Tuesday, 2/23

Class Biz

• SLC's tomorrow
• Honors seminar on F451 today during......x-block?
• Ind. Study Honors-- don't forget about the DP update by Monday, 2/29
• Slam Poetry contest! See flyer on my whiteboard
• Missing books!!! Check the white board for your name

Starter #19
React to the following quote....
“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.” - Edward Abbey

Agenda
1. "Lesson of the Moth" poem analysis

• What is the moth’s perspective on happiness?
• What is archy’s perspective?
• Which perspective do you think leads to a more meaningful life? Which to a happier life?
• Do you think you are more like the moth or archy? How so?  Does this differ from your response to Abbey's quote at all?
• Food for thought: Is it better to immolate yourself in a ball of flame or live a life of contentment? To Be or To Become? That is the question!

2. Project work time + Conferences with Ashley
Review of Deadlines

• Due BOC Tomorrow: Draft of project proposal 
• Proposal Peer Critiques: Get your proposal critiqued (SEE YESTERDAY'S DP BLOG FOR CRITIQUE GUIDELINES)
• Due tomorrow, E.O.C.: REFINED project proposal after critique
• Conferences: Once you've had your project idea critiqued, refined your proposal and emailed it to Ashley, sign up for a conference with her. OR if you really really really feel like your idea is AMAZING, you can conference with her today. Do so at your own risk of ridicule, though. ;)