P/s Good luck for the teaching practice people.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The "end" of EDU 3234
P/s Good luck for the teaching practice people.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Dream...
Today I read ‘I have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. This speech was delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. King was considered to be a peaceful warrior. He gave this speech to proclaim his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's speech resembles the style of a Baptist sermon. The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of sentences is a rhetorical tool employed throughout the speech. He also used a lot of oppositional images to show differences. He used words like shadow vs. light,
My research paper journey
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Devil's Dictionary
EDUCATION That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
MONEY A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
A Rainbow
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Kafka
Thursday, September 4, 2008
“Apartheid”
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Presenting my position paper.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
One day Poet
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Position Paper- group discussion
Saturday, August 9, 2008
The name is Warhol, Andy Warhol
Friday, August 8, 2008
2nd meeting with Dr.Nooreen
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
2nd draft of my position paper...
Friday, July 25, 2008
First meeting with Dr.Nooreen( My Supervisor)
Sunday, July 20, 2008
My attempt on the position paper....
adulthood was significantly caused by the unfairness of sex-role stereotyping.
My first draft was not a great one. I had limited points to talk about and constantly experiencing “writers block”. But I guess it happens when we deal with first drafts. I tried looking at the element of hardship through the use of names and the narrator’s action and responses. I think I will consult Mr Omid on making my paper better. I have a long way to go. Till then…I’m off.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
All about Icarus...
During the discussion in class I was asked to identify the story of Icarus in particular. I was surprised to find out how it was easy to imagine the story with the help of other materials like the painting and the poem. Even thought there were some differences from the painting but the painting helps in many ways. I also had an assignment where I had to create a lesson using the picture and a rewritten story of “Icarus”
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tutorial with Mr. Omid
Today I had my 1st tutorial session with Mr. Omid. He was not very easy to be understood as he had a thick Iranian accent but I managed some how. After introducing himself he worked on the story of Ovid’s metamorphosis “Pyramus and Thisbe”. As I had already worked on the story with Dr. Edwin during lecture it was quite easy to detect the major points discussed in the story. We were given a task to generate a thesis statement for the story “Pyramus and Thisbe”. To tell the truth I had so much of difficulty in writing the thesis statement. Not knowing how exactly a thesis statement should sound like is not a good situation to be at. After “extensive” question and answer session I finally manage to produce one thesis statement.
“The causes of obsessive desire will bring about suffering which leads to death”
I came up this statement as i felt there few many circumstances/situation that foreshadowed DEATH. So I took that into my advantage and produced a thesis statement. I then joined the class discussion on making every one's thesis statement better. Lucky or unlucky me i had to present first. To my surprise it was okay. Mr.Omid said it was a good thesis statements clear and specific. So I returned to my place with a wide smile. In general i think everyone faced similar problem in creating their statement specific. Most of us had a problem where the statement was too general. The discussion should continue for few more weeks to come as there are 60 of us to present our thesis statement. It was quite boring BUT i did learn from others mistakes. Maybe it could help me in my position paper and not forgetting the research paper.