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You received your first graded article analyses today1. I was glad to see some very strong writing samples–this will be a good year.
You may have noticed that there were no grades on them–only corrections and suggestions. I want to emphasize that nearly everything you do in this class is practice, so don’t hesitate to take a chance. I won’t hesitate to let you know when you rocked it.
We’ll discuss an excerpt from Jonathan Lethem’s “The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism” tomorrow, but feel free to click the link to read the whole article.
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The “Things Worth Doing” link is an aggregation of the things I consume and think worth sharing. The links on the left side are interesting articles, the links on the right are arguments (AP students take note). The middle column contains books I’ve read recently and music I’ve been listening to. If you find my tastes to be outdated, please share what you know!
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For those on the trip, don’t forget to email your vocab list from last week—”precept.” I’ll reply with the list for the quiz on Monday.
{0}“Today you can buy an iPad 2 that costs the same as an iPad 1 that is twice as powerful,” he said referring to Apple Inc’s latest handheld tablet computer hitting stories on Friday. “You have to look at the prices of all things,” he said. This prompted guffaws and widespread murmuring from the audience, with one audience member calling the comment “tone deaf.”via For Feds Dudley, iPad comment falls flat in Queens | Reuters. {0}