Your last persuasive essay of the semester is due Sunday at 1:00 p.m. You’ll have a choice of two topics, either the role of media in wartime or the nature of happiness and money. This is a critically important essay. It should demonstrate the skills we have worked on all semester with our writing. If […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson opened his essay Nature by asking: Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have […]
This week, we’ll be debating the use of drones for targeted killing by the United States. The two questions we’ll discuss are: Is the use of drones and targeted killing moral and/or legal? Does the drone program increase American security and/or reduce terrorism?
Study for your Chinese Philosophy Quiz! It will cover: Confucius Taoism Mo Di Sun Tzu The notes are available here.
AP Language students will have their research papers on education reform back when they return to class on Monday. The revisions will be due on Sunday, December 8th at 1:00 p.m. I’d suggest sending the papers in PDF format to preserve MLA formatting when you submit the final drafts. We’ll conference about the papers during […]