Mon, Nov. 2, 2009

Students turned in 1.3 today. I'm excited to see how far we've come. We finished up the first unit with a thoughtful round-table discussion on Anzaldua and why humans feel a need to be accepted. Why do we seek it? Are we okay without it? One student labeled her paper, "Sticks and Stones," so I asked why is it that as children we don' allow language to affects us as much as adults? Most jumped in with good, strong responses. The highlight of my day was wen a student re-focused on "La Facultad"-- he got it and is now paying more attention to it.