1. Mrs. Sloat discussed the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship. Sign-ups END on September 24, 2009. Cost is $15, and fee-waivers are available. (See Taunia Sloat in the counseling office: sloat786@alpine.k12.ut.us).
2. Discussed Outside Reading. Turned in 3x5 card with this information:
Your name, class period
Title of the book you chose.
Author of the book you chose.
What list/how did you choose this book?
What do you expect to gain/learn/get from reading this book? How will you use it?
Discussed Twitter feed.
4. Looked at writing prompt:
Learning Experiences and Resistances
Please use all of the time to write ¾ of a page or more about the topic. Choose one or more of the prompts below.
1. Try to think of a time when you learned something that was difficult for you to accept, but that eventually changed your perspective in a major way—a time when you felt like a veil had suddenly been lifted from your eyes and you now saw things clearly. Describe it. What did you think before, and what did you think after? How
did you acquire your new knowledge? How and why was it difficult for you to accept it? How would you feel about returning to your old way of thinking? Would remaining ignorant have been more blissful? After you learned it, did you feel any obligation to share your knowledge with others?
2. Why do people, generally, resist learning and accepting new ideas? How can we overcome our innate resistance to new ideas?
3. What obligations, if any, do we have for sharing our learning? Should we share our knowledge with others or should others share their knowledge with us? Or do we live in a competitive dog-eat-dog world where people should look out for themselves and we should let the ignorant waste away or work in wage-slavery? Is there a middle ground between those binary poles (entirely obligated/no obligation whatsoever)?
Homwork: Look at the blog. Click for the information and reading. Write your journal prompt. Read in your outside reading book.
Mrs. Phippen's Labor Day Weekend Goals: Grade everything; clean up the classroom clutter.
