Satire Clips For Your Enjoyment
During the course of the unit on satire, I will post the occasional satire clip for your enjoyment here. John Oliver, Miss America Pageant
This is my eighteenth year at Helena High School, where I teach English III AP Language, AP Seminar, Honors English 2, Debate, and Speech. In my spare time, I enjoy grading essays, watching the San Diego Padres and Portland Timbers, and buying more books than I could ever hope to read.
During the course of the unit on satire, I will post the occasional satire clip for your enjoyment here. John Oliver, Miss America Pageant
Your second synthesis essay is about space exploration and is located here. Only do the first essay (and make sure to print and use the evidence that follows it). The assignment is due Sunday at 1:00 p.m. via Google Docs.
This week’s weekly reads include looks at CIA torture, medical spending and savings, Wikipedia, and more.
This week’s interesting reads include a look at chimpanzee rights, SeaWorld, elite public schools, and more. Enjoy! Chimpanzee ‘personhood’ fails on appeal | – “Advocates of “legal personhood” to chimpanzees have lost another battle. This morning, a New York appellate court rejected a lawsuit by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) to free a chimp named […]
We’ll be meeting at 7:30 this evening at Scenic Brew to discuss The Persistent Myth of the Narcissistic Millennial by Brooke Lea Foster.