English 102 Winter 2011 Day 45
1. Colbert.
2. Stewart.
3. Bonus points?
a. Science Lecture (march 9th)
4. Tourism from yesterday’s paper.
5. Final draft due Thursday.
a. NARROW= Supportable/researchable.
b. BROAD= Temptation, but this essay is about making hard choices.
c. Easy thesis: We can create more AW’s by doing A, B and C.
d. CA: practical? costs? other ideas are better? government intrusion?
i. Definitions from the books of the obstacles are highly encouraged.
ii. Examples of the problems from the books are highly encouraged.
iii. Examples/Definitions of the solutions from the book are highly encouraged.
1. These keep your paper narrow and specific and help you avoid the axe to grind, biased, unsubstantiated claims.
iv. Examples of solutions from the Yakima Valley are Golden.
6. Angela Whitiker’s Climb—slideshow.
7. Brooks’ Human Capital (CM Social Capital).
8. How do we increase our skills in these areas?
9. Some suggestions with discussion.
10. Juan Peralta slideshow and discussion.
11. Tomorrow, MLA information on N&D’d and CM.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Class sizes going up
All over.
Some (including Gates) don't see a problem if the teachers are good.
I say, 43 students x 5 classes= 215 essays to grade, if I assign only one.
Paper grading robots, where are you??!?!?
Some (including Gates) don't see a problem if the teachers are good.
I say, 43 students x 5 classes= 215 essays to grade, if I assign only one.
Paper grading robots, where are you??!?!?
More ideas
Social Capital
1. Parenting
2. End "marriage penalty"
3. Promote marriages in PSA's etc (LDS does this and others)
4. Require classes for license
5. Allow gay marriage
6. Leadership/Bully Pulpit
Human Capital
1. Parenting
2. Word of the Month
3. Gear Up
4. Attendance rewards
5. Grade rewards
6. Big Brothers
7. Peer Mentors
8. DARE
9. Parenting classes
10. Tough love
11. "Stable, predictable environment, good behavior is rewarded +practice"
12. Universal Preschool
13. Personal finance classes
14. Public Speaking classes
15. Leadership/bully pulpit
Other
1. Race
2. Increase minimum wage to living wage?
3. Wage Insurance?
4. Faith Based programs?
5. Volunteering
6. Reaching out/Mission work
7. Prohibitions?
a. Make divorce harder, for ex
b. Smoking/Drinking
Drug Test Welfare Rolls? (does that include farm subsidies? or bailed out bankers?)
c. Number of children
d. Censorship? tv/video games
e. What about drugs/alcohol?
1. Parenting
2. End "marriage penalty"
3. Promote marriages in PSA's etc (LDS does this and others)
4. Require classes for license
5. Allow gay marriage
6. Leadership/Bully Pulpit
Human Capital
1. Parenting
2. Word of the Month
3. Gear Up
4. Attendance rewards
5. Grade rewards
6. Big Brothers
7. Peer Mentors
8. DARE
9. Parenting classes
10. Tough love
11. "Stable, predictable environment, good behavior is rewarded +practice"
12. Universal Preschool
13. Personal finance classes
14. Public Speaking classes
15. Leadership/bully pulpit
Other
1. Race
2. Increase minimum wage to living wage?
3. Wage Insurance?
4. Faith Based programs?
5. Volunteering
6. Reaching out/Mission work
7. Prohibitions?
a. Make divorce harder, for ex
b. Smoking/Drinking
Drug Test Welfare Rolls? (does that include farm subsidies? or bailed out bankers?)
c. Number of children
d. Censorship? tv/video games
e. What about drugs/alcohol?
More research for AW and others
Family Structure (Nobody Gets Married Anymore, Mister)
UW has a program started by a former student of mine that fits in this conversation well. It's called the "Dream Project"--she started it as her senior project and it's now her doctoral work. It matches UW students as mentors to low income high school students. And it's really working.
Central raising tuition again. (This is a year old. The numbers for next year will be worse)
The president says those hurt the most are in the middle class.
Teach for America (maybe a way to find better teachers?)
Ultra fast, ultra cheap broadband (in Hong Kong)
STEM grants (science, technology, engineering and math), locally
Lawyers, outsourced to the future.
College the Easy Way (this is not good news)
To Get Into College, It Helps to be Rich
UW has a program started by a former student of mine that fits in this conversation well. It's called the "Dream Project"--she started it as her senior project and it's now her doctoral work. It matches UW students as mentors to low income high school students. And it's really working.
Central raising tuition again. (This is a year old. The numbers for next year will be worse)
The president says those hurt the most are in the middle class.
Teach for America (maybe a way to find better teachers?)
Ultra fast, ultra cheap broadband (in Hong Kong)
STEM grants (science, technology, engineering and math), locally
Lawyers, outsourced to the future.
College the Easy Way (this is not good news)
To Get Into College, It Helps to be Rich
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Links and more links
Immigrant Parents Learn Lessons on Raising Ninos--YHR
Prosser, the Catholic Church and Affordable Housing: NIMBY.
from previous essays:
The case for Vocational Education and Community Colleges.
Wine Tasting at Farmer's Markets considered in new bill.
Prosser, the Catholic Church and Affordable Housing: NIMBY.
from previous essays:
The case for Vocational Education and Community Colleges.
Wine Tasting at Farmer's Markets considered in new bill.
Ambition and college costs
UW has a program started by a former student of mine that fits in this conversation well. It's called the "Dream Project"--she started it as her senior project and it's now her doctoral work. It matches UW students as mentors to low income high school students. And it's really working.
Central raising tuition again. The president says those hurt the most are in the middle class.
Central raising tuition again. The president says those hurt the most are in the middle class.
Rewards for Students
Here's an article from today about attempts to deal with the ambition gap.
(AND, if you comment on this article, you get a point. Should you?)
(AND, if you comment on this article, you get a point. Should you?)
Some more links
If you think Drug and Alcohol education programs are a good solution to obstacles, things just got a bit harder.
If you are working on how to create a spark, here's an idea from Today's Paper: Young Achievers.
And if you are interested in education costs and visibility of the conditions of the working poor, YVCC and Berkeley have you covered.
If you are working on how to create a spark, here's an idea from Today's Paper: Young Achievers.
And if you are interested in education costs and visibility of the conditions of the working poor, YVCC and Berkeley have you covered.
Day 43
English 102 Winter 2011 Day 43
1. Bonus points?
a. Science Lecture (march 9th)
b. Play tonight and tomorrow.
2. Business essays--questions about handwriting, see me's.
Homework: Bring 2 copies of your revised rough draft for Monday. We'll try to have peer editors look at it.
Final draft due a week from today.
a. NARROW= Supportable/researchable.
b. BROAD= Temptation, but this essay is about making hard choices.
c. Easy thesis: We can create more AW’s by doing A, B and C.
d. CA: practical? costs? other ideas are better? government intrusion?
i. Definitions from the books of the obstacles are highly encouraged.
ii. Examples of the problems from the books are highly encouraged.
iii. Examples/Definitions of the solutions from the book are highly encouraged.
iv. Research: There are many programs in place. Maybe you want to argue for another, but maybe you want to argue for expansions? Do some digging locally.
1. These keep your paper narrow and specific and help you avoid the axe to grind, biased, unsubstantiated claims.
iv. Examples of solutions from the Yakima Valley are GOOOOLDENNNNNNN.
3. Why is this important in Yakima?
a. So far, the unemployment is up, but not as up as most places.
b. So far, housing prices are down, but not as far down as most places.
c. But…
d. 42-50 percent on public assistance.
e. ENI ranking.
f. Right now, the budget is being balanced by cutting social services and public employment (teachers, firefighters, police, parks, schools etc) vs. asking people who start out on third base to share the pain. In fact, through bailouts and tax cuts, we've sweetened the pot for them. This is somewhat of an editorial, but it's also factual.
g. Add it up and what do you predict?
h. In third world countries…
4. What would Friedman say?
5. What would Ehrenreich say?—Page 213-214
Why is the government needed? or put another way, Why is it the governments job?
6. What does Brooks say?
a. Marshmallows and public policy—paragraph 5 and last three
b. Types of human capital (note his definition is different than CM’s).
c. Safe, predictable environment…
7. What are the advantages/disadvantages of these approaches?
8. What is happening in budgets RIGHT NOW to these ideas?
a. What does this do to our solutions?
b. What doesn’t cost money, but still works?
c. What costs money, works and is worth raising taxes? Just because it’s not popular doesn’t mean you can’t argue for it. Recent attempts to raise taxes on candy and pop and bottled water/income tax on wealthy (200-400k), and nationally on 250k+.
d. The idea of "class warfare" is a dangerous one, but it goes both ways.
e. I'll show you some of my cards. Sunday school and growing up here. But, as a teacher, I strive to for objectivity. I go to extremes in this regard and take pride in it as a professional obligation.
f. I get most excited when I'm reading a paper if the writing is well organized, logical, researched, anticipates opposition and questions. Not whether I agree with the ideas politically. I'm looking for good writing/thinking.
1. Bonus points?
a. Science Lecture (march 9th)
b. Play tonight and tomorrow.
2. Business essays--questions about handwriting, see me's.
Homework: Bring 2 copies of your revised rough draft for Monday. We'll try to have peer editors look at it.
Final draft due a week from today.
a. NARROW= Supportable/researchable.
b. BROAD= Temptation, but this essay is about making hard choices.
c. Easy thesis: We can create more AW’s by doing A, B and C.
d. CA: practical? costs? other ideas are better? government intrusion?
i. Definitions from the books of the obstacles are highly encouraged.
ii. Examples of the problems from the books are highly encouraged.
iii. Examples/Definitions of the solutions from the book are highly encouraged.
iv. Research: There are many programs in place. Maybe you want to argue for another, but maybe you want to argue for expansions? Do some digging locally.
1. These keep your paper narrow and specific and help you avoid the axe to grind, biased, unsubstantiated claims.
iv. Examples of solutions from the Yakima Valley are GOOOOLDENNNNNNN.
3. Why is this important in Yakima?
a. So far, the unemployment is up, but not as up as most places.
b. So far, housing prices are down, but not as far down as most places.
c. But…
d. 42-50 percent on public assistance.
e. ENI ranking.
f. Right now, the budget is being balanced by cutting social services and public employment (teachers, firefighters, police, parks, schools etc) vs. asking people who start out on third base to share the pain. In fact, through bailouts and tax cuts, we've sweetened the pot for them. This is somewhat of an editorial, but it's also factual.
g. Add it up and what do you predict?
h. In third world countries…
4. What would Friedman say?
5. What would Ehrenreich say?—Page 213-214
Why is the government needed? or put another way, Why is it the governments job?
6. What does Brooks say?
a. Marshmallows and public policy—paragraph 5 and last three
b. Types of human capital (note his definition is different than CM’s).
c. Safe, predictable environment…
7. What are the advantages/disadvantages of these approaches?
8. What is happening in budgets RIGHT NOW to these ideas?
a. What does this do to our solutions?
b. What doesn’t cost money, but still works?
c. What costs money, works and is worth raising taxes? Just because it’s not popular doesn’t mean you can’t argue for it. Recent attempts to raise taxes on candy and pop and bottled water/income tax on wealthy (200-400k), and nationally on 250k+.
d. The idea of "class warfare" is a dangerous one, but it goes both ways.
e. I'll show you some of my cards. Sunday school and growing up here. But, as a teacher, I strive to for objectivity. I go to extremes in this regard and take pride in it as a professional obligation.
f. I get most excited when I'm reading a paper if the writing is well organized, logical, researched, anticipates opposition and questions. Not whether I agree with the ideas politically. I'm looking for good writing/thinking.
Parental Leave?
Family Values in Sweden.
is this a better way than Universal Preschool?
or fend for yourself?
Here's a handy table to compare.
is this a better way than Universal Preschool?
or fend for yourself?
Here's a handy table to compare.
The New Normal
Where to cut the budget, according to David Brooks:
A second austerity principle is this: Trim from the old to invest in the young.
We should adjust pension promises and reduce the amount of money spent on health
care during the last months of life so we can preserve programs for those who
are growing and learning the most.
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