For Monday, (Make that WEDNESDAY) February 22 George Washington's Real Birthday
For Thursday, February 23
There's No House like this in Jersey City. Know where it is? Have you been there? Click the image to learn more.
Read, in Class Matters,
4 Up from the Holler: Living in Two Worlds, at Home in Neither.
5. On a Christian Mission to the Top
6. The College Dropout Boom
As you read Chapter four, think about what is meant by "Two Worlds" Where does Ms Justice live during the time represented by this chapter? What moved her from the "one world' to the other? Can you imagine why she doesn't feel "at home in either her "first world" or her "second world? Do you think she ever will? What about her kids? Will they feel comfortable in both worlds? A number of the students in this class indicated they were rhe first in their family to go to college. Is this going to create a two world situation for you once you pursue your new career? What do you thnk?
Before you read Chapter 5, about the title and what you believe it means. Once you got into the chapter, were you surprised in any way by the chapter's content? In what way. The organzation has both a website and a facebook page. Prowl around and find something interetsting. Add a link or two to your resource folder. Note that most of the schools are members of the "Ivy League". Does this surprise you in any way?
Here, one of the important things to notice is the relationship between social class and the odds of finishing college. Most of you have been in college more than one year. Have you had people you know "drop out"? Without revealing secrets, do you have some ideas about the reasons? There are a couple of other things to note here. To what extent was poor preparation in high schools a reason for dropping out? Remember that this seems to be one of the reasons in the case of Andy Blevins, the principal character in this chapter. Notice, too, that some "upper class" students resent the goal of economic diversity at the better universities--they don't get admitted even though their grades are higher and so are their SAT scores. Is this fair? What do you think? The NYT is still writing about this- Find their latest thoughts by clicking on the picture to the right.
Stay tuned. I'm trying to have a surprise prepared for you
