Wednesday, August 27, 2008
English 201 continued...plus extra credit Cyber Essay on Martin King's "I Have a Dream" Anniversary, August 28, 2008
In the afternoon class, we met in the L-building. I was on my way to A-200 and 20 students met me. We convened in L-202E, where we watched the film, Second Line. Students opened Word and wrote their responses and then posted them. Other students composed in their tablets and then typed the response in the comment section of the blog.
We spent the remainder to the hour developing outlines for the "Change" essay. Homework is to bring in all the prewriting exercises: planning sheet and outline, plus first draft of the essay.
We will have a peer review on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Also that day, students will present their objects for inclusion into the Hip Hop Archives. Imagine 100 years from now, what artifacts collectors and exhibitors will say represent hip hop culture. Students will have to present the object and tell us why they choose it. How is it hip hop.
A few students missed us, and a few more students wanted to add. We can talk about this Wednesday. If you missed class, do the homework, don't worry about what you missed. As a make-up read, then listen to Martin King's I Have a Dream speech (August 28, 1963). Reflect on it's significance in 2008 on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
You can post the reflections on King's speech here.
We spent the remainder to the hour developing outlines for the "Change" essay. Homework is to bring in all the prewriting exercises: planning sheet and outline, plus first draft of the essay.
We will have a peer review on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Also that day, students will present their objects for inclusion into the Hip Hop Archives. Imagine 100 years from now, what artifacts collectors and exhibitors will say represent hip hop culture. Students will have to present the object and tell us why they choose it. How is it hip hop.
A few students missed us, and a few more students wanted to add. We can talk about this Wednesday. If you missed class, do the homework, don't worry about what you missed. As a make-up read, then listen to Martin King's I Have a Dream speech (August 28, 1963). Reflect on it's significance in 2008 on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
You can post the reflections on King's speech here.
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Nina Wooten
Eng. 201 A/B
8:00-8:50
I believe that Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech is one of
the most powerful speech's ever given. I really like how he relates our
"freedom" to cashing a check at the nations capitol, and how the bank
was bankrupt when we tried to cash it. He also states that America has
given Negros a bad check which has came back "insufficient funds." I
feel as though we are still dreaming. We are slowly seeing Martins dream
but we will probobly never be truly satisfied.
Eng. 201 A/B
8:00-8:50
I believe that Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech is one of
the most powerful speech's ever given. I really like how he relates our
"freedom" to cashing a check at the nations capitol, and how the bank
was bankrupt when we tried to cash it. He also states that America has
given Negros a bad check which has came back "insufficient funds." I
feel as though we are still dreaming. We are slowly seeing Martins dream
but we will probobly never be truly satisfied.
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: 3:09 PM
: 3:09 PM
I like the "check drawn against an account with insufficent funds" analogy. Martin King also says that if America doesn't make good on the checks its issued, the people will rise up in anger and who knows what the result of such action will be. I think, the response to the pending natural disaster in the Gulf is the American government's attempt to honor a check it bounced three years ago.
The day Martin Luther King said the i have a dream speech he made history. The reason why i say this is because blacks and whites did not mix in those times.When he gave this speech things changed alot of the sergragation ended.So in my opinion if this would have never happen I think things would of been alot more worst than they are today.
Julian Pete
English 201A
8:00-8:50
Julian Pete
English 201A
8:00-8:50
# posted by : 10:10 PM
: 10:10 PM
One of the ideas presented in Martin Luther King's 'Dream' speech captured and condensed something I think very central to his philosophy. That is, the idea of people as people and not just as races. The concept of race is a man made structure used to divide and categorize differences among people. Its emphasis capitalizes insidiously on the human effect of empathy. That by highlighting differences (its basic goal) it can thereby hinder the ability for person to empathize to another person. "That person is not like you", it implies. You are to pass him first through a filter of racial categorization, stripping him of his humanity and making him something different from you. What is left is a nation opposing sides that cannot understand each other because they don't view the other just as they are; one in the same. This is the worst segregation. It is probably the most silent but from this great atrocities can grow. By viewing people as people first and as races second is probably the first and perhaps the final step to true racial equality. All the other attempts and strategies are quick fixes that only clean and polish things at the surface level. Underneath the old sentiments still remain. They are tiny remedies instead of prevention. Race was a concept built to divide. To this day it still does. To this day we are still content to first pass each other through these filters before seeing each other as the people we are. I believe that King saw this too and why he saw equality as achievable only through non violence and a working brotherhood amongst people instead of a race based categorizing system of any sort.
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: 12:46 AM
Dion Cade
Eng 201b
Martin Luther King is a very very historic figure. He was a sign of hope in black america and for other races as well. He was the one that was brave enough to speak about the troubles of the economy he was living in and how minorities, especially blacks, were getting treated horribly. His speech showed how serious the situation was and how it should be changed as soon as possible. All men may not actually be created equally but it is possible to treat everyone equally
Eng 201b
Martin Luther King is a very very historic figure. He was a sign of hope in black america and for other races as well. He was the one that was brave enough to speak about the troubles of the economy he was living in and how minorities, especially blacks, were getting treated horribly. His speech showed how serious the situation was and how it should be changed as soon as possible. All men may not actually be created equally but it is possible to treat everyone equally
Jaliyah Davis
Eng. 201 a/b
8-8:50
The speech “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. really moved me. What comes to my mind is little did he know that there would be people in the future using him as an example. And little did he know, people after generation, after generation will look at “I have a dream” as a significant speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was an amazing man and him giving that speech showed how amazing and together he was. I loved when he said that America had given the Negro people a bad check and that when they try to use it comes back saying insufficient funds. ^_^
He had a dream, and though racism isn’t completely over and there still things within this world that needs some fixing, I’d say that his dream is a reality. The uniting of different races I think would make him smile. I wish he was still here today because we as a people need him. We as a people can still use a person like Martin Luther King Jr.
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Eng. 201 a/b
8-8:50
The speech “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. really moved me. What comes to my mind is little did he know that there would be people in the future using him as an example. And little did he know, people after generation, after generation will look at “I have a dream” as a significant speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was an amazing man and him giving that speech showed how amazing and together he was. I loved when he said that America had given the Negro people a bad check and that when they try to use it comes back saying insufficient funds. ^_^
He had a dream, and though racism isn’t completely over and there still things within this world that needs some fixing, I’d say that his dream is a reality. The uniting of different races I think would make him smile. I wish he was still here today because we as a people need him. We as a people can still use a person like Martin Luther King Jr.
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