Blog Meridian

So the question here is this:

Blood Meridian ... yes or no?  Should it be in the curriculum of the class or not?  Is the difficult reading experience worth the payoff?

In your blog entry you should make your case.  I have mixed feelings and am curious to know what you think.

Headin' down the road...

Howdy LATAWers.  Homework for this weekend is to read the little excerpt from "Into the Wild" and respond to this blog entry.  What I would like you to reflect upon is our class on Thursday.  I told Mr. Lichtman that I would pass some students reflections along to him.  As a reminder, here are some topics that came up in the discussion/presentation that day:
1. The feelings that come along with being on the road (from Grateful Dead song at beginning).
2.  The manner in which being on the road can free up your mind.
3.  The possibility that you think in a different manner when you are moving -- walking, riding, driving.
4.  The question I asked, "Does the need to write about your experiences cheapen or enrich them?"
5.  Educational innovation -- came up more in first period than seventh.  What skills should we REALLY be teaching in high school to prepare students for the future.


Any other topics that came up that interested you.

I may weigh in a little later in the weekend.

Have fun watching those superb owls on Sunday.

mrh