bad projects

I really should chill out.  I’m just not a big fan of anonymous notes but I don’t want to "ban" them.  Oh well.  That is good advice anonymous noter.  I just like to get to know the people who read my stuff.  I almost feel like I have a relationship with them.  But I should chill out about it…this is only for fun after all.

I had some lousy Black History Month projects today that really demoralized me.  I told my class to pick someone "of importance" and to avoid pop stars.  I forbade some ridiculous topics (Hot Boyz, Lil Kim, etc) but somehow a few of them snuck back in on presentation day.  Because I get so little work from some of these kids I at least let them present what they had. 

"Eazy E is aiight cuz he said ‘fuck tha police’.  He wuz one hard nigga."

But my sixth period came through with the good topics: Carter Woodson, Tupac, the Tuskegee airmen, the march on Washington…

Thank you for keeping the hope alive sixth period…thank you so much. 

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found a great book i recommend (i have such a hard time finding authors i like). it reminds me of when i was in college – esp. the stuff about the main characters ordeal with her roommate. check it out: Tom Wolfe’s “I Am Charlotte Simmons”. it reads quickly and is very entertaining – you’ll enjoy the nerdy newspaper writer and the basketball player!

March 4, 2005

I grew up in rural Canada, so the kids in my high school did presentations on hockey players rather than rap stars. =P And there was that one guy who, in a class on contemporary Russian culture, did he his project on Tatu …

March 5, 2005

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