class Notes 3/10-15

3/15/11	NOTES: Everyone did a dialectic journal.  (paper divided into 3 columns) The owner of the journal responded to a prompt, in the left column, then passed it to person on the right.  That person responds in the center column, then passes it to next person on the right.  That person responds in the right column and returns the journal to its owner.  The prompts to choose from were as follows: In the e-mail from Alpha to Frankie, Alpha calls her “psychotic.”  “I underestimated you....although you are not a nice person.”  Do you agree or disagree?  Is Alpha in any position to judge Frankie? When Matthew learns that Frankie has been the mastermind behind the pranks, he says, “You’re crazy, do you know that?  What you did is psychotic.”  Frankie responds by saying that he has double standards, and if Alpha had done it, it would be brilliant.  How unfair!  Do you agree with Matthew or with Frankie? Who would date Frankie, after all this? We read orally to page 5 of Rules of The Bone.  We then took a few minutes to work on an outline for tomorrow’s in-class essay.  (need a thesis, main points, and quotes) HOMEWORK: Read pages 5-23,  Rule of The Bone.
3/14/11	INTRO: Took reading quiz, postponed from Friday so we could finish the movie.  ( 5 questions, and extra credit)  Tomorrow, in class, we will do outline for in-class essay on The Disreputable History...  (See handout) The in-class essay will be done on Wednesday, unless done ahead of time.  On Tuesday, we will begin reading Rule of The Bone.    NOTES: Discussed questions, “Why was the Order in the book called the Loyal Order of the Basset Hound?”  Responses: administration less likely to hassle them they don’t want to come across as intimidating their goals were not of a serious nature- they were pranks “What changed at Alabaster when Frankie’s Dad attended?” Responses: smoked a lot of pot stopped keeping good records Max gave a great summary of the ending of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.  Billy loses his virginity.  Nurse Ratched threatens to tell his mom, and because he fears his mom, has a nervous breakdown and commits suicide.  An angry Mac almost kills Nurse Ratched.  Because he is seen as being a threat to society, Mac is partially lobotomized.  Chief suffocates Mac with a pillow so he won’t have to live the rest of his life as a zombie. A discussion of the movie followed.  “What happens to Mac in the end?”  He gets a partial lobotomy (the frontal lobe is removed) which pretty much destroys his sense of emotion and affect.)  “How does Billy change?” After losing his virginity, and feeling confident, Billy stops stuttering.  As soon as nurse Ratched mentions his mom, he stutters again.  “Is there symbolism in the movie?”  Nurse Ratched’s hair looks like the devil.  When Mac is strapped down for his electroshock treatment, lying with his legs spread out, it could symbolize Christ’s crusifiction.   HOMEWORK: Finish the book.
3/10/11	NOTES: Continued watching movie, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.  Cheswick, still upset and crying from the “cigarette” fight, is taken off forcefully for treatment.  Mac, meanwhile discovers that Chief can actually hear and talk and has been fooling everyone.  Mac tells Chief that they need to escape to Canada.  Then Mac is also taken for treatment, which turns out to be electroshock treatment,  which zaps the brain and numbs the emotions.  We learn from Mr. Bourne, that the book was focused on the poor conditions in mental hospitals in the ‘60’s- shock treatment and partial lobotomies.  Things are better today, as there is more treatment using medications. more rebel presentations: Brett and Jay Z: Samuel Adams born in Boston, 1722, died in 1803 American patriot and politician John Adams, 2nd President, was his cousin graduated from Harvard tried and failed at starting own business went into politics spoke out against Stamp Act and tea taxes organized Boston Tea Party rumored to be behind rioting leading to Boston Massacre Brits called him “the most dangerous man in Massachusetts” signed Declaration of Independence Carly: Joan Jett born in 1960 in Penn. first guitar at age 14 at age 15, met producer and joined The Runaways (group) loved by Americans, but rejected by American record companies “I Love Rock and Roll,” was big hit for her didn’t think she could make it as a female rock and roll singer credited for being a rebel HOMEWORK: Read to page 293, The Disreputable History...  Do RWR, or take reading quiz Friday.