This site was effectively retired by my school’s move to Google Apps. So I ported my beloved Edublog to Blogger and that is the site that will continue, unless they improve the blogging portion of Google Sites and I find that more useful.
It’s been a great run with Edublogs and I’m sad to leave it, but it just makes more sense to go with the technology used by my school now that they have adopted a current web technology.
The rise of women
Did the gender issue interest you? Are you concerned at all about the plight of men as guys like Theroux detailed.
The Atlantic in my mailbox just today has declared the End of Men. Read about it. It’s a long article, but it is well worth it.
If you’re a girl, be afraid of the demise of men.
If you are a guy, get mad. Get riled. Decide that you will not be left on the scrap heap of culture and history. Tap into your competitive nature. Decide to demand your education. Demand your future. Then earn it.
The world needs more Jacob Rummels and Maverick Antonios and Cody McKenzies (Guys who work hard pursuing excellence in everything, at least everything I witnessed them do over the last couple of years).
In spite of the fact that the people on the right look a tad loony, I just wanted to say that I really did have some great AP classes this year. I will miss you this summer. And I hope you all send Helen off to DC with a bang. She will be missed next year. I even caught Ms. Robison crying in the teacher lounge when she heard Helen was moving as she wouldn’t get to have her in class. I guess I was the lucky one. I wish you all the best for the summer. Stay safe, but have an amazing time as well.
The pictures are in a Google file cabinet on my main site. Oh, and check out the air Mr. McKee is getting in the back left. Also, notice Cody with his ninja pose. Good times.
Oh, and sorry there is a disparity in the number of pictures between classes. When other people took the pictures, there tends to be just one. Sorry 1st period…
PS If you’re looking at Robison’s blog for the summer assignment, it doesn’t appear to be there. Instead, it is at her static school site.
You need Gatsby bookblogs for chapters 1-4. If you have chapters 1-3, they are marked incomplete in the grade book. That makes me sad. 
As of this writing, there are only 10 days (7 school days — and 2 of those are half days) of school left!!! I will miss you, but I am so ready for this year to end.
Ninja Nakayla Chan
Your this I Believe essay is due on Friday June 11th. It should be uploaded to your blog and you will be reading it aloud in class as well. Here are the requirements adapted from the This I Believe submission page (I encourage you to submit them to This I Believe if you wish).
Keep the following in mind when you write your essay:
Paris Cafe Discussion
Here’s the Literary Conflicts sheet we used in class today. It’s also linked on the Class Info & Docs page.
Remember as you’re planning your discussions, you can have whole class on the board, giant circle, or small to large group. there are many other ideas and feel free to experiment. Just have a plan for what you want us to discover and see in your chapter. Don’t forget to connect it to the novel as a whole. Tuesday is a work day for these discussions.
Just read through Chapter 4. We will discuss on Monday.
Just so you know, you will be getting the opportunity (don’t read into that too much, it’s required) to lead the class discussion on a chapter. You’ll go in groups of 3 or 4 starting with chapter 5. We’ll have a sign-up sheet on Monday.
It will look shockingly like this:
Tuesday will be a prep/work day in your groups. I will be largely silent during these discussions, or at least I will need to raise my hand and wait to be called on. YOU will be responsible for the discussion.
I will grade these on the following criteria:
This is a very rich book with plenty to work through. We will take two timed writes on this book as well and you’ll be able to pick your favorite to be graded in lieu of a big paper.
