August 23-29 add/drop for
the fall semester for all students.
REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS ARE IN RED
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES ARE IN PINK
August
23 GONE TO TEXASExtra credit
for evidence that you attended a college-level event and/or the big
event in front of the tower.. If is see you there,
no need for evidence for that event: I plan to be at the Liberal Arts
event 6-7 and at the UGS event after 7.
S-D=STUDENT-LED DISCUSSION C = LEADERSHIP CONFIRMED
BY STUDENT
8-25 Introduction, BRING TO CLASS BOTH VOLUMES OF THE COURSE ANTHOLOGY
(REQUIRED) + THE COVEY BOOK IF YOU HAVE IT.Quiz
on pp. 616-623 + 5-81 of the course anthology: up to twenty points if you pass,
minus twenty points if you fail;
TODAY'S GOALS: to understand
the goals of this course, especially:[1] IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL GOAL: to help students meet
university academic standards
TODAY'S TOPICS: Basic
course information, Time Management, Succeeding in college
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Meditation, Feedback,
Quiz on pp. 616-623 + 5-81: up to twenty points
if you pass, minus twenty points if you fail; Answering
Questions, Discussion
13-14Discovery
Learning in Freshman English, Amherst
15My
Teaching Philosophy & the Carnegie Report
15-20Course
Goals
21Class
Participation
22Racial
Harassment Policy;
23-24 Sexual
Harassment Policy;
25If
I Am Heterosexual
26Ally
Work
27-28LBGT
Vocabulary
29A-29B Drug
+ Alcohol Policy;
29C-30The
Importance of Reading Directions in This Class
31Employer
survey
32-34Revenge
of the Right Brain
35-37Flunking
out of College
38Student
Grade Expectations
42Concentration
vs. “multitasking”
43Sleep
Deprivation and Multitasking
44Negative
vs. Positive Attitude
45-49Jacob
Meyer: Suicide at U.T.
50-51U.T.
Counseling Center
52Stress
Test
53Tips
for Reducing Stress
54U.T.
Stress Relief Site
55Everything
I Wish Someone Had Told Me About College Before I Started
56Texas
Constitution: “for the promotion of literature”
57U.
T. Seal
58U.
T. Core Values
59Diversity
60-63Perfectionism
69-70Scallop
Shell Symbolism
71Five
Characteristics of a Good Student
72-73Willie
Tichenor: Positive Attitude at U.T.
74-75 Motivation;
76 Goal
Setting
COMMUNICATION
77-78Covey
on listening +reading, writing, speaking
79 Class
Discussion
80Listening
81Have
You Tried Listening?
82-83Leading
Class Discussion
TIME
MANAGMENT
86-87“Procrastination:
How Adolescents Encourage Stress”
88-89Covey, Personal Planning System, from The Eighth Habit
90-91 Overcoming
Procrastination;
92-93Design
Your Own Procrastination Plan
94-95Learning
Skills Center
THE
COVEY BOOK:
Covey (book)
on time management anxiety 16, 41; Time management techniques 149-150;
Weekly worksheet 166-167, 180-181 ;Saying “no”
156-7; etc.
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: your knowledge of how this course works; email me any questions bump@mail.utexas.edu
LOOKING AHEAD:BRING TO
CLASS NEXT TIME: Your Planner + 2 Time Management
Forms
GOALS OF THIS ASSIGNMENT:
[1] IMMEDIATE
PRACTICAL GOALS
[1C] how to read and follow directions
[1E] time management (Time
management is vital in life, but especially in writing, because the secret
of writing as discovery learning; of writing as innovative thinking;
of writing as creativity; in short, of great writing, is rewriting. A
key to rewriting is allowing enough time to elapse between drafts --
the opposite of procrastination. To teach the importance of this kind
of time management, punctuation and proofreading will be stressed in
the grading of student writing for they are good indications of how careful
the student has been in his or her writing and how much time has been
budgeted between drafts
Select "Learning Handouts"
and then “Time and Goals”
Select ALL The Handouts in this category and download them to your computer.
WRITING DUE next time: TWO COPIES OF EACH OF THESE TIME MANAGEMENT FORMS (one copy for me and one for you):
MonthlyCalendar (filled out for Sept. 5-Oct. 2);
Weekly Schedule* (each filled out for the
week of Sept. 5-Sept. 11).
Your grade will depend on how well you demonstrate your grasp of the
other handouts and the Covey readings. *For example, feel free to copy
Covey's weekly schedule (blank: Covey pp. 180-181) and substitute that
for the one on the website, hopefully filling it out with the kind
of detail we see on Covey, pp. 166-167.
===========================================
LOOKING AHEAD TO WATCHING EARTHLINGS:
616-618Emotional
Intelligence
619-621Harmonizing
Emotion and Thought
622-623“The
Man Without Feelings”
================================
August 29
Monday Last day of the official add/drop period
8-30 Bring Time Management Forms; + Questionnaire Due or -20 points'
8-30 Earthlings:
-20 for not attending each class or leaving early
TODAY'S
GOALS:
CONCERNING EARTHLINGS
[2B]
DIGITAL LITERACY: “students will be better able to deal with the
technological revolution” by being able to
[2B1]
recognize the value of multimedia for access to right brain, the
whole person
[2B2]
recognize the power of multimedia to change society, prime example Earthlings
[2B3]
move from making slide shows to making movies (road map assignment)
[2E]
WRITING.
[2E8]
To practice the new multimedia writing which appeals to multiple
intelligences, the right as well as the left side of the brain.
[2A2]
CONCERNING ETHICS
[2A2]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses
-- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related
to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives
for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education
requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral
and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are
[2A2a]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented
by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented
by racism, especially slavery. [2A2c] To experience more directly
the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially cruelty
to animals.
[2A2d]
To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all
of us involving cruelty to animals.
[2A2e]
To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f]
To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S
TOPICS:the relationship between animals and us
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: feedback, watching the documentary
394-417 David Sztybel, “Can the Treatment of Animals
Be Compared to The Holocaust?”
418-424 Quotations
425-427 Definition of Human
428-429 Definition of Animal
430-432 Definition of Speciesism
433 Definition of Anthropocentrism
433 Definition of Anthropomorphhize
434 Definition of Ethnocentrism
434 Definition of Egoism
435 Definition of Hubris
REQUIRED:
AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO BLOGS ON EARTHLINGS OR -20.
YOU
CAN EARN UP TO 27 POINTS PER BLOG.
After
viewing the first half of Earthlings go to courses.utexas.edu Select
our course. Go to "Blackboard Tools" and select "Blogs." Then
go to "Earthlings 1," read the instructions, and then select "Create
Blog Entry."
"Put
your reactions to the first half of Earthlings here. Your grade will
be higher if you include emotional reactions as well as thoughts.
You will also earn more points by citing from the screenplay text
in your anthology and by adding multimedia. You will earn double
points by citing from the definitions or quotations and triple points
by citing from Sztybel. All citations must include anthology page
nos."
DUE
BY 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31
REVIEW:
616-618Emotional
Intelligence
619-621Harmonizing
Emotion and Thought
622-623“The
Man Without Feelings”
REVIEW,
CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: your self and the animal kingdom, your
experiences of the relationship between animals and us, your relationship
to the term "Earthling"
9-1 Last chance for Facebook "Who Are You?" points
9-1 Earthlings: -20 for not attending each class or leaving early
9-1 5 PM CLASS DINNER at the Clay Pit; Convocation
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM • Welch 1.308
TODAY'S
GOALS:
CONCERNING EARTHLINGS
[2B]
DIGITAL LITERACY: “students will be better able to deal with the
technological revolution” by being able to
[2B1]
recognize the value of multimedia for access to right brain, the
whole person
[2B2]
recognize the power of multimedia to change society, prime example Earthlings
[2B3]
move from making slide shows to making movies (road map assignment)
[2E]
WRITING.
[2E8]
To practice the new multimedia writing which appeals to multiple
intelligences, the right as well as the left side of the brain.
[2A2]
CONCERNING ETHICS
[2A2]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses
-- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related
to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives
for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education
requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral
and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are
[2A2a]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented
by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented
by racism, especially slavery. [2A2c] To experience more directly
the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially cruelty
to animals.
[2A2d]
To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all
of us involving cruelty to animals.
[2A2e]
To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f]
To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S
TOPICS:the relationship between animals and us
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: feedback, watching the documentary
IF
YOU DID NOT DO THE PREVIOUS BLOG THIS ONE IS REQUIRED OR -20.
YOU
CAN EARN UP TO 27 POINTS PER BLOG.
After
viewing the second half of Earthlings go to courses.utexas.edu Select
our course. Go to "Blackboard Tools," select "Blogs,"
and then select "Earthlings 2." Read the instructions
and then go to "Create Blog Entry."
"Put
your reactions to Earthlings here. Your grade
will be higher if you include emotional reactions as well as
thoughts. You will also earn more points by citing from the screenplay
text in your anthology and by adding multimedia. You will earn
double points by citing from 436-465 and/or suggesting what actions
you might take to deal with the situation.
DUE
BY 12 P.M. SUNDAY SEPT. 4
REVIEW:
616-618Emotional
Intelligence
619-621Harmonizing
Emotion and Thought
622-623“The
Man Without Feelings”
REVIEW,
CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: your self and the animal kingdom, your
experiences of the relationship between animals and us, your relationship
to the term "Earthling"
http://youtu.be/XAi3VTSdTxU
Michael
Jackson, "They Don't Care About Us," brought to you by Kendall Masada
9-5 Critical Thinking BLOG DUE
BY 8 P.M. MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5
9-6 S-D
led by KianCCritical
Thinking and Ethics:
Can You Think For Yourself? Can
You Act For Yourself?Are You a Leader?
The Example of
Carnism.
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS
[2A2]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses --
learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to
the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for
the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements
of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems.”
Our ethics goals are
[2A2e] To
return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To
practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
[2I] INDEPENDENT INQUIRY GOALS
[2I2] to think for your self, decreasing
reliance on secondary sources, practicing what is known as
active, experiential or discovery learning (as in science experiments,
the Moore method in math, and Amherst College’s Baird Freshman
English course in the humanities)
German, < schaden harm + freude joy>
"Malicious enjoyment of the misfortunes of others." [Sample citation:] 1902
Contemp. Rev. May 662, "I am persuaded that what (no doubt by a slip of undesigned
candour) is described in the recent Life of Claude Bernard by an eminent English
physiologist as the ‘Joys of the Laboratory’, are very real ‘joys’ to the vivisector;
that is, Schadenfreude,—Pleasure in the Pain he witnesses and creates." [OED]
http://youtu.be/4XmZIcmRKkc
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS:
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag
courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is
closely related to the core purpose of the University of
Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It
is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.:
“have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems.”
Our ethics goals are
[2A2c] To experience
more directly the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially
cruelty to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
[2I] INDEPENDENT INQUIRY GOALS
[2I2] to think for your self, decreasing reliance
on secondary sources, practicing what is known as active, experiential
or discovery learning (as in science experiments, the Moore method
in math, and Amherst College’s Baird Freshman English course
in the humanities)
TODAY'S TOPICS: Sadism supported
by peer pressure; Cruelty to animals connected to cruelty to humans?
REVIEW: Your ethics
and your experiences of cruelty and sadism
RECOMMENDED READING: other studies
of sadism, peer pressure
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: your
own beliefs, your ability to think for yourself vs. peer pressure
September 9 Friday Twelfth class day Last day
an undergraduate student may add a class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
Last day to drop a class for a possible refund.
12 EXTRA CLASS
PARTICIPATION POINTS JUST
FOR ATTENDANCE. + UP TO 27 MORE FOR OPTIONAL BLOG (to be posted
in the "Optional/Extra credit" blogs on BlackBoard). UNIVERSITY
LECTURE SERIES 2011 Monday, September 12, 2011 7:00 p.m. -
8:00 p.m.
Bass Concert Hall {PAC} "Robert Rodriguez and Me " Prof.
Charles Ramirez Berg Department of Radio, Television,
Film. It is an inspiring story of how work done by
a student at UT paved the way for a quick rise to stardom.
This event was designed to fire up students' ambition
to use UT as a ladder to success.
[1C]IMMEDIATE
PRACTICAL GOAL: to understand how to read and follow directions;
PRIMARY
GOALS [2I] Independent Inquiry;
Native American culture
GOALS RELATED TO DISCUSSION
BOARDS:[2E] Writing + preparing students for [2B] the technological
revolution;
DIGITAL LITERACY SPECIFIC GOALS
:
[2E3]. experience writing
as discovery learning.
[2E7] get a taste of the new world-wide writing,
the instant publication of web writing.
[2E8] practice the new multimedia writing
which appeals to multiple intelligences, the right as well as the left
side of the brain.
INDEPENDENT
INQUIRY SPECIFIC GOALS
[2I1] “to know thyself.”
[2I2] to think for your self, decreasing reliance
on secondary sources, practicing what is known as active, experiential
or discovery learning (as in science experiments, the Moore method in
math, and Amherst College’s Baird Freshman English course in the humanities);
[3C1] To unify the self, our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
TODAY'S
REQUIRED READING:
105-108Totemism
and Power Animals, some definitions
109-119Animal Speak
120-123Spirit Animals
124-125Power Animals table of contents
126Animal Spirit Guides table of contents
127-129Power
Animals in Bless Me UltimaHarry Potter,
andBlack Elk Speaks
WEBSITE:
ALL THREE GUIDED IMAGERIES AVAILABLE AS SEPARATE BLOGS ON OUR BLACKBOARD
COURSE SITE
RECOMMENDED READING: more of Bless Me Ultima, Harry Potter,
and Black Elk Speaks
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: you and animals
LOOKING
AHEAD: E. C. tonight; Power animals in lit. Thursday; Totem
animals Tuesday; Rebirth as power/spirit animals, renaming Thursday. 9-29
P1 DUE ON BLACKBOARD
12 EXTRA CLASS
PARTICIPATION POINTS JUST
FOR ATTENDANCE. + UP TO 27 MORE FOR OPTIONAL BLOG (to be posted
in the "Optional/Extra credit" blogs on BlackBoard). UNIVERSITY
LECTURE SERIES 2011 Tuesday, September 13, 2011 7:00
p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Bass Concert Hall Research that Changes
the World Featuring The Study of Early Child Care Effects
on Kids Prof. Robert Crosnoe Departments of Sociology & Psychology; Snake Bites, Sled Dogs,
and Curing Anthrax Prof. Brent Iverson Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry;
Discovery through Performance Prof. James Loehlin Department
of English. Join 302 class and myself at 6:30 for pizza party at north stadium
food court (Red McCombs Red Zone
food court),
on 23rd, right opposite PAC on map.
Study Abroad Fair 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. in
Gregory Plaza
9-15 S-D
led by Tiffany Power Animal:
Some Avian Examples.MEET AT ACES 2.222
Private Dining Room of O's cafeteria in back, first floor, center of ACE building.
Go through line, get food, go through door by cash register that says "Employees
Only" and turn right immediately.
TODAY'S
GOALS:
[1C]IMMEDIATE
PRACTICAL GOAL: to understand how to read and follow directions;
PRIMARY GOAL Toanalyse masterpieces
of world literature about animals in preparation for project one
about animals
GOALS RELATED TO DISCUSSION
BOARDS:[2E] Writing + preparing students for [2B] the technological
revolution;
WRITING:SPECIFIC GOALS
[2E5] practice the new writing as the product
of conscious, deliberate collaboration as well as isolation, drawing
on the help and advice of your fellow students as well as your instructor.
DIGITAL LITERACY SPECIFIC GOALS
[2B5] increase web 2.0 skills, social networking
as in Facebook and Blackboard
[2E7] get a taste of the new world-wide writing,
the instant publication of web writing.
[2E8] practice the new multimedia writing
which appeals to multiple intelligences, the right as well as the left
side of the brain.
INDEPENDENT
INQUIRY SPECIFIC GOALS
[2I2] to think for your self, decreasing
reliance on secondary sources, practicing what is known as active, experiential
or discovery learning (as in science experiments, the Moore method in
math, and Amherst College’s Baird Freshman English course in the humanities);
[3C1] To unify the self, our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
TODAY'S TOPICS:what is poetry? our affinities with certain animals,
exploring possible power or spirit animals for each individual
. Primary
example, what did the windhover mean to the speaker of
the poem? What difference does it make to hear the poem
performed rather than just read it with your eyes only on a page (same
topic as last night with Prof. Loehlin and his actor student).
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES:Quiz, Experiential
Learning, Discussion of assignment:
Basically this is another calisthenic
of the sympathetic imagination, trying to imagine what it was like
to be the speaker of the poem and what it is like to be the animal
addressed in the poem. And, of course, it is experiential learning,
the kind that can stick with you later. All of this depends on your
willingness to be an actor, to willingly suspend your disbelief long
enough to play the part.
TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:
130 Definition
of poetry
131AHopkins,
introduction
131BHopkins,
"The Windhover" ; As Kingfishers"
LISTEN TO THESE POEMS PERFORMED: FIND THE BLOGS TITLED AFTER
THE POEMS
[1C]IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL GOAL: to understand how to read
and follow directions;
PRIMARY GOAL Toanalyse masterpieces
of Texas literature about animals to see how to create a myth that
dominates a region and in preparation for your project one about
animals
GOALS RELATED
TO DISCUSSION BOARDS:[2E] Writing +
preparing students for [2B] the technological revolution;
WRITING:SPECIFIC GOALS
[2A1b] The goal of two of the formal writing assignments, ethics as
well as leadership, is to know that which is greater than the ego.
[individual vs. group animal] (Better awareness
of the world beyond the ego, beyond the conscious self, is not only
a characteristic of an ethical person, but also enables a leader to
be open to great inspirations and to be able to tap resources far greater
than those of an isolated self. )
[2E5] practice the new writing as the product
of conscious, deliberate collaboration as well as isolation, drawing
on the help and advice of your fellow students as well as your instructor.
DIGITAL LITERACY SPECIFIC GOALS
[2B5] increase web 2.0 skills, social networking
as in Facebook and Blackboard
[2E6] experience writing as inspired by
and contributing to something greater than the individual ego.
[2E7] get a taste of the new world-wide
writing, the instant publication of web writing.
[2E8] practice the new multimedia writing
which appeals to multiple intelligences, the right as well as the left
side of the brain.
INDEPENDENT
INQUIRY SPECIFIC GOALS
[3C1] To unify the self: our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
TODAY'S TOPICS: What does
it mean to be a longhorn?
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Meditation,
Feedback,Quiz on Dobie introduction as well
as his writings,
9-22 NATIVE
AMERICAN REBIRTH, CLAN, AND TRIBE FORMATION + KELLY'S BIRTHDAY
(9/23) + initial instructor feedback
TODAY'S
GOALS:
Core
Curriculum Goal is “To better prepare students for a changing world by making
sure they graduate with the flexible skills they need”
[2A] to be leaders in our communities,”*
and better able to deal with
[2C] a state and country that are more culturally
diverse;* Multicultural Perspectives
and Diversity
[2A2] ETHICS [2A2] The second
goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make real-life
ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of the University
of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of
the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about
moral and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are
[2A2c] To experience more directly
the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed
with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
[2A2g]
To practice tolerance for diversity for personality types and races/ethnic
groups (African-Americans and Hispanic Americans our prime examples), thereby
advancing the goals of the Multicultural Perspectives and Diversity required
flag courses [2C].
[3] PLAN II GOALS[3C1] To unify the self, our goal is to maximize
our potential by cultivating both sides of our brains, developing all our
multiple intelligences. USING Experiential Learning
NATIVE
AMERICAN REBIRTH experiential learning: rebirthing
as power animals; joining the clan (Koala) and the tribe (Longhorn).
If you have more than one power animal, choose the name you want
to be known by. Also, wear rebirthing clothes, i.e. highly informal. Extra
credit for wearing something that evokes your power animal and/or your
clan (Koala) and/or your tribe (Longhorn) and/or Native Americans . Extra
credit for bringing a musical instrument that you can play to jam with
us.
followed by Native American music jam
Born Free
Our version: to be born (again) free:"You
Shall Know the Truth and the Truth Shall Set You
Free"
BILL MOYERS ON HIS SECOND BIRTH AT U.T.As a boy, Bill Moyers sacked
groceries in his hometown of Marshall, Texas, but he went on to become
Director of the Peace Corps, LBJ's White House press secretary and
chief of staff, the publisher of Newsday, and the erudite
writer-producer-interviewer for several of PBS's most popular series,
including Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, Healing and the
Mind, and Genesis. People magazine has said that
Moyers is "perhaps the most insightful broadcast journalist
of our day, an astute interviewer to whom philosophers, novelists,
and inarticulate workers have revealed their deepest dreams."
In 1986, The Ex-Students' Association gave Moyers its highest honor,
the Distinguished Alumnus Award. And when he delivered UT's 117th
commencement address in May 2000, it was the fourth trip back to
his alma mater within the year, having participated in an LBJ Library
symposium on the '60s, The Daily Texan centennial celebration, and
having given the Liz Carpenter Lecture at Hogg Auditorium in February.
….this is the place to which I do return. Someone asked me the
other day, "You were here for The Daily Texan celebration, you're
here for this, you're giving the commencement in May. Why?" And
I said, "Because it'sthe place of my second birth." I
became intellectually awakened here. And it's like the astronauts
returning from space; they always head for earth. And for me to
return from the atmosphere of a vagrant sojourner, which is what
journalism is, you go from place to place, restless, homeless,
this is the earth to which I always return. Somehow coming back
here, even though it has changed drastically since your time and
my time--there were 18,000 students [in Austin] then and two institutions,
the University and the state legislature--it's a much different
place, and yet, somehow, I get more in touch with what I really
am, who I really am, here than anywhere else. That's because I
was initially formed here. It's like going back to your birthplace,
even though somebody else lives there or even though it may be
gone. And the fact is that most of the landmarks of my youth are
gone; that happens. But the Tower is still there. The Legislature
is still there. The live oaks are still there and there is a very
palpable memory here, a living memory of what I felt and experienced.
The exhilaration that greeted me whether I was in Ginascol's class
on philosophy or Cotner's class on history, or Moore's class on
Chaucer or McAllister's class on anthropology or Reddick's class
on journalism. I can see them in my head right now. I can hear
their voices. How do you explain that? I don't know how you explain
that. Some people talk that way about their religious conversions.
But I have that still-fresh sense of really coming alive here.
Coming back here is to be put back in touch with that."
TODAY'S TOPICS: ROLE
OF ANIMALS IN NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE +
the
original Asian-Americans*; "White" vs.
Native American peoples; Native American literature, clothing,
and music
(*Native
Americans came from Asia 25,000 years via the Bering land bridge between
Siberia and Alaska)
What are Black Elk's power and totem animals?
How did he know?
What are his relationships with birds, horses,
and bison
What is his sense of the relationship between homo
sapiens, as we call it, and other animals?
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: experiencing ANIMALS
IN NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC:
Basically this is another calisthenic of
the sympathetic imagination, trying to imagine what it was like to be a
Native American, especially their connection to nature. And, of course,
it is experiential learning, the kind that can stick with you later. All
of this depends on your willingness to be an actor, to willingly suspend
your disbelief long enough to play the part.
Print out the results, including
percentages indicating how strong each preference is, to
bring them to class, or -20. For the BLOG, [1]
check out the descriptions of the related learning styles in our course
anthology and add a evaluation of how well you believe "your" learning
and writing styles describe you as a reader and writer; [2] read
about the instructor's IFSJ type (pp. 251-260 and parts of pp. 239-250)
and list some opportunities and some potential problems in your interaction
with the instructor, especially concerning writing styles.
TODAY'S GOALS: [1]
To explore the diversity of our different personalities and discover the
importance of having the diversity of all personality types represented
in a group decision.
TODAY'S TOPICS: identity,
diversity, and Jung's personality type psychology
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: feedback, meditation,
P1 questions, type psychology exercises; blog discussion
9-29 PROJECT
ONE DUE ON BLACKBOARD UT Totem Animal Walk
THE DOBIE WALK: UT's Totem Animals BRING PRINTOUT
OF P1 MEET AT DOBIE'S HOUSE,
NOW THE MICHENER CENTER, one of the Signature GEMS of the University
of Texas at Austin: 702 E. Dean Keeton St.). Opposite chilling
station no. 4 and the law school. START
WALKING NOW.
FDH J. Frank Dobie House SHD Simkins
Hall Dormitory CS4 Chilling Station No. 4JON
Jesse H. Jones Hall (Law) SJG San Jacinto Garage TMM Texas Memorial
Museum
[4] EXPLORE U.T. GOALS
[4A] To acquaint students with some
of the gems of the university that make it unique (its “signature”) [4B] Related goal: To capture a sense of
the university as a place, esp. the campus as an alma
mater, a second home: HRC, the tower, totem animals,
Dobie walk, etc.
[4B1] To invoke the personal presences (ghosts,
genius loci) embodied in campus places, such as, in Waller
Creek, the ghosts of Joe Jones, Frank Dobie, and the students
of 1969 and others; and all the ghosts inhabiting the Harry
Ransom Center; i.e. to give some sense of the social as well
as environmental history of this campus, and comparable genius
loci embodied in the social and environmental history of other
colleges.
TODAY'S TOPICS:
your alma mater and the animals represented on campus
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES:Tour of the representations
of animals from the Mustangs to the Texas Exes. Experiential
learning based on interaction and interpretation, an exercise in SEMIOTICS, asking
the basic questions, what does the representation of the animal tell
us about the relationship between homo sapiens and animals? Assuming
an animal of that species spoke our language, how would the animal
answer that question?
REVIEW,
CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY:everything you have learned about animals
and totemism
10-6 P1 CRITIQUE DUE: instructions are
in the entry under my name
10-4 MEET
IN EASTWOODS ROOM OF THE STUDENT UNION, 2.102, behind
the information desk, S.E. corner of the building,
Class begins as usual at 11: so get your lunch
earlier and bring it into the room before 11. Otherwise you will be counted
late. If you are coming from RLM or wherever, you can ask someone to get some
food for you.
S-D
led by SPIDER Alice books
as guides to college and leadership
EXTRA
CREDIT FOR COMING AS YOUR FAVORITE ALICE CHARACTER,
REMEMBER
BLOG ACTING OPTION: room is ideal for acting scenes
Born
Free Our version: to be born (again) free:"You Shall Know the Truth
and the Truth Shall Set You Free"
TODAY'S
GOALS:
[1] IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL GOALS
[1A] how to survive despite apparent craziness like Alice in Wonderland
[2A1] LEADERSHIP, FIRST GOAL OF REQUIRED LEADERSHIP/ETHICS FLAG COURSES,
is also
the key to meeting the goals of the Basic Education Requirements:
“The University strives to enroll exceptionally well-prepared, highly
motivated students and to produce self-reliant graduates who will
become leaders in both their chosen professions
and their communities.”
Finally, leadership is the
GOAL OF THE REQUIRED NEW CURRICULUM: “all of our students,
whatever their areas of specialization, be better prepared for a
changing world: graduate with the flexible skills they need to be leaders in
our communities.”
[2A2] ETHICS [2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics
flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely
related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform
lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education
requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical
problems.” Our ethics goals are
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals
of developing character and conscience.
TODAY'S TOPICS:Surviving and learning leadership and
ethics skills in a wildly diverse and challenging environment
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Feedback,Meditation, Quiz, Blog Discussion
/ Acting led bySpider
TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:
ALL OF THE Annotated Alice +
262 “Real
Alice,” Oxford Univ. Museum
263-269Dougill on
Dodgson’s Oxford
270-1Oxford references
in the Alice books
272Alice
as hero: student in-class essay
273-4Alice’s pilgrimage:
student in-class essay
275-276AU.T.
students and the Alice books
276B Time
in a Bottle
276C-F "Jabberwocky":
four translations
277White
Rabbit, by Grace Slick
RECOMMENDED
READING: Alice websites on our web schedule; all of both Alice books
REVIEW, CONNECT,
HAMMER INTO UNITY: compare your experience of college with that of
the students, pp. 207-208;
LOOKING
AHEAD:
10-6 P1 CRITIQUE DUE BY 11 A.M; The
traditional purposes of the university
10-5 Midnight: deadline for extra credit
blogs on the University Lecture Series. If you already did a blog, if you want
to edit your blog and add the images and quotes (now you can get the quotes
from the podcast) you could add 12 more points to that EC total for each blog.
10-6 MEET
AT KISMET CAFE 411 W. 24TH; go to second floor
S-D
led by Bottle Nose Dolphin
WHO ARE YOU?
"A
College Student"
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
Universities,
U. T., Liberal Arts, Plan II
TODAY'S
GOALS:
[3] PLAN II GOALS
The goal of the required signature courses is to “expose each
entering UT student to the broad goals and possibilities of a university
education.’ Plan II shares this goal as well as this one: to experience
college as students did at the model for Plan II, Oxford, and other
liberal arts colleges whose seals are represented on and in the Tower.
This includes the
[3A] Universal college goal of living in fragments no longer,
learning to think, to connect, to hammer
thoughts into unity.
[3B] This is a central principle of Newman’s Idea
of a University, still the classic text on this subject. Newman’s
model was Oxford. Newman emphasizes again and again the necessity of
synthesis -- connection between the various courses and activities of
university life -- to achieve a strong sense of university education
as the unity it is supposed to be, rather than the fragmented multiversity
it all too often is.
[3C] Our goal is thus also unity, of the self, of the self and others,
of the self and nature, of one subject and another, etc.
[3C1] To unify the self, our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
[1]
YOUR FINAL COPY. FORMAT: DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH A TITLE, PAGE NOS., and FOOTNOTES
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, using the University of Chicago footnote method
(See Faigley),with at least one QUOTATION FROM AT LEAST ONE ACTUAL, PRINTED
BOOK NOT FOUND IN ANY WAY ON THE INTERNET, nor on our list of required books.
LAST PAGE SHOULD PROVIDE THE WORD COUNT (both with and without quotes) AND
THE U.R.L. OF THE BLOG VERSION. THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET
FOLDER WITH YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE.
ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE
[2]
A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;
[3] COPIES
OF ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE AND ANY MADE BY THE INSTRUCTOR ON THIS
OR PREVIOUS WRITING SAMPLES; HANGES YOU MADE
IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE CRITIQUES, INCLUDING ANY INSTRUCTOR CRITIQUES OF
YOUR WRITING, WITH CHANGES NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES
WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER;
[4] A SECOND DRAFT WITH ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE
IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE CRITIQUES, INCLUDING ANY INSTRUCTOR CRITIQUES OF
YOUR WRITING, WITH CHANGES NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH
CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER;
Scene
from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Would you
pass the empathy test? The android, Max Polokov,
is here called "Leon" in this scene. In the novel the interrogator's
name is Dave Holden.
In other words, do you have Emotional Intelligence?
[2A2]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses
-- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related
to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform
lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic
education requirements of U.T.:
"have experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems." Our
ethics goals are
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals
of developing character and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with
love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
Covey
book: Character Ethic (18), 22 vs.
Personality Ethic which focuses on technique alone; making and keeping
commitments 89-90; independent will 147-149; need for a higher purpose
98; spiritual dimension 292-4 that which is greater than the self;283-284; seek first to understand
(St. Francis) 63; Principles of Empathic Communication 236-238 Empathic
Listening 239-241 examples 252-255; love (80, 132), 199 +
611 Know Thyself
612-615 Leadership, EQ, and Both Sides
of the Brain
616-618 Emotional Intelligence
619-621 Harmonizing Emotion
and Thought
622-623 “The Man Without Feelings”
624-625 “The Roots of
Empathy”
626 David Lee Powell, Plan II student
627 Molesters and
Sociopaths
628 “I Am a Rock”; “Comfortably Numb”
629-631 Definition
of Passion
632-633 Definition of Compassion
634 Definition of Empathy
635-636 Definition of Sympathy
637 Definition of Sympathetic
Imagination
638-642 Companion to Ethics by Singer, Table of Contents
643 The Ethics of Sympathy: summary
644-645 Feminist Care
Tradition in Animal Ethics ed. Donovan and Adams, Table of Contents
REVIEW:Revenge of the Right
Brain+Covey book: dependence-independence-interdependence
49, 51 synergy of the group creative process; 263-266; love 80, 132, compassion
for those living out the scripts of others 93
RECOMMENDED READING:Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: your head and your heart
LOOKING
AHEAD: a
new question: How Can I Help?
REVIEW Covey book:
Character Ethic (18), 22 vs. Personality Ethic which focuses on technique
alone; making and keeping commitments 89-90; independent will 147-149;
need for a higher purpose 98; spiritual dimension 292-4 that which is greater
than the self; 283-284; “seek first to understand” (St. Francis) 63; Principles
of Empathic Communication 236-238 Empathic Listening 239-241 examples 252-255;
love (80, 132), 199 +
ETHICS: [1]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to
make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose
of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience
in thinking about moral and ethical problems.”[1a] To
focus on the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience. [1b]To
practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the
sympathetic imagination.
[2I] INDEPENDENT INQUIRY GOALS [2I1] “to know thyself.” To know one’s
strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness is essential .
[3] PLAN II GOALS :[3A] Universal college
goal of living in fragments no longer, learning to think, to
connect, to hammer thoughts into unity.[3B] This is a central principle of Newman’s Idea
of a University, still the classic text on this subject. Newman emphasizes
again and again the necessity of synthesis to achieve a strong sense of university
education as the unity it is supposed to be, rather than the fragmented multiversity
it all too often is.[3C] Our goal is thus also unity, of the
self, of the self and others, of the self and nature, of one subject and
another, etc.
TODAY'S TOPICS:HOW
CAN I HELP? Hammering Into Unity +Only Connecting vs. Denial, Abstraction,
Fear of Loss of Control;
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Quiz: Must get two questions right
or -10 without a valid DB this week; meditation; S-D
led by Wolf
TODAY'S
REQUIRED READING: HOW CAN I HELP? ix-90
RECOMMENDED
READING: all the texts cited in the reading
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY:
all that we have learned about ethics and compassion
LOOKING AHEAD: Listening
+ Helping Prison P2
Instructions
1-20 MEET
AT O'S CAFETERIA PRIVATE DINING ROOM
S-D
led by FireflyHow
Can I Help? 91-148
TODAY'S
GOALS: [1] IMMEDIATE
PRACTICAL GOAL:[1D] how to listen
ETHICS: [1]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn
to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose
of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience
in thinking about moral and ethical problems.”[1a] To
focus on the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience. [1b]To
practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and
the sympathetic imagination.
[2I] INDEPENDENT INQUIRY GOALS [2I1] “to know thyself.” To know one’s
strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness is essential .
[3] PLAN II GOALS :[3A] Universal college
goal of living in fragments no longer, learning to think, to
connect, to hammer thoughts into unity.[3B] This is a central principle of Newman’s Idea
of a University, still the classic text on this subject. Newman emphasizes
again and again the necessity of synthesis to achieve a strong sense of university
education as the unity it is supposed to be, rather than the fragmented multiversity
it all too often is.[3C] Our goal is thus also unity, of the
self, of the self and others, of the self and nature, of one subject and
another, etc.
TODAY'S TOPICS:HOW
CAN I HELP?Listening
+ Helping Prison
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES:Quiz: Must get two questions right or
-10 without a valid DB this week; meditation; S-D
led byFirefly
TODAY'S
REQUIRED READINGHow Can I Help? 91-148
RECOMMENDED
READING: all the texts cited in the reading
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: How
Can I Help? to p. 90.
LOOKING AHEAD: Social
Action; Burnout; awakening from illusion,P2
Instructions
1-21 Midnight deadline
for Peaceable Kingdom / Witness blog
603 class, letting go of fear, and "Free
Falling" togetherinto that which is greater than the self:
1-25 SD led by Dolphin How Can I Help? 149-243
TODAY'S
GOALS:
ETHICS: [1]
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to
make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose
of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience
in thinking about moral and ethical problems.”[1a] To
focus on the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience. [1b]To
practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the
sympathetic imagination.
[2I] INDEPENDENT INQUIRY GOALS [2I1] “to know thyself.” To know one’s
strengths and weaknesses. Self-awareness is essential .
[3] PLAN II GOALS :[3A] Universal college
goal of living in fragments no longer, learning to think, to
connect, to hammer thoughts into unity.[3B] This is a central principle of Newman’s Idea
of a University, still the classic text on this subject. Newman emphasizes
again and again the necessity of synthesis to achieve a strong sense of university
education as the unity it is supposed to be, rather than the fragmented multiversity
it all too often is.[3C] Our goal is thus also unity, of the
self, of the self and others, of the self and nature, of one subject and
another, etc.
TODAY'S TOPICS: HOW
CAN I HELP? Social Action; Burnout; awakening from illusion,
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Quiz: Must get two questions right
or -10 without a valid DB this week; meditation; S-D
led by Dolphin
TODAY'S
REQUIRED READINGHow Can I Help? 149-243
RECOMMENDED
READING: THICH NHAT HANH: Being Peace, 1987; The Miracle
of Mindfulness, A Manual on Meditation,1991; Cultivating The Mind
Of Love, 1996; Living Buddha, Living Christ, 1997; Anger, 2002, No
Death, No Fear, 2003, Touching the Earth: Intimate Conversations
with the Buddha, 2004, Understanding Our Mind, 2006,; and all
other texts cited in today's assignment
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: all
the texts cited in How Can I Help?
LOOKING AHEAD: P2
Instructions
Born Free Our version:
to be born (again) free:"You Shall Know the Truth and the
Truth Shall Set You Free"
O27S-D
led by Peregrine Falcon The
Sympathetic Imagination
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS
[2A2] The second
goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn to make
real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core purpose of
the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: “have experience
in thinking about moral and ethical problems.” Our ethics goals are
[2A2e] To return
to the traditional college goals of developing character and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice
replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic
imagination.
TODAY'S TOPICS:
Demonstrating the Sympathetic Imagination
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: P2 instructions,
Quiz, Meditation,Discussion, liberation of two turtles
646-650 Amy Hempel, “At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom”
SHELTER DOGS
651 Amy Hempel, “In the Animal Shelter”
652-653 “Calvin’s Story”
654
“Hector”
655 “Cracked”
ELEGIES
656 “Zach”
657 “From One Old Dog”
658
“Still Thawing”
659 “Meanwhile”
660 “Jake”
661-662A “A Bouquet”
662B
“For Pine Goose”
663A John Graves, intro.
663B-688A John Graves, “Blue
and Some Other Dogs”
FROM THE DOG’S POINT OF VIEW
688B Rick Bass, Intro.
689--430 Rick Bass’s “The Odyssey,”
700 “Max,”
701 “Envoy”; “Devotion”
702 “Hunting Accident”;
702-703 “Gus Speaks”;
704 “Coach”;
705 “Samantha”;
706 “When I Died On My Birthday”;
707 “Buster’s Visitation”
708 “Lola’s
Lament”
709-729 Sanders, Beautiful Joe
REVIEW:The relation between compassion and the sympathetic
imagination, as well as betwen emotional intelligence, compassion,
animal humanities, and ethics.
REVIEW,
CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: emotional intelligence, compassion, and
the sympathetic imagination
N1 P2
DUE ON BLACKBOARD by
11 AM: with word counts, with and without quotations, and the required
two images. Must specify which three criteria
reviewers are to use or P2 will be considered late.P2
Instructions
COME IN COMBINATION "HALLOWEEN/ ALL SAINTS/
ALL SOULS/ DIA DE LOS MUERTOS" ANIMAL COSTUMES FOR CP EXTRA CREDIT
Meet
on the second floor of the Harry Ransom Center (across
21st from the Dobie dorm). Go inside go up the elevator or the stairs,
turn right past the desk, put your backpack and everything else in one
of the cubbieholes (sp?), then go the room reserved for us (ask the lady
at the desk). When you go to the room do not take anything with you except
for the Jabberwocky translation you are going to perform, if you chose to
do so.
EXTRA CREDIT: during
class you can earn extra class participation points by performing in a foreign
language the Mouse's Tale (up to 20 points) or Jabberwocky (up to 15 points).
(German version of Jabberwocky already taken by Starbird during Convocation).
For translations go to this
site.
TODAY'S
GOALS: to see the importance of Rewriting (Hemingway); to see
what impact an amateur writer can have on world culture (Dodgson).
+
[4B] To capture a sense of the university
as a place, esp. the campus as an alma mater, a second home: HRC,
the tower, totem animals, Dobie walk, etc.
[4B1] To invoke the personal presences (ghosts,
genius loci) embodied in campus places, such as, in Waller Creek, the
ghosts of Joe Jones, Frank Dobie, and the students of 1969 and others;
and all the ghosts inhabiting the Harry Ransom Center; i.e. to give
some sense of the social as well as environmental history of this campus,
and comparable genius loci embodied in the social and environmental
history of other colleges.
TODAY'S TOPICS:Rewriting
(Hemingway); what impact an amateur writer can have on world culture (Dodgson);
the role of sound and performance in poetry (Hopkins).
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: sympathetic imagination
quiz, Alice-Hemingway-Hopkins quiz, FEEDBACK, seance, performances of the "Mouse's Tale," "Jabberwocky," and "Spring"
for CP Extra Credit, finally, "identify the ghost on the HRC windows" scavenger
hunt for more CP extra credit
READINGS FOR TODAY:
The
Annotated Alice:
sections on Mouse's Tale and Jabberwocky
Course Anthology:
276C-F “Jabberwocky”:
four translations
508-517A Death in the
Afternoon
517B-518 HRC windows
130
Definition of poetry
AND
Hopkins's
poem "Spring":
lines 1
through 9 are to be performed STACCATO (with breaks between successive
notes. Used adj. or adv. as a direction to a performer to render
a passage in this style; also as n., a succession of disconnected
notes.)
lines
10 and 14 are to be performed RALLENTANDO (gradual decrease
in speed)
NOTHING is so
beautiful as spring—
When weeds,
in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
Thrush’s
eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
Through
the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
The ear,
it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;
The glassy
peartree leaves and blooms, they brush
The descending
blue; that blue is all in a rush
With richness;
the racing lambs too have fair their fling.
What is
all this juice and all this joy?
A strain
of the earth’s sweet being in the beginning
In Eden
garden.—Have, get, before it cloy, Before it cloud,
Christ,
lord, and sour with sinning,
Innocent
mind and Mayday in girl and boy,
Most,
O maid’s child, thy choice and worthy the winning.
Review:
131A Hopkins,
introduction
131B Hopkins, "The Windhover" ;
As Kingfishers"
131C-131M Bump,
Gerard Manley Hopkins
LOOKING AHEAD:
11-5 P2 CRITIQUES DUE BY midnight.: instructions are in the entry
under my name.
N1 Last day an undergraduate student may, with
the dean’s approval, withdraw from the University or drop a class except for
urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons.Last day an undergraduate student
may change registration in a class to or from a pass/fail basis.
11-3 S-D
led by Tiger ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND ANIMALS
Videos about compassion, animals, etc. suggested
by class members:
Homo Empathicus
incredibly successful SPCA Sarah McLachlan
commercial
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS:
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses --
learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to
the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for
the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements
of U.T.: "have experience in thinking about moral and ethical
problems."
Our ethics goals are [2A2c] To experience
more directly the ethical dilemmas presented by speciesism, especially
cruelty to animals. [2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience. [2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination. [2A2g] To practice
tolerance for diversity
TODAY'S TOPICS:
What can you learn about the relationships between homo
sapiens and the other animals from the representation
of animals in Alice in Wonderland?
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:
FEEDBACK, MEDITATION,QUIZ and then Blog DISCUSSION.
TODAY'S REQUIRED
READING:
ALL OFAlice in Wonderland
RECOMMENDED:
559-606 Bump, Alice Book MS. rough draft
607-610 David Daniel, “Take a
Bite out of Nature” (student paper)
REVIEW, CONNECT,
HAMMER INTO UNITY: these texts and your capacity for critical reading
and critial thinking.
11-5
P2 CRITIQUES DUE BY midnight: instructions are in the
entry under my name.
11-8 S-D
led by the Great Blue Heron; Through
the Looking Glass, animals, and medical research
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS [2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics
flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices
-- is closely related to the core purpose of the University
of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements of
U.T.: "have experience in thinking about moral and ethical
problems." Our ethics goals are
[2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional
college goals of developing character and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear
and greed with love, compassion, tolerance, and the sympathetic
imagination.
[2A2g] To practice tolerance for diversity
TODAY'S TOPICS: the representation
of animals inThough the Looking Glass and the ethics of medical
research
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Feedback, Meditation, QUIZ and then
DB DISCUSSION led
by the Great Blue Heron .
TODAY'S REQUIRED READING:
All of Through
the Looking Glass:INCLUDING"A boat beneath a sunny sky"
anthology readings:
545-547 Lewis Carroll, "Vivisection as
a Sign of the Times"
537-544 Lewis Carroll, "Some Popular Fallacies
About Vivisection"
548-550 Catherine Hagar, "I am the Walrus:
Animal Suffering and Lewis Carroll" (student paper)
551-557 Robert
Titus, "Dissecting Vivisection" (student paper)
558 Testimony
of Julie C. (603 student)
REVIEW:559-606 Bump, Alice Book MS. rough draft
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: Everything so far about
animals, ethics, and the Alice books
11-10 P2 HARD
COPY DUE; meet at TMM : START WALKIING NOW
Bring a P2 folder [see below], a
camera, and a laptop or notebook, to the Texas Natural
Science Center (A.k.a. Texas Memorial Museum).
It is up the hill from the Mustangs statue. Bring
your P2 folder to me: I will be sitting at that entrance
(west side) waiting for y'all.
It is TMM in this map:
FDH J.
Frank Dobie House SHD Simkins Hall Dormitory CS4
Chilling Station No. 4
JON Jesse
H. Jones Hall (Law) SJG San Jacinto Garage TMM Texas Memorial
Museum
[1] YOUR
FINAL COPY OF P2. FORMAT: DOUBLE-SPACED, WITH A TITLE, PAGE NOS.,
and FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES, using the University of
Chicago footnote method (See Faigley). LAST PAGE SHOULD PROVIDE THE
WORD COUNT (both with and without quotes) AND THE U.R.L. OF THE BLOG
VERSION. THIS FINAL VERSION SHOULD BE PUT IN A POCKET FOLDER WITH
YOUR NAME ON THE OUTSIDE. ALSO IN THIS FOLDER SHOULD BE
[2] THE
FINAL COPY OF P1 WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S EDITS
[3] THE INSTRUCTOR'S
TWO-PAGE RUBRIC CRITIQUE OF P1
[4] A COPY
OF YOUR ORIGINAL DRAFT OF P2, THE ONE YOU UPLOADED TO BLACKBOARD;
[5] COPIES
OF ALL CRITIQUES YOUR COLLEAGUES MADE OF P2 COLLATED INTO A SINGLE
WORD DOCUMENT WITH THE NAMES OF EACH REVIEWER ABOVE THE REVIEW.
[6] A SECOND
DRAFT OF P2 WITH ALL THE CHANGES YOU MADE IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE
CRITIQUES, INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTOR CRITIQUE OF P1, WITH CHANGES
NOW HIGHLIGHTED AND COLOR-CODED TO SHOW WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN
RESPONSE TO WHICH REVIEWER AND WHICH CHANGES WERE MADE IN RESPONSE
TO THE CRITIQUE OF P1 BY THE INSTRUCTOR.
SCAVENGER
HUNT: Take pictures and notes to enable you to post a blog about
the museum for the NSC BLOG and earn up to twenty-seven points.
Instructions are below.
IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL
GOAL: [1C] how to read and follow directions
WRITING GOALS FOR YOUR
BLOG:
[2E1] get a taste
of what it is like to be a professional writer aiming at
perfection and adopting the necessary time management,
rewriting, and proofreading to become a great writer.
[2E2] get a taste
of writing as a work of art. We practice informal writing
as way to overcome writer’s block and as a foundation for
becoming good writers. Our formal writing is writing as
art, and thus the best writing you can possibly do. Think
of your project as, say, a statue: you want it to have
as few flaws as possible, to be as “perfect” as possible.
[2E3]. experience
writing as discovery learning, especially as one connects
parts of the essay, usually while rewriting. Our mottos:
[2E3a]. Only connect!
. . .Live in fragments no longer.”
[2E3b]. “, ‘Hammer
your thoughts into unity’.
[2E4] practice writing
energized by positive rather than negative motivations,
by love of your work of art rather than fear of deadlines,
by creativity rather than going through the motions, by
curiosity rather than compulsion.
[4] EXPLORE U.T. GOALS
[4A] Signature Course
goal: to acquaint students with some of the gems of the
university that make it unique (its “signature”)
[4B] Related goal:
To capture a sense of the university as a place, esp. the
campus as an alma mater, a second home: its museums.
TODAY'S TOPICS: SEMIOTICS,
reading the world as text
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: This
is another example of exploring the campus and finding another
“gem” of the university, as they call them, in this case
the Natural Science Museum and another version of experiential
learning, in this case an example of semiotics, reading objects
the way we would read a book.
INSTRUCTIONS
This
is another opportunity to exercise your sympathetic imagination.
Assume you’re your spirit/power/totem animal (the one you chose
for your short essay) now gifted with superhuman intelligence,
critical thinking, and the ability to express yourself in words. Read
this building and grounds as if it were a book.
You
must answer all three of the following questions in your Blog.
1. OUTSIDE
THE MUSEUM: What can you learn about the relationship between
homo sapiens and other animals from the location and architecture
of the Natural Science Museum, the statues in the front of
the museum (on Trinity St.), and the dinosaur items on the
north side of the Museum?
2. INSIDE
THE MUSEUM: Inside the museum you must focus on one animal
on the first and third floors that no one else has chosen,
as far as you know, and one item on the fourth floor that
no one else has chosen, as far as you know. Begin by identifying
it by name
and location and describe it as specifically and explicitly
as possible. Also take a picture of it if you can. Then
write about it according to the following directions.
2a.
If you were your power animal, how would you feel about
the remains of this animal on the first floor, the stuffed
version of it in one of the dioramas on the third floor,
and the various theories and research projects about you
and other animals represented on the fourth floor?
2b.If
you were your power animal, what would you think about
the remains of this animal on the first floor, the stuffed
version of it in one of the dioramas on the third floor,
and the various theories and research projects about you
and other animals represented on the fourth floor? For example,
what would you learn about the species homo sapiens? For
example, what would you conclude about the future of the
relationship between animals and homo sapiens and why?
3.
Go back to the west entrance alcove between 12:05 and 12:15
so that I can check off your name and be sure you stayed
the whole time.
10.
When you have
turned your notes into a little multimedia essay, post it
on theNSC blog. DEADLINE: NOV. 24 AT MIDNIGHT.
ETHICS: the subject of P3
11-15 S-D
led by ELEPHANT Coetzee,
The Philosophers and the AnimalsBRING
COETZEE BOOK TO CLASS OR -5
A
WEB VERSION OF THE PROJECT DUE: BRING TO CLASS A JUMP
DRIVE WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. Here is an example by the Great
Blue Heron, showing you the "hard link" also, if you want to go that
way:
Understand the role of philosophy in ethics
generally and advancing animal rights specifically; become aware
of the advantages and disadvantages of analogies such as that
between the Holocaust and slaughterhouses.
[2A2]
ETHICS[ The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag
courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely
related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform
lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic
education requirements of U.T.: "have experience in thinking
about moral and ethical problems." Our ethics goals are
[2A2a] To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b] To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by racism, especially slavery.
[2A2c]
To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty
to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S TOPICS:
The value and validity of analogies such as those between
the Holocaust and slaughterhouses in this novel and
elsewhere.
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Meditation,
QUIZ and then blog DISCUSSION led by Elephant.
TODAY'S
REQUIRED READING: Elizabeth Costello. First
half of the novel, but
primarily "The
Philosophers and the Animals" (pp. 59-90 of the Penguin edition)
+
Anthology
pages:
730-731 Coetzee,
intro
732-733
Lives of Animals
734-735
Garber on analogy
736-739
Singer’s fiction
740-747
Doniger on compassion, vegetarianism,
747-754
Smuts on nonhuman persons 7
54-755
Contributors
394-417
David Sztybel, “Can the Treatment of Animals Be Compared to The
Holocaust?”
Review:
361-362 Monson, Earthlings introduction
363-393 Monson, Earthlings screenplay
418-424 Quotations
425-427 Definition of Human
428-429 Definition of Animal
430-432 Definition of Speciesism
433 Definition of Anthropocentrism
433 Definition of Anthropomorphhize
434 Definition of Ethnocentrism
434 Definition of Egoism
435 Definition of Hubris
REVIEW: Your ethics
as they relate to the Holocaust, factory farming, slaughterhouses,
etc.
RECOMMENDED READING:Eternal Treblinka, the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer,and many others on this subject
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: your own ethics;
what you think you would have done if you lived near a concentration
camp in Nazi Germany; what if anything you feel you need to do aboutfactory farming, slaughterhouses,
etc.
Born Free: Our version:
to be born (again) free:"You Shall Know the Truth and the Truth
Shall Set You Free"
11-17 Coetzee,
The Poets and the Animals + BIRTHDAYS BY SPIDER
(11-14) RACOON(11-26) AND BOTTLE-NOSE DOLPHIN (11-30) BRING
COETZEE BOOK TO CLASS OR -10
TODAY'S GOALS:
Understand the role of literature and compassion
as compared with the role of philosophy and reason in advancing
animal rights.
[2A2]
ETHICS[ The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag
courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices
-- is closely related to the core purpose of the University
of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society.
It is also one of the basic education requirements
of U.T.: "have experience in thinking about moral
and ethical problems." Our ethics goals are
[2A2a]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by racism, especially slavery.
[2A2c]
To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty
to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S TOPIC: Which
is more effective in advancing animal welfare: philosophy;
nonfiction such as that by Doniger and Smuts or
fiction such as that by Coetzee + Kafka?
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Meditation,
QUIZ and then Blog DISCUSSION.
TODAY'S REQUIRED
READING:
REVIEW: Elizabeth
Costello. Second
half of the novel, focusing on "The
Poets and the Animals" (pp. 91-115 of the Penguin edition)
+
756
Kafka intro. 757-762 Report to the Academy 418-424 Quotations
REVIEW: Your ethics
as they relate to the Holocaust, factory farming, slaughterhouses,
etc.
RECOMMENDED
READING: the
works of the authors of "Quotations"
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: the relationship
between left and right side of your brain, between reason and
imagination,and your
ethics; what you think you would have done if you lived near
a concentration camp in Nazi Germany; what if anything you feel
you need to do aboutfactory
farming,slaughterhouses, etc.
Jekyll
and Hyde
blog. DEADLINE: NOV. 20 AT MIDNIGHT.
N22 Coetzee 3 evaluation
REVIEW Hopkins, in his letter to his brother
Everard of 1885, discusses parallels between poetry and music:
Every art then and every work of art has its
own play or performance . . . books play, perform, or are played
and performed when they are read; and ordinarily by one reader, alone,
to himself, with the eyes only. . . . Poetry was originally meant
for either singing or reciting; a record was kept of it; the record
could be,was, read, and that in time by one reader, alone, to himself,
with his eyes only. This reacted on the art: what was to be performed
under these conditions for these conditions ought to be and was composed
and calculated. Sound-effects were intended, wonderful combinations
even; but they bear the marks of having been meant for the whispered,
not even whispered, merely mental performance of the closet, the
study and so on. . . . This is not the true nature of poetry . .
. till it is spoken it is not performed, it does not perform, it
is not itself.. . .
Understand the role
of literature and compassion as compared with the role of philosophy
and reason in advancing animal welfare.
[2A2]
ETHICS[ The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag
courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is
closely related to the core purpose of the University of
Texas, to transform lives for the benefit of society. It
is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.: "have
experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems." Our
ethics goals are
[2A2a]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b]
To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by racism, especially slavery.
[2A2c]
To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty
to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion,
tolerance, and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S TOPIC: Which
is more effective in advancing animal welfare in general and the
sympathetic imagination in particular: philosophy; nonfiction such
as that by Doniger and Smuts; fiction such as that by Coetzee,
Kafka, and Singer or
lyric poetry such as that by Rilke and Hughes?
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: Meditation,
QUIZ and then Blog DISCUSSION.
REVIEW:
Elizabeth Costello. (pp.
59-115 of the Penguin edition) +
756
Kafka, 757-762 "Report to the Academy";734-735
Garber on analogy; 736-739
Singer’s fiction; 740-747
Doniger on compassion, vegetarianism; 747-754
Smuts on nonhuman persons;394-417
David Sztybel, “Can the Treatment of Animals Be Compared to The
Holocaust?”
AND
131AHopkins,
introduction
131BHopkins,
"The Windhover" ; As Kingfishers"
131C-131MBump, Gerard Manley Hopkins
131NRobinson
Jeffers intro
131OJeffers,
“Hurt Hawks”.
131PJeffers,
“Vulture”
629-631Definition
of Passion
632-633Definition
of Compassion
634Definition
of Empathy
635-636Definition
of Sympathy
637Definition
of Sympathetic Imagination
638-642Companion to Ethics by Singer, Table of
Contents
643 The
Ethics of Sympathy: summary
644-645Feminist
Care Tradition in Animal Ethics ed. Donovan and Adams,Table of Contents
646-650Amy
Hempel, “At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom”
SHELTER
DOGS
651Amy
Hempel, “In the Animal Shelter”
652-653“Calvin’s
Story”
654“Hector”
655“Cracked”
ELEGIES
656“Zach”
657“From
One Old Dog”
658“Still
Thawing”
659“Meanwhile”
660“Jake”
661-662A“A Bouquet”
662B“For
Pine Goose”
663AJohn
Graves, intro.
663B-688AJohn Graves, “Blue and Some
Other Dogs”
FROM THE DOG’S POINT OF VIEW
688BRick
Bass, Intro.
689--430 Rick
Bass’s “The Odyssey,”
700“Max,”
701 “Envoy”;
“Devotion”
702 “Hunting
Accident”;
702-703“Gus
Speaks”;
704“Coach”;
705“Samantha”;
706“When
I Died On My Birthday”;
707“Buster’s
Visitation”
708“Lola’s
Lament”
709-729Sanders, Beautiful
Joe
363-393 Monson, Earthlings screenplay
418-424 Quotations
425-427 Definition of Human
428-429 Definition of Animal
430-432 Definition of Speciesism
433 Definition of Anthropocentrism
433 Definition of Anthropomorphhize
434 Definition of Ethnocentrism
434 Definition of Egoism
435 Definition of Hubris
REVIEW: Your
ethics as they relate to the SYMPATHETIC IMAGINATION
RECOMMENDED
READING: all of Elizabeth Costello and all of Disgrace
REVIEW,
CONNECT, HAMMER INTO UNITY: the
relationship between left and right side of your brain, between
reason and the sympathetic imagination,and your
ethics;
11-29 WEBSITE
2 DUE: ADD AT LEAST ONE PICTURE AND ONE BLOG AND HAVE THEM AVAILABLE
FROM THE INDEX DIRECTORY ALONG WITH P1 AND P2. Extra credit
for adding your critiques of others and their critiques of you
for at least one project.PORTFOLIO
INSTRUCTIONS
S-D
led by MonkeySpeciesism,
Sexism, Anti-Semitism; Words, Looks
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS: The second goal of the required leadership/ethics
flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely
related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform
lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education
requirements of U.T.: Òhave experience in thinking about moral
and ethical problems.Ó Our ethics goals are
[2A2a] To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b] To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by SEXISM.
[2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty
to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
11-30 WEBSITES and PORTFOLIOS: now that files are getting big, from
now on email attachments should be limited just to the files you have changed
11-30 8 PM: Required Racism blog and
Optional Slavery blogs due
ELEVEN BLOG AND EXTRA CP CREDIT
OPPORTUNITIES:
UP TO TWENTY-SEVEN POINTS FOR A
BLOG (not E.C. points) AND UP TO TEN CP POINTS FOR A SPEECH ABOUT THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE PERSON, SLAVERY, AND RACISM. (SOME RESEARCH REQUIRED BEYOND PAGES
BELOW; -12 IF PERSON CHOSEN AND RESEARCH NOT DONE.)
STAKE YOUR CLAIMS BY UPLOADING YOUR
RESEARCH AS A POST IN THE "SLAVERY BLOG." CHOOSE ONE OF THE SEVEN
STATUES ON THE SOUTH MALL: GEORGE WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON DAVIS, ROBERT E.
LEE, JIM HOGG, ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, JOHN REAGAN, WOODROW
WILSON,
AFTER ALL OF THE SEVEN SOUTH MALL
STATUES HAVE BEEN CHOSEN, CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: WILLIAM STEWART SIMKINS,
(U.T. Law Prof. after whom Simkins dorm was named) ;ELISHA PEASE, APPARENT
OWNER OF LAND ON WHICH U.T.'S 40 ACRES NOW SITS; WASHINGTON HILL, ORIGINAL
OWNER OF THE NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE/LAND (2310 SAN GABRIEL); + LAST BUT NOT
LEAST: GEORGE F. LITTLEFIELD, the man behind the scenes.
WEBSITES and PORTFOLIOS: now that files are getting big, from
now on email attachments should be limited just to the files you have changed
D1 S-D Dreaded Comparison + Statue Walk+ AWARD
CEREMONY
12-1
S-D led by SparrowC Racism
and Speciesism
TODAY'S GOALS:
[2A2] ETHICS
The second goal of the required leadership/ethics flag courses -- learn
to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely related to the core
purpose of the University of Texas, to transform lives for the benefit
of society. It is also one of the basic education requirements of U.T.:
Òhave experience in thinking about moral and ethical problems.Ó Our
ethics goals are
[2A2a] To experience by analogy a little of ethical
dilemma presented by Anti-Semitism, especially the Holocaust.
[2A2b] To experience by
analogy a little of ethical dilemma presented by racism, especially
slavery.
[2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2d] To become aware of real-life ethical choices made daily by all of us involving cruelty
to animals.
[2A2e] To return to the traditional college goals of developing character
and conscience.
[2A2f] To practice replacing fear and greed with love, compassion, tolerance,
and the sympathetic imagination.
TODAY'S TOPICS: racism
and speciesism
TODAY'S
ACTIVITIES: meditation,
quiz, discussion, statue walk
TODAY'S
REQUIRED READING:
845-846
Bentham
847
Alice Walker, intro
848-851
Alice Walker, “Am I Blue?”
852-881
The Dreaded Comparison
882 Racism and U.T.’s South Mall Statues
883-884
Racism and Simkins Residence Hall
885-888
MLK’s Mark on U.T.
RECOMMENDED READING: all of The Dreaded Comparison
REVIEW, CONNECT, HAMMER INTO
UNITY: your ethics;
what you think you would have done if, two centuries ago, you loved
here in central Texas and discovered that you profited directly or
indirectly from slavery; what if anything you feel you need to do
now aboutfactory farming,slaughterhouses, etc.
WEBSITES and PORTFOLIOS: now that files are getting big,
from now on email attachments should be limited just to the files
you have changed
WEBSITES and PORTFOLIOS: now that files are getting big, from now
on email attachments should be limited just to the files you have changed.
Also, do not hand in websites that have not changed since they were last
handed in.
12-8 Alamo Drafthouse
South Lamar @ 7:30 pm Steven Spielberg's WAR
HORSE the
movie, free tickets, 12 pts. CP extra credit if you attend and are seen
by me, up to 27 more for a blog
DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director
Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity
set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First
World War. “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse
named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When
they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of
the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of
all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer
and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the
heart of No Man’s Land. The First World War is experienced through the journey
of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high
adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and war—
a successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international theatrical
hit that is currently on Broadway. It now comes to screen in an epic adaptation
by one of the great directors in film history. DreamWorks Pictures’ “War
Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty,
hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe
during the First World War.
Dec. 9 Big Class Participation Extra Credit opportunity.
Excursion to giant animal sanctuary in Seguin. At least 20 points for going
along for the ride. More if you are the driver.
Once there you photograph animals and write up ads for them and have them
put on the web for a total of up to 100 Class Participation points! It will
also be great practice for P3!
SARA opportunities: cats, dogs, rescues, and appeals for sponsorship of
farm animals. Have Tracy or someone there suggest some animals for you to
photo and describe. Make sure that the animal is not already on the SARA
or Petfinder websites. Up to THIRTY POINTS per animal if the following directions
are followed.
Take a very good picture of the animal and, if possible, a good video.
Write the text for a picture: at least a hundred words, telling the story
of the animal and explaining why the animal would be a great animal to adopt,
sponsor, or foster. Additional text for a video, at least another fifty words
or so. Add the following info about Cats or Dogs: Gender; Age; Breed: Good
with children? Good with dogs? Good with cats?
Upload immediately to one of the websites and send URL to me by Dec. 12
or Dec. 13. Otherwise, send one email to me for each animal, with the texts,
pictures, and videos for that animal.
December 10 Final Extra Credit Opportunity.
Looking ahead to our diversity theme next semester as well as our survey
of world religions, you can 12 points of CP extra credit for attending the
following event and up to 27 points of Extra Credit for a blog. Photographs
of yourself at this event posted on our Facebook site will be proof of attendance.
Austin Raindrop Turkish Cultural Center <austin@turkishhouse.org> Annual
Noah’s Pudding Festival, Saturday, December 10
To celebrate the rich and delicious
heritage of Turkey, the 4th Annual Noah’s Pudding Festival, Saturday, December
10, will welcome everyone from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Raindrop Turkish
House, 12400 Amherst Drive, off Parmer Lane, in northwest Austin. Admission
to the fair is FREE.
Enjoy free Noah's Pudding, watch demonstrations
of the Turkish art of marbling, try henna painting designs, sample delicious
finger foods, and find holiday gifts for your loved ones!
The Noah’s Pudding
Tradition "Noah's
Pudding" commemorates the common heritage of Judaism, Christianity and
Islam. In the Muslim prophetic tradition, it marks two occasions: the day
Moses and the Israelites were saved from Pharaoh's army, and the day Noah's
ark was saved from the flood. Today, in the Mediterranean region, Muslim
and Christian celebrants prepare the flavorful desert made from grains, nuts,
and fruits and share bowls with their neighbors. The many, varied food ingredients
and the sharing symbolize how people from different backgrounds can peacefully
and productively co-exist.
-- Mahmut N. Ünver, Branch Representative,
Raindrop Turkish House 12400 Amherst Dr. #108 Austin, TX 78727 Office : 512-873-7355
"UT
is now planning on requiring electronic portfolios in all classes."
My
Teaching Philosophy & the Carnegie Report, p.
322
GOALS OF THE PORTFOLIO
========================================
[1] IMMEDIATE
PRACTICAL GOALS
to help students meet Plan II academic standards and to help
them get and keep jobs. To that end, students need to learn
[1C] how to read and follow directions
[1E] time management (Time management is vital in life, but especially
in writing, because the secret of writing as discovery learning; of
writing as innovative thinking; of writing as creativity; in short,
of great writing, is rewriting. A key to rewriting is allowing enough
time to elapse between drafts -- the opposite of procrastination. To
teach the importance of this kind of time management, punctuation and
proofreading will be stressed in the grading of student writing for
they are good indications of how careful the student has been in his
or her writing and how much time has been budgeted between drafts
[2] GOALS OF THE REQUIRED NEW CURRICULUM
Basic
Education Requirements of U.T.: ÒThe University must not only equip
its graduates with occupational skills but also educate them broadly
enough to enable them to adapt to and cope with the accelerated process
of change occurring in business, professional, and social institutions
today.Ò
Core Curriculum
Goal is ÒTo better prepare students for a changing world by making
sure they graduate with the flexible skills they needÓ for
[2B] the technological revolution;
[2B] DIGITAL LITERACY: Òstudents will be better able to deal with the technological
revolutionÓ by being able to
[2B1] recognize the value of multimedia for access to right brain,
the whole person
[2B4] increase web 1.0 skills of web: email, websites, electronic
portfolios;
[2E] WRITING. GOAL OF THE
OLD AS WELL AS THE NEW CURICULUM: ÒEvery graduate of the University is expected to be able to
express himself or herself clearly and correctly in writingÓ (U. T.
ÒBasic Education RequirementsÓ) Our goal: every student should
[2E3]. experience writing
as discovery learning, especially as one connects parts of the essay,
usually while rewriting. Our mottos:
[2E3a].
Only connect! . . .Live in fragments no
longer.Ó E. M. Forster, Howards
End (1910).
[2E3b].
ÒÔOne day when I was twenty-three or twenty-four this sentence seemed
to form in my head, without my willing it, much as sentences form when
we are half-asleep, ÔHammer your thoughts into unityÕ. For days I could
think of nothing else and for years I tested all I did by that sentence
[...]Ó William Butler Yeats (cited in Frank Tuohy, Yeats, 1976, p.51
)
[2E7] get a
taste of the new world-wide writing, the instant publication of web
writing. To face the changes in writing computers demand. Computers
donÕt do what you want them to do: they do what you tell them to do,
and in their coding they demand perfection. They have no forgiveness
for errors in code. Hence, proofreading and attention to detail becomes
even more important.
[2E8] practice the
new multimedia writing which appeals to multiple intelligences, the
right as well as the left side of the brain.
J17 Genesis and stories of origin + BIRTHDAYS
BY ELEPHANT (12-7), DEER (12-10), KIAN (12-1)
J19 Dreams of return from exile
Eden
January 20 Friday Last day of the official
add/drop period;
History of Compassion: the West (the
People of "the Book")
J24 Jewish Bible, The Qu'ran
J26 Christian Bible
History of Compassion in the East
J31 Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Confucianism
February 1Wednesday Twelfth class
day Last day an undergraduate student may add a class except for rare and extenuating
circumstances. Last day to drop a class for a possible refund.
F2 Siddhartha 1
F7 Siddhartha 2
F9 Siddhartha 3
MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND DIVERSITY
F14 Dealing with diversity: this class and
the Alice books + BIRTHDAY
BROOKS (2-8) AND TORI (2-17)
,
F16 Black Elk Speaks 1 OCA
F21 BLACK ELK SPEAKS 2
F23 Anaya 1`
F28 Anaya 2
M1 Bluest Eye 1
March 2 Friday Intrasemester
reports due
M6 Bluest Eye 2
M8 P3 due on Blackboard
March 12–17 Monday–Saturday Spring break.
M20 Bluest Eye 3?
M22 Gender, Diversity, and Family Dynamics: Asian-
and Hispanic-American Student Autobiographical Essays 1
M27 Gender, Diversity, and
Family Dynamics: Asian- and Hispanic-American Student Autobiographical Essays
2 OCA
M29 3-29 P3 Hard Copy due
April 2 Monday Last day an
undergraduate student may, with the dean’s approval, withdraw from the University
or drop a class except for urgent and substantiated, nonacademic reasons. Last
day an undergraduate student may change registration in a class to or from
a pass/fail basis.
A3 Fun Home 1
A5 Fun Home 2
A10 Covey on Leadership
A12 P4 due on Blackboard
April 11–13, 16–20 Wednesday–Friday,
Monday–Friday Academic advising
[3C1] To unify the self, our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
[2A1b] The goal of two of the formal writing assignments, ethics as
well as leadership, is to know that which is greater than the ego.
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[2E5] 
[2B5] 
[2E6] 
[2E7] 
[2E8] 
[3C1] To unify the self: our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
[1] IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL GOALS
[1A] how to survive despite apparent craziness like Alice in Wonderland
[2A1] LEADERSHIP, FIRST GOAL OF REQUIRED LEADERSHIP/ETHICS FLAG COURSES,
[2A2] ETHICS [2A2] The second goal of the required leadership/ethics
flag courses -- learn to make real-life ethical choices -- is closely
related to the core purpose of the University of Texas, to transform
lives for the benefit of society. It is also one of the basic education
requirements of U.T.: “have experience in thinking about moral and ethical
problems.” Our ethics goals are
[2A2e] 
[3] PLAN II GOALS
[3A] Universal college goal of living in fragments no longer,
learning to think, to connect, 
[3B] This is a central principle of Newman’s Idea
of a University, still the classic text on this subject. Newman’s
model was Oxford. Newman emphasizes again and again the necessity of
synthesis -- connection between the various courses and activities of
university life -- to achieve a strong sense of university education
as the unity it is supposed to be, rather than the fragmented multiversity
it all too often is.
[3C] Our goal is thus also unity, of the self, of the self and others,
of the self and nature, of one subject and another, etc.
[3C1] To unify the self, our goal is to maximize our potential by cultivating
both sides of our brains, developing all our multiple intelligences.
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[2A2]
[2A2e] 
[2A2f] 
[2A2c] To experience more directly the ethical dilemmas
presented by speciesism, especially cruelty to animals.
[2A2e] 
[2A2f] 
[2A2g] To practice tolerance for diversity 
