...and by the way...

there was some fine writing on here last week! Shockingly good stuff!

WEEK TEN BLOG ENTRY....no other blog work this week

Ok, folks, this is the last week of reading and writing on here. obviously, you still get to do your final essay, due on turnitin on the 25th, but you also have one more chance to blog this week.

Tell the others in the class of a reading that you have done lately that you find compelling for whatever reason. For me, I subscribe to Outside magazine and just read an article they have that is pretty frightening. It is called "How to Unplug from the Wired World" and deals with the problems associated with being so plugged in all the time. There is a real re-wiring of the brain that occurs, and it mimics addiction to drugs...so, the article deals with the need to get out to nature and leave the phone and ipod at home. You should read Outside. It is a great magazine. I could not find the article online, but here is a pretty good one on the same issue: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/how-the-worlds-most-wired-people-unplug-techies_n_1653809.html
TELL US SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ AND EXPLAIN WHY WE SHOULD READ IT. Maybe it's obvious, but as you read through the entries this week, build your own Winter break reading list.
Aside from that, we have no other blog work this week. HOWEVER, you do need to finish The Tipping Point and draft your final paper. Remember, that is due on the 25th. Be sure to email me if you have any questions.

 Enjoy,
dr. s

TIPPING POINT ESSAY ASSIGNMENT...

Can you believe that the quarter is coming to an end? Our final assignment(we have no final exam, by the way) deals with our final reading of the quarter, Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point.

The assignment is below. If you have any questions, please oh please let me know!!!

TIPPING POINT ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: (30%)

The essay should uploaded to turnitin.com. It will be 2-4 pages in length, double spaced.

There are two essay topics to choose from.

Obviously, as you read through the book look for examples that will help you build a fabulous final paper!

Write a 2-4 page double spaced essay on one of the following topics:

 

1. How might one or more of the ideas in the book The Tipping Point apply to your chosen major or profession?

2. Locate a trend [social, political, cultural, other] that seems to exhibit a "tipping point" phenomenon. Provide a brief explanation of why you think this phenomenon meets Gladwell's criteria for tipping point phenomenon; does it exhibit contagiousness. or little causes having big effects, or dramatic change?

THIS IS DUE NOVEMBER 25 TO TURNITIN.

LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, AND YOU CANNOT PASS THE CLASS WITHOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT, SO BE SURE IT IS IN ON TIME.

WEEK NINE BLOG ENTRY

What is the most important question a human can ask? Is it this one? Or perhaps that one?

WEEK NINE READING

Read the Tipping Point this week. You really have two weeks for it, kind of, but definitely get it started this week.
Don't worry about writing about the reading this week.

IN CLASS ESSAY TOPIC

Essay Assignment to replace the In Class Essay

In a three to four paragraph response, agree or disagree with one of the following statements. You may use outside information and may cite it however you would like. But the essay does not require this. In fact, it is intended for you to be able to answer it simply by sitting down and responding, using the wealth of knowledge that you have gained from the many courses you have taken and from life itself.

You have until Wednesday, Nov. 13 to email me your response. Simply attach the essay to an email and send it to me.

Topic 1

“I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does...” Tom Petty

Topic 2

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life.  And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

Week Eight Blog Entry

I once heard a psychologist say that the difference in happiness between someone who earns $5000 per year and $50,000 per year is enormous, but the difference in levels of happiness between someone earning $50,000 per year and $50 million is negligible. One is no more happy with $50,000 than with $50 million.
Can money buy happiness?





(SOURCE: it was this netflix documentary called Happy. I recommend it.)