Class Notes 9/21/2016

On Wednesday, we spent most of the class settling business regarding the upcoming analysis paper, Bon Air, and changes in our syllabus.
Analysis Paper:
- For the analysis papers, (Reading Accountability) do not make broad statements or conclusions, strictly analysis for now. Should only be two paragraphs- intro and analysis of the quote
- Re-dos are always due a week after you get them back
- We will be doing peer editing with our papers where it is read aloud. Professor Dolson prefers this because if keeps the power with the writer
  - Question: Do you want to build your long essay analysis off a short one you already wrote or a new idea?
Thursday/ Friday Plan:
- 30 min time slot sign-up to discuss everyone’s individual analysis papers
  - Thursday/Friday @ the CCE
  - Figure out re-dos and things (bring print out)
Bon Air:
- Bon Air: October 2nd/3rd start weekend
  - Sign up for:
    - Sunday (give specific times) 3-5 or 6:30-8:30
    - Monday 6:30-8:30
- Sign up can be found on a Google Docs (will be posted under this post)
  - Red= Only time Available
  - Black= Available at multiple times
- Experience:
  - Beverly is coming Monday (official orientation: safety, clothing, standard stuff)
  - Ashley is coming Wednesday (save questions for her, not Beverly)
  - Story Corp possibility How stories help us connect to one another- testing our theory
    - What happens in person to person interactions
    - Common goal to work towards each week
    - Snack cabinet
Prior to Bon Air:
- Watch Kites video
- Check out Juvenile Injustice book before Monday
- Change in our syllabus, look out for that
  - No analysis paper draft due Monday- solid prep for Bon Air
For the remaining 30 mins, we discussed the childish tone of The Good Times are Killing Me and its purpose in the book.

Abigail Pena says:

September 25, 2016 at 10:11 pm

I want to elaborate on what we discussed for The Good Times are Killing me. Not only did we talk about the childish tone that this story is told in, but we also pondered the purpose for it and why the author would use it. We talked about the nostalgia a reader gets when reading from a child’s perspective, the authoritative tone we take, how we feel as we know everything, the acts we did as a child that made sense only when we were children. We talked about the difference in which a child sees the world versus how adults see the world. Children question the rules, want to know why everything is the way it is. However, children also accept the world they live in, which can affect the way they see the world (whites versus coloreds, money versus white trash), etc. Finally, we talked about the shock of reading serious stories from a child. Race relations, money struggles, health issues, family drama all told from the innocence of a child. What effect does this have on us all?

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