All of the work for the AP Seminar class needs to be submitted to the College Board by April 30, 2019. That means you can continue to work on your papers after the due dates listed below, but they will need to be submitted to me for grading by these dates. Team Project and Presentation […]
We’re down to the last two essays for Semester 1, a revision of the college essay and a new essay about reparations for slavery. Details are below. College Essay Your revision of this essay is due on Wednesday, January 9. Please give it to me in class, printed, with both the original draft and the […]
The final for Debate class will be a two-part assignment: a personal reflection paper and presentation in which each student develops and articulates a personal philosophy. The assignment information is available here.
Your next synthesis essay is about the value of college. The prompt and source materials are available here on pages 2-8. The essay is due on Sunday, December 30 via Google Docs. Assignment requirements: Your response should be at least 900 words and demonstrate a clear understanding of the thesis and topic sentence structure we […]
The wilderness unit exam will cover these readings: Thoreau: Walden Dillard: Living Like Weasels Leopold: Thinking Like a Mountain and Marshland Elegy Williams: Clan of the One-Breasted Women Abbey: Serpents of Paradise Chief Seattle: Letter to President Pierce All of the readings not in the Norton Reader are available here. You will also be expected […]
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Mr. Pogreba
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." --Socrates
Deep Thoughts
“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”
“No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one’s existence–that which makes its truth, its meaning–its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream–alone.”
“so I wait for you like a lonely house
till you will see me again and live in me.
Till then my windows ache.”
“He couldn’t even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to forgive.”
