English
1302
Lessons
Spring
2014
Week 7, 3 - 7
March 2014
Week 8, 10-14
March 2014
Week 9, 17 – 21
March 2014
And a little
of Week 10, 24-28 March
3
– 7 March 2014
Drama,
continued. A Man for all Seasons: last week you were given your work packets
with the test and essay assignment, so carry on with those. If you finish them and submit them this week,
you will have more time to study your chemistry over spring break.
10
– 14 March 2014
Spring
break, which is inexplicable – what we do here is not nearly as intellectually
or physically demanding as an office job.
For people who work for a living there is no such thing as spring break. Savor the moment.
Wise
use of leisure time and healthy recreation are worthy and helpful, but a week
of idleness does not serve you. Always
follow the Christian concept of work, study, and prayer every day, even if
modified for a vacation. You make real
progress with as little as fifteen minutes of effective study (not kinda /
sorta being near an open book) each day.
Schedule your study time – suddenly needing to study when called upon to
wash the dishes or mow the lawn is soooooooooooooo sophomore.
You
have no business going to the beach on spring break. Predators have business there, and it’s not
good – no matter how big and bad and tough you are, there is always a group
bigger and badder and tougher than you. Further,
Galveston County makes a significant part of its annual budget from naïve spring-breakers
who believe a pop-culture script, not the reality. If a Galveston County deputy feels that
because of your proximity you are part of a group indulging in drugs or underage
drinking, you join that group in being cuffed, stuffed, and stored for the
night in the tank. You will not be
isolated in a nice, quiet cell with time for reading and pondering your
mistakes; you will be trying to defend yourself in a large concrete room – the tank
– full of large, strange, violent people.
Oh, and the toilet is in the corner, in sight of all.
Do
you really think some Galveston County justice of the peace is going to believe
you?
Sometimes
a boring week is much better than an exciting one.
17
– 21 March 2014
Drama,
concluded.
We
will take a look at Charlton Heston’s 1988 version of A Man for all Seasons. You
will also have some in-class time to finish – not to begin – the assignments
given to you on the 26th or 27th of February.
All
work is due this week. Since the
assignments were made two weeks ago, here are some of the many excuses that won’t
work (ever):
You didn’t tell me about the assignment.
I wasn’t here that day.
Nobody told me.
My computer broke last night. We worked on it all night; you can ask my
mother.
My printer wouldn’t work.
My printer cartridge went out and it
was too late to buy another.
My work is in my friend’s pickup truck
which he lent to his cousin in Metairie, Louisiana but then it broke down and
it’s in a repair shop in Oppelousas so I’ll have it for you next week, okay?
I didn’t understand the assignment.
When you said the assignment was due
no later than the 27th, I didn’t think you really meant that.
I don’t have a pen.
But other teachers let me turn in work
late.
I had a ballgame / track meet /
one-act play / rehearsal.
My family went on a trip, and family
is more important than your assignment, so there.
You didn’t tell me we couldn’t write in pencil.
My family went on a trip, and my
computer wouldn’t work in Dallas / Boca Raton / Las Vegas / Breckenridge.
You didn’t tell me that there was anything about the play on the ‘net, including
the two film versions available for free.
I have to work, so two weeks were not
enough time.
I have problems.
I have issues.
My boyfriend / girlfriend has issues.
My little brother yakked on my work so
I’ll have to re-do it.
I lost the assignment sheets; may I
have more? And extra time?
I know the assignment, made over two
weeks ago, was due the 27th but I was sick that day so I’m turning
it in now, okay?
My pen ran out of ink last night.
I’ve been so worried about the partition
of Ukraine that I just couldn’t think about anything else.
My second cousin in Austin had her
third baby, and I just had to be there.
Family is more important than your assignment, right? Or are you against family values?
You didn’t tell me the essay had to be printed.
What’s wrong with turning it in written in ink? Pen, pencil, computer – you’re confusing me!
Mid-term
Exam
According
to the Angelina Calendar, Friday the 21st is the official middle of
the term. We will take our mid-term exam
on the week of 24 – 28 March.
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