Interesting Reads for 19 September 2014
Interesting reads this week include Scottish separatism, why girls are better students than boys, overpaid CEOs and more.
Author Archive for: Mr. Pogreba
Entries by dpogreba
The Influence of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
From the New York Times: On June 4, 1963, less than a year after the controversial environmental classic “Silent Spring” was published, its author, Rachel Carson, testified before a Senate subcommittee on pesticides. She was 56 and dying of breast cancer. She told almost no one. She’d already survived a radical mastectomy. Her pelvis was […]
AP Language Essay 2: High School Sports
Let’s write another essay! This time the topic is about the practice of supporting athletics in American high schools. Make sure to read the entire prompt, including its long supporting quotation, to make sure you address the prompt, and not just the general topic. Due Date: Sunday, September 21st at 1:00 p.m. via Google Drive. […]
Interesting Reads for 12 September 2014
Interesting articles this week include a look at the impact of the Mann Gulch fire, creativity, immigration, and more.
Essay 1: Media Violence Revisions
Our normal pattern will be to have revisions due two days after my corrections have been completed, but we’re going to use a different approach for this first one. Your revision will be due Sunday at 1:00 p.m., and submitted using Google Docs again. This week, we’ll spend a portion of each day going over […]