
    

 

• 179: went from top down to side to side
  

 

• 211: III: Add 3 Billion People
  
  • 182: Prev. it had been NA, West Europe, Japan and East Asia with similar education, wages, workforce size "Gentlemanly competition"
    

  
   

  • 183: Some countries simply skipping a step—like cell phones in China
    

 

• 184: Zippes in India: Generation Z.
  

 

• 185: You can innovate without having to emigrate
  

 

• 229: The other triple convergence:
  
  • com bust (actually helped the world, but scared us)
    
  • 9/11
    
  • Enron
    
  • Other things?
    
    • X-box; 100 channels of tv; reality tv;
      

    
     

  • 198: Politicians in 2004 were not educating us, they were making us stupid
    
  • Now the real IT revolution is about to begin
    

 

The Great Sorting Out

 

• 234: from command and control to connect and collaborate
  
• 238-39: Dissolving of feudal, national and religious id, giving universal citizenships
  
  • (NOW, 1989?)
    

 

• COUNTER ARGUMENT, HERE'S WHY PEOPLE ARE BURNING THINGS DOWN AT WTO MEETINGS:
  
  • BIG PAGES 237-239: Mixed blessing: Bumping up against the world of friction
    

  
   

  • Nickel and Dimed; which are sources of friction we should try to protect?
    

  
   

  • What extent should we lean against the current for the sake of values the global market can't supply? (Religious faith; national pride; social cohesion—copyrights? Worker protections; min. wage—see today's paper)
    
    • (Global min wage?)
      

Sorting Out:

• India v. Indiana: 240: wow. Whose values to protect?
  

 

• 242: Where do companies start and stop?
  

 

• Whose values will govern a particular company and whose interest will that company respect and promote? GM goes, so goes America. But not today.
  

 

• 210: IBM and Lenovo: Would you call this an American company? A Chinese company?
  

 

• 212: Rolls Royce and Germany and Russia
  

 

• 248: Command and Control to Collaborate and Connect:
  
  • Colin Powell and Google and blackberries
    

 

• 213: Amy's job and blackberry
  

 

• 250: Wal-Mart and our conflicting identities. Walk through this one up to page 250
  

 

• 216: When you flatten the world, you take humanity out of life
  

 

• 216: Vioxx example
  

 

• 253: Who Owns what? Intellectual Property:
  
  • Napster; video; Google Books;
    
  • The Blog? The film? Chapbooks?
    
  • What about Amy's work?
    

 

• 218: AOL Passwords, in your will?
  

 

• 255: Death of a Salesman
  
  • 220: Tommy all anyone cares about today is price.
    
  • But fat is what gives meat it's taste
    

 

221: What about politics?

• Wall party (labor and far right social crowd)
  
  • v. Web Party (conservatives in Business and social liberals who want a connected world)

Chapter Summaries

TWIF chapter summaries

Day 20

English 102 Lesson Plan Day 20

 

1. Essay progress: I have 1 class + 2/3^rd of second done.
   
2. YHR today: Yakima School Levy
   
3. Reading this book
   
4. Review/Complete Ten Flatteners
   
5. Triple Convergence notes
   
6. The Great Sorting Out notes
   
7. Homework:
   
   1. Feb 6^th: America and Free Trade
      
   2. Feb 8^th: The Untouchables
      
   3. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   4. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   5. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test *Quiz
      
   6. Feb 12^th: How Companies Cope
      
   7. Feb 13^th: The Unflat World
      
   8. Feb 14^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
   9. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
      
   10. Outline—2.19
       
   11. Rough Draft—2.20
       
   12. Draft 2—2.26
       

   
    

Day 19

Lesson Plan Day 19 English 102

1. I've got a class done on the essays
   
2. Black Rock and Tourism
   
3. Side Streets next
   
4. YV Tech in the Sunday paper, two page spread
   
5. Ten Flatteners, for Dummies
   
1. In Groups
2. Title, Quote/Example, Illustrated
   
6. Homework:
   
   1. Feb 5^th: Read the rest of The Great Sorting Out
      
   2. Feb 6^th: America and Free Trade
      
   3. Feb 8^th: The Untouchables
      
   4. Feb 9^th: The Right Stuff
      
   5. Feb 10^th: The Quiet Crisis
      
   6. Feb 11^th: This is Not a Test *Quiz
      
   7. Feb 12^th: How Companies Cope
      
   8. Feb 13^th: The Unflat World
      
   9. Feb 14^th: 11/9 versus 9/11
      
   10. List of quotes related to your topic from Friedman –2.15
       
   11. Outline—2.19
       
   12. Rough Draft—2.20
       

Draft 2—2.26

Day 18

Lesson Plan Day 18 English 102

 

1. The World is Flat
   
2. Globalization:
   
   1. Globalization is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange.
      

1. Quiz
   

   
    

2. Assign "Flatteners" chapters.
   

 

1. The Other Side of Outsourcing
   

 

Reading Schedule for The World is Flat week one on previous link.

 

Please have through the pages listed prior to class on that date.

Wrestling Story

This has nothing to do with class.
And it has everything to do with "class"
dcp

YHR Part One

Today's YHR:
Vineyards $500 million
A Street $1.6 million
Growers told 2010 for Immigration Help
and, oh yes, More Prisoners!