Tuesday, February 7, 2017

february 8

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Alright. This week is not going the way I planned.  Being sick sucks, and not being with you guys for a third day in a row sucks worse.

But there is a very silver lining.  Those of you who are contributing ideas here and on your own blogs are officially learning independently.  You're exactly the kind of self-starter that universities and employers look for.

So my question today is (for those of you crushing it): How does it feel to seize the opportunity?

And my question today is (for those of you not doing anything I can see online and not emailing me for help): How does it feel to waste the opportunity?


AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Today is reflection in the form of torturing a friend.  Write a test with at least two questions per chapter.  Post the questions (BUT NOT THE ANSWERS) on your blog (TITLE: GATSBY TEST CHAPTERS 1-4).  Get three friends to take the test by commenting to your post with their answers.  Grade them and report their grades with the correct answers in a second post (TITLE: GATSBY TEST GRADES).

Q: Dr. Preston, what if I can't get three friends to take my test?
A: Fine-tune your powers of persuasion and try harder.  This is all-or-nothing.

8 comments:

  1. They say laughter is the best medicine. Should we send you a bunch of memes tomorrow to make you laugh? (insert "hmmm" emoji here)

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    1. boii i got memes for days... they call me the meme master

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    2. Ha! Yes memes please. And Angel, you can give your whole test in memes if you can figure out how they make sense (& if you can figure out how to spell :)

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    3. You should take some of our tests... just for fun :D

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    4. Hey that's a great idea!
      #whatdidieverdotoyou
      #ohright

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    5. Will you be in class tomorrow, oh wise one?

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    6. Looks like I'm out for the week. Thinking if I was wiser I'd find a quicker way to recover. This sucks. That's an understatement. (Which can be a very effective narrative and rhetorical technique. Nick and Gatsby both use it. Can you see examples? See what I did there? :)

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