Critique

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For your critique analysis (which we will discuss in class), read the four responses to "2020: A Lot of Old People on the Roads" from The New York Times.

Post #1

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For this first post, write a precis of Michael Roth's editorial "Learning as Freedom."

Fall 2012

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Your first blog assignment is to create your blog and then send me your blog's URL (web address) so that I can make a master list of all student blogs.  We'll discuss this in more detail on the first day of class.

Poems!

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For this post, find a poem about the road that you like, and briefly explain why you like it.

Newspaper Articles

"Road death toll soars in poorest countries: More children killed by traffic than by diseases Campaigners call for UN target to reduce carnage." by Randeep Ramesh (from LexisNexis) discusses how more schoolchildren in Africa are killed by traffic than by infectious diseases; Ramesh describes what is causing these deaths as well as various proposals to try to decrease the numbers. The article "Roadside health centre will treat, inform truckers" (from LexisNexis) describes the high percentage of truckers in South Africa who have AIDS and discusses various proposals to try to decrease those numbers as well as the future spread of the HIV virus among those who travel the highways. In the article "On India's Roads, Cargo and a Deadly Passenger" (from nytimes.com), Amy Waldman describes the spread of HIV/AIDS from truckers and prostitues along the highways in India. Waldman gives individual examples (pathos) of those afflicted as well as an overview of the social context in which roads and highways are allowing the disease to spread.

For Friday's Class

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For Friday, read the selections from "Does College Make You Smarter" and post a brief response to your blog: what do you think?  Does college make students smarter?

Take care,

m woodman

The Interview

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Post three questions you could ask the subject of your interview.