Discussion group will be held on Thursday this week at the Fireside Coffee. 7:30-close.
Come discuss the foundations of democracy and the value of partisan debate.
Select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read.
We’ll be meeting for the Wednesday Night Discussion group this evening at 7:30 at Fireside Coffee. The article for this evening is The Truth about Violence by Sam Harris.
As we all come back to Helena High, I’m reminded of the syllabus written by David Foster Wallace, one of the best non-fiction writers of the past twenty years. In his course syllabus for an English composition course, he described a model for education you can expect from my classes:
“This does not mean we have to sit around smiling sweetly at one another for three hours a week. … In class you are invited (more like urged) to disagree with one another and with me—and I get to disagree with you—provided we are all respectful of each other and not snide, savage or abusive. … In other words, English 102 is not just a Find-Out-What-The-Teacher-Thinks-And-Regurgitate-It-Back-at-Him course. It’s not like math or physics—there are no right or wrong answers (though there are interesting versus dull, fertile versus barren, plausible versus whacko answers).”
Welcome back!
Jean Paul Sartre
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
If you are interested in preparing for the ACT exam, here are some useful resources you might want to visit:
- Practice tests (requires a password—ask for it)
- ACT Student Web Site
- Top Five ACT Apps
- ACT Prep Vocab
- Tips for the Reading Test