APELC Class Notes

Objectives: APELCers 1) processed texts from multiple genres, and 2) mimicked an author’s style.

Third juniors and seniors, before you processed the Brit piece from the text, I engaged you on a idea Ben offered in class the day before, that, members of any system can never examine such a system objectively and that individuals necessarily bring biases. I challenged fourth period and you then to examine the idea that science, as our socially constructed means of examining the universe, that is, the objective real system in which we exist, is subjective and therefore is as biased as in its truth claims as any religion. You seemed to conclude that science and even math aren’t as trustworthy as we may think, and that acceptance of their truth claims are a matter of belief or faith. Intriuguing.

We examined more of the life of Malcolm X and the claims of Elijah Muhammad and finished the day with a sentence-mimicking exercise, something your 2007-2008 peers practiced a lot but which I’ve not planned much this year. I’ll plan more. It was a popular activity before, and is a neat exercise in creativity.

Peace.

January 29, 2009 | Filed Under AP Language

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