http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org "Don't make the mistake of thinking that someone else can say it for you... you are the only man or woman that can do it with anything like effectiveness; for whether you desire it or not, the signature of your personality must be affixed to everything you write, or sincerity is lacking, and the reader senses it is lacking." -John Clapp & Homer Nugent, How to Write Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:13:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/11/30/blog-11-do-you-think-all-students-should-be-required-to-take-english-1010-why-or-why-not/ This week isn't so much about responding to the leaders, so I'm going to leave the responses by the leaders in the regular response list this week. http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/blog-10-which-visual-presentation-in-your-class-section-impressed-you-the-most-what-about-it-made-it-effective/ BLOG LEADERS FOR THE WEEK: ammonclark: I believe that there is a fine line between to much government and not enough government. I believe that it applies more today because of better communication technology. Less technology means that information could be old and long past due for a decision. This means the ... http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/11/16/blog-9-thoreau-stated-in-his-civil-disobedience-i-heartily-accept-the-motto-that-government-is-best-which-governs-least-and-i-should-like-to-see-it-acted-up-to-more-rapidly-and-systemat/ Blog Leader 02-1: I really think that it depends on the conversation. I think that if people have enough information on the subject then they may be able to see both sides. A lot of people have an argument because they want to argue what they think is right. But ... http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/11/09/blog-8-do-you-think-most-people-are-able-to-see-all-sides-of-an-argument-or-just-their-side-why-what-about-you/ Blog Leader 10-1: I think it can be seen as positive and negative. Positive because movies for example has been apart of our culture for years, this is rather recent however I say it is positive because it gives people things to do with family and friends. On the other hand, ... http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/11/02/blog-7-this-generation-is-often-referred-to-as-more-of-a-visual-generation-which-includes-the-use-of-media-like-youtube-video-games-movies-or-even-comics-is-the-prominence-of-the-visual-in-soci/ REMEMBER: We have blog leaders again, so you have to wait until they respond before the rest of you can respond to them! Blog Leader SAAM-1: I think that it is alright for people who did not actually experience the events to write about them. Especially in cases such as that of ... http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/10/28/blog-6-do-those-like-art-spiegelman-who-did-not-experience-the-holocaust-or-other-atrocities-have-the-authority-to-write-about-them/ Don't worry about the Course Calendar for now... just look at the Update page for information. http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/10/25/check-the-updates-page-for-information-on-this-week/ [I'm still working on the blog leading issue- stayed tuned for that part.] http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/10/11/blog-5-do-you-think-social-experiments-like-the-one-we-did-in-class-last-week-are-effective-ways-to-help-people-understand-what-the-holocaust-was-like-what-role-did-you-play-in-class-what-was-y/ Leader 02-1: I agree so far with the one comment that is up. I also think that his obsession with saving things that he knew to be useful was a product of the holocaust. he was already resourceful, but when he told his son that he never knew when he would ... http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/10/05/blog-4-do-you-think-the-war-caused-vladick-to-be-who-his-son-art-knew-in-other-words-was-it-the-war-that-changed-vladick-or-was-he-always-like-that/ http://jsterrantino.edublogs.org/2009/09/26/blog-3-some-have-argued-that-graphic-novels-have-no-place-in-higher-learning-that-the-university-is-a-place-strictly-for-a-classical-more-sophisticated-curriculum-do-you-agree-why-or-why-not/