This is my documentation project. Please keep in mind that this wasn't the first second or even third person I intended to interview. Since my subject is about marijuana people didn't want to risk being recorded for fear of getting in trouble.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
MY friend barry signing
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We cannot hear anything at all,
Because we are deaf.
Cannot hear voices,
We only see their mouths moving.
Cannot hear our own voices,
We only feel it in our throats.
Cannot hear laughter,
We only see it in their faces.
Cannot hear the sound of playing,
We only see other people play.
Cannot hear the screams,
We only see their mouths open
or the startled reactions of people around them.
Cannot hear weeping,
We only see their tearstained cheeks.
Cannot hear the scolding,
We only see it in their scowling faces
and fingers shaking up and down in our faces.
We cannot hear anything at all,
Because we are deaf.
Cannot hear voices,
We only see their mouths moving.
Cannot hear our own voices,
We only feel it in our throats.
Cannot hear laughter,
We only see it in their faces.
Cannot hear the sound of playing,
We only see other people play.
Cannot hear the screams,
We only see their mouths open
or the startled reactions of people around them.
Cannot hear weeping,
We only see their tearstained cheeks.
Cannot hear the scolding,
We only see it in their scowling faces
and fingers shaking up and down in our faces.
SURVEY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE DOC. PROJ
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
SJD Interview Part Two
Interview with "George", brother of "John", continued from last post.
How do you feel about homosexuals in general?
In general, I don’t care. I don’t mean that to sound mean or like I’m a terrible person or anything, but basically I guess the thought of what I think of them never really enters my mind. I think it’s so stupid that ‘we’ as a society make such a big deal out of who it is we are permitted to fall in love with or be happy with, I don’t really think it’s anyone’s business but your own. I think that a lot of the laws or whatever that are made to govern marriage and stuff are stupid, because who are we or who is one person to decide what’s best for any one of the rest of us. I like action figures, you want to make some laws about that? With all the problems we have going on in the world, why waste so much time micro managing something like love, or sex, or whatever. And anyway, even if I hated homosexuals, what skin off my nose is it if they get married or are together? It’s not disrupting my daily life, so, so what?
How do you feel about gay marriage?
Again, I don’t. I support it because it’s one of those pathways to potential happiness for people, and I don’t think, in this country at least…you know, for more than two hundred years the United States has claimed to be this bastion of freedoms and liberties. Don’t we invade nations that we feel are limiting the freedoms and liberties of their subjects? Don’t we call governments who restrict their citizenry oppressive or tyrannical? Seems kind of crappy that ours would then turn around and limit the freedoms of its own. I’d like to see them legalize gay marriage everywhere. Legalize. Like it’s against some law to be gay? People talk about like, religious law that prohibits gay marriage and stuff but that’s not law. Religion is a moral way to live a presumably ethical life. If Jesus was gay the religious right would be all over gay marriage and would outlaw heterosexual ones. And the stuff they take to calling it instead of marriage. Gay unions or civil unions or whatever. Like that’s not demeaning. ‘Sorry, you two dudes aren’t good enough to be married, so have a union.’ Is it just me or is it cold in here tonight? Anyway, I support gay marriage pretty much because my girlfriend is a big supporter or it, but personally, I don’t care. I really can’t see a reason as to why it’s justified as being illegal is what I mean, again, I’m not a horrible monster or anything.
Do you know any gay people?
Yep. My uncle is gay, but he lives in California –guess what city—and I never see him. I don’t like him, but it’s because he’s a dick. That he’s gay is like a side note, and doesn’t matter whatsoever in how I think of him. And my brother. My brother is gay.
Well, how did you find out your brother was gay, and how did you feel?
I sort of always knew. I think people always try to use that line, but when you’ve known someone their entire life you notice things about them that often prove to be true. I sort of always knew he was gay but couldn’t put my finger on anything in particular. I found out, I’m ashamed to say and don’t let him know this, but I found out because I opened a drawer of this desk the computer was on and I was looking for something, like a pen or something like that, and I found this paper from like, a gay poetry website or whatever, I don’t remember. And I mean, you know how curiosity is, before I knew what I was doing I lifted that paper and found some Myspace or some shit print out and it was his, like from his site, and it was a conversation or whatever or him and some girl friend from high school and she was saying ‘oh, it’s fine, as long as you’re happy’ blah blah blah. I was all kinds of confused, so naturally, I looked at the next sheet of paper and it was from the poetry site again and it was a reply from some poet I guess thanking my brother for his positive comments on the guys’ poem. I was confused so I closed the drawer. Later, like probably 10 minutes later I opened the drawer again and pulled out a whole stack of that kind of stuff and as I was reading it I slowly realized that my brother was gay and that he came out to friends online and at sites and stuff so I checked the internet history and found all these gay sites. But they were like porn sites. I was pissed, cause he didn’t clear the history. But really I think I was mad because I was snooping through his shit, and I was embarrassed that I did.
When did he come out to you?
Hell, I don’t remember. He sent me a text message from this concert he was playing and it said like ‘great concert! I’m gay!’ and like, I don’t think I’d choose that medium to make such a big announcement. I’m sure he’ll tell you the same thing but I was drunk at the time and I don’t remember saying anything to him whenever we were both home at the same time, I think I got home and passed out cause I had work in the morning. I don’t think we talked about it for a long time. I wasn’t mad at him or anything, but I was still pretty upset with myself for invading his privacy like I did. I thought it was less than ideal that he texted it to me. I guess I imagined like my sister and him and I would be together and he announce it or whatever, like in the movies. Like there’s the Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving dinner with the family sitting around and he’d stand up and say ‘ I have something to say….’ You know. But hell, it’s his life and being gay is his thing, you know? Like it belongs to him, so it’s up to him how he reveals it to people.
How do you feel about him being gay?
Well, he’s my brother. What more is there to say? I’m not trying to be all cutesy and accepting and stuff, I mean that. I told him that. I don’t care who he’s attracted to because he’s my brother and my number one concern is for his happiness. I was scared about him going to school, cause none of us, we’re not like quiet about things we like or, like we’re not casual people. So if we feel something or like something or that we’re real vocal about it. There’s a lot of dumbasses out there and my fear was that he’d get beaten up or something. I still worry when he takes the bus and stuff like some guy will see my brother checking him out and beat him up or something. Oh, sorry, you probably can’t print ‘dumbasses’ in your paper, but I don’t know a nice thing to call those people. Ignorant people. I know it’s a big city and all that but you never know, and for me, when I love someone I can never feel safe enough. Like ever. If he lived in a gays-only community, like Gay Paradise, I’d still worry about if he was in danger, but I’d do that if he was the most straight man in history. I’m just glad he’s happy being him. I’m sure he told you about our dad, and how he thinks dad would have disowned him or something. I really disagree with that. Dad might have been upset but he was old fashioned you know? He wanted all of us to grow up and be the people in that Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving painting. Like with families and success and all that normal stuff. But dad would have gotten over it and remembered that he was his son, and that was what’s important. But that must have been so tough. Hiding that, like if dad didn’t die when he did what would my brother have done? Could you keep that kind of thing hidden for who knows how long? I couldn’t.
How do you feel about homosexuals in general?
In general, I don’t care. I don’t mean that to sound mean or like I’m a terrible person or anything, but basically I guess the thought of what I think of them never really enters my mind. I think it’s so stupid that ‘we’ as a society make such a big deal out of who it is we are permitted to fall in love with or be happy with, I don’t really think it’s anyone’s business but your own. I think that a lot of the laws or whatever that are made to govern marriage and stuff are stupid, because who are we or who is one person to decide what’s best for any one of the rest of us. I like action figures, you want to make some laws about that? With all the problems we have going on in the world, why waste so much time micro managing something like love, or sex, or whatever. And anyway, even if I hated homosexuals, what skin off my nose is it if they get married or are together? It’s not disrupting my daily life, so, so what?
How do you feel about gay marriage?
Again, I don’t. I support it because it’s one of those pathways to potential happiness for people, and I don’t think, in this country at least…you know, for more than two hundred years the United States has claimed to be this bastion of freedoms and liberties. Don’t we invade nations that we feel are limiting the freedoms and liberties of their subjects? Don’t we call governments who restrict their citizenry oppressive or tyrannical? Seems kind of crappy that ours would then turn around and limit the freedoms of its own. I’d like to see them legalize gay marriage everywhere. Legalize. Like it’s against some law to be gay? People talk about like, religious law that prohibits gay marriage and stuff but that’s not law. Religion is a moral way to live a presumably ethical life. If Jesus was gay the religious right would be all over gay marriage and would outlaw heterosexual ones. And the stuff they take to calling it instead of marriage. Gay unions or civil unions or whatever. Like that’s not demeaning. ‘Sorry, you two dudes aren’t good enough to be married, so have a union.’ Is it just me or is it cold in here tonight? Anyway, I support gay marriage pretty much because my girlfriend is a big supporter or it, but personally, I don’t care. I really can’t see a reason as to why it’s justified as being illegal is what I mean, again, I’m not a horrible monster or anything.
Do you know any gay people?
Yep. My uncle is gay, but he lives in California –guess what city—and I never see him. I don’t like him, but it’s because he’s a dick. That he’s gay is like a side note, and doesn’t matter whatsoever in how I think of him. And my brother. My brother is gay.
Well, how did you find out your brother was gay, and how did you feel?
I sort of always knew. I think people always try to use that line, but when you’ve known someone their entire life you notice things about them that often prove to be true. I sort of always knew he was gay but couldn’t put my finger on anything in particular. I found out, I’m ashamed to say and don’t let him know this, but I found out because I opened a drawer of this desk the computer was on and I was looking for something, like a pen or something like that, and I found this paper from like, a gay poetry website or whatever, I don’t remember. And I mean, you know how curiosity is, before I knew what I was doing I lifted that paper and found some Myspace or some shit print out and it was his, like from his site, and it was a conversation or whatever or him and some girl friend from high school and she was saying ‘oh, it’s fine, as long as you’re happy’ blah blah blah. I was all kinds of confused, so naturally, I looked at the next sheet of paper and it was from the poetry site again and it was a reply from some poet I guess thanking my brother for his positive comments on the guys’ poem. I was confused so I closed the drawer. Later, like probably 10 minutes later I opened the drawer again and pulled out a whole stack of that kind of stuff and as I was reading it I slowly realized that my brother was gay and that he came out to friends online and at sites and stuff so I checked the internet history and found all these gay sites. But they were like porn sites. I was pissed, cause he didn’t clear the history. But really I think I was mad because I was snooping through his shit, and I was embarrassed that I did.
When did he come out to you?
Hell, I don’t remember. He sent me a text message from this concert he was playing and it said like ‘great concert! I’m gay!’ and like, I don’t think I’d choose that medium to make such a big announcement. I’m sure he’ll tell you the same thing but I was drunk at the time and I don’t remember saying anything to him whenever we were both home at the same time, I think I got home and passed out cause I had work in the morning. I don’t think we talked about it for a long time. I wasn’t mad at him or anything, but I was still pretty upset with myself for invading his privacy like I did. I thought it was less than ideal that he texted it to me. I guess I imagined like my sister and him and I would be together and he announce it or whatever, like in the movies. Like there’s the Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving dinner with the family sitting around and he’d stand up and say ‘ I have something to say….’ You know. But hell, it’s his life and being gay is his thing, you know? Like it belongs to him, so it’s up to him how he reveals it to people.
How do you feel about him being gay?
Well, he’s my brother. What more is there to say? I’m not trying to be all cutesy and accepting and stuff, I mean that. I told him that. I don’t care who he’s attracted to because he’s my brother and my number one concern is for his happiness. I was scared about him going to school, cause none of us, we’re not like quiet about things we like or, like we’re not casual people. So if we feel something or like something or that we’re real vocal about it. There’s a lot of dumbasses out there and my fear was that he’d get beaten up or something. I still worry when he takes the bus and stuff like some guy will see my brother checking him out and beat him up or something. Oh, sorry, you probably can’t print ‘dumbasses’ in your paper, but I don’t know a nice thing to call those people. Ignorant people. I know it’s a big city and all that but you never know, and for me, when I love someone I can never feel safe enough. Like ever. If he lived in a gays-only community, like Gay Paradise, I’d still worry about if he was in danger, but I’d do that if he was the most straight man in history. I’m just glad he’s happy being him. I’m sure he told you about our dad, and how he thinks dad would have disowned him or something. I really disagree with that. Dad might have been upset but he was old fashioned you know? He wanted all of us to grow up and be the people in that Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving painting. Like with families and success and all that normal stuff. But dad would have gotten over it and remembered that he was his son, and that was what’s important. But that must have been so tough. Hiding that, like if dad didn’t die when he did what would my brother have done? Could you keep that kind of thing hidden for who knows how long? I couldn’t.
SJD Interview, Part One.
For my project, I interview "John" and his brother "George" (names changed out of respect for their privacy) surrounding the issue of homosexuality and coming. "John" is a gay 20 year old currently attending school for a Music History degree. "John" asked to be interviewed separately from his brother and he speaks about coming out and how he feels as a gay man in our society.
When and how did you come out to your family?
Well, I told my sister in the summer of 2007. We had been texting messaging and I had just decided that it was time for her to know, so I told her that I had to tell her something. Right away she text back saying she already knew, after all we had the mutual friends whom I had already told, and that it wasn’t a big deal. With my brother, it was December 1st, 2007, and I remember precisely because it was the first full symphony I had played with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and we all did a terrific job and it was the best night of my career. We were at the reception and I thought you know what I feel very good right now and I think it’s time to tell him so I text message him. The next test message I received, I was in my colleague’s car, and my sister sent me a text message saying that probably wasn’t the best way to tell him. So right then and there, I knew what must have happened was that my brother must have called her or whatever and said hey did you hear about ”John” or did he tell you, or something like that and then she would have then found out that I told him and got back to me saying that wasn’t the best way to tell him. Logically that is the only thing I could think to explain what happened. So I came home and my sister was watching TV and there was dead silence. I mean, we didn’t talk at all that night. Eventually, my brother came home drunk and just flopped down in his bed and went to sleep, didn’t say anything at all to me. And then the next day, I was on the computer and he came in the room and said he loved me. So I don’t really know exactly what to make of that whole exchange. I wish he would have said something of a little bit more substance to me. I’m sure that if he was sober that something might have been different but he was already drunk so I don’t know exactly how he reacted to the news and frankly, I don’t care. I’m just curious to why that was the reception I got.
Did you find it difficult to tell them?
Well the actual process of it was fairly easy. I think the anticipation and the “gearing” up for it was the hardest part and every passing day it got more difficult because of the period of time just got longer and longer and so yeah, deciding if whether or not it was even worth it was a struggle for me. I figured why the hell not, it doesn’t matter, it’s just something else about me so just do it.
Is there a reason you told other people outside of your family first?
I don’t live with those people, I don’t sleep by those people every night. I don’t go home and see those other people every night so what they had to say about me didn’t really have as much impact as my family did. So I think I was just bracing myself for my family which actually turned out quite well.
Were you ever worried that it wasn’t going to turn out well?
Uhm, I couldn’t imagine it wasn’t going to turn out well but…I think I was a little bit. I don’t think it was really strong but I think it was just a little thing in the back of my head.
Have you ever had a difficult with the religious concept?
Yes. There were some friends of mine that really were really harsh and really cruel to me. They were Bible-thumping right wingers that were really upsetting in their reception of my news. I just figured well they are friends, I don’t think its harmful telling them but yeah I got my earful of Bible-thumping Christian rhetoric from them. It wasn’t pleasant. But as time has passed, ‘eff it is my philosophy towards that. Our world is full of so much pain and tragedy and we have to find a way to get along even if other people don’t like us.
Are you religious in any way?
I am a believer in powers that are much greater than us. I haven’t exactly figured out what the deism, I guess, is that I believe in but I do believe in powers that our greater than us. The one thing I can’t do is inherently condemn all others that don’t believe in what I believe which is what some religions, Christianity in particular, do. If you don’t believe in Jesus, you will go to hell. I think that’s hypocritical as far as I’m concerned that it is a religion that claims to be so caring and so loving towards the followers and then craps upon others who aren’t of that same mindset, that is something I can’t do. I think in time I could come up with my own religion, as half baked or crackpot as it may be, would not be something that look down on people as being inferior or as being wrong.
How do you deal with religion?
I haven’t gone to church in like years. I mean, well the last time I was in church was last Easter for a performance and the time prior to that was the chapel where we had my dad’s wake at but in terms of actually going to services I haven’t gone since grade school. My dad hadn’t gone to church in many years prior to his passing. He was a believer too but he rather stay home and watch football. My mom started going to church again, she became born-again when my dad time.
How do you deal with the whole “homosexuality is wrong” mentality?
I don’t get a lot of that. It’s a very liberal environment here. Now I’m 90 percent sure I’m transferring to Edwardsville, Illinois which is kinda conservative from the sense I got of it. They are kinda bible based but that’s okay. It doesn’t really matter to me. I think I don’t get a lot of negative vibe because I don’t ask for it. I don’t go around asking hey what do you think about this because that would be setting myself up for disaster. You just have to be able to adapt to the environment you are in.
So you’re not worried at all about moving to a more conservative area?
Well, no. That’s all I can say about that no. I’m just going to go down there and just live and be me. It’s their responsibility to let me live and let me be me. I love this, it’s very comfortable, I mean, it’s me. I’m happy being what I am.
When and how did you come out to your family?
Well, I told my sister in the summer of 2007. We had been texting messaging and I had just decided that it was time for her to know, so I told her that I had to tell her something. Right away she text back saying she already knew, after all we had the mutual friends whom I had already told, and that it wasn’t a big deal. With my brother, it was December 1st, 2007, and I remember precisely because it was the first full symphony I had played with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and we all did a terrific job and it was the best night of my career. We were at the reception and I thought you know what I feel very good right now and I think it’s time to tell him so I text message him. The next test message I received, I was in my colleague’s car, and my sister sent me a text message saying that probably wasn’t the best way to tell him. So right then and there, I knew what must have happened was that my brother must have called her or whatever and said hey did you hear about ”John” or did he tell you, or something like that and then she would have then found out that I told him and got back to me saying that wasn’t the best way to tell him. Logically that is the only thing I could think to explain what happened. So I came home and my sister was watching TV and there was dead silence. I mean, we didn’t talk at all that night. Eventually, my brother came home drunk and just flopped down in his bed and went to sleep, didn’t say anything at all to me. And then the next day, I was on the computer and he came in the room and said he loved me. So I don’t really know exactly what to make of that whole exchange. I wish he would have said something of a little bit more substance to me. I’m sure that if he was sober that something might have been different but he was already drunk so I don’t know exactly how he reacted to the news and frankly, I don’t care. I’m just curious to why that was the reception I got.
Did you find it difficult to tell them?
Well the actual process of it was fairly easy. I think the anticipation and the “gearing” up for it was the hardest part and every passing day it got more difficult because of the period of time just got longer and longer and so yeah, deciding if whether or not it was even worth it was a struggle for me. I figured why the hell not, it doesn’t matter, it’s just something else about me so just do it.
Is there a reason you told other people outside of your family first?
I don’t live with those people, I don’t sleep by those people every night. I don’t go home and see those other people every night so what they had to say about me didn’t really have as much impact as my family did. So I think I was just bracing myself for my family which actually turned out quite well.
Were you ever worried that it wasn’t going to turn out well?
Uhm, I couldn’t imagine it wasn’t going to turn out well but…I think I was a little bit. I don’t think it was really strong but I think it was just a little thing in the back of my head.
Have you ever had a difficult with the religious concept?
Yes. There were some friends of mine that really were really harsh and really cruel to me. They were Bible-thumping right wingers that were really upsetting in their reception of my news. I just figured well they are friends, I don’t think its harmful telling them but yeah I got my earful of Bible-thumping Christian rhetoric from them. It wasn’t pleasant. But as time has passed, ‘eff it is my philosophy towards that. Our world is full of so much pain and tragedy and we have to find a way to get along even if other people don’t like us.
Are you religious in any way?
I am a believer in powers that are much greater than us. I haven’t exactly figured out what the deism, I guess, is that I believe in but I do believe in powers that our greater than us. The one thing I can’t do is inherently condemn all others that don’t believe in what I believe which is what some religions, Christianity in particular, do. If you don’t believe in Jesus, you will go to hell. I think that’s hypocritical as far as I’m concerned that it is a religion that claims to be so caring and so loving towards the followers and then craps upon others who aren’t of that same mindset, that is something I can’t do. I think in time I could come up with my own religion, as half baked or crackpot as it may be, would not be something that look down on people as being inferior or as being wrong.
How do you deal with religion?
I haven’t gone to church in like years. I mean, well the last time I was in church was last Easter for a performance and the time prior to that was the chapel where we had my dad’s wake at but in terms of actually going to services I haven’t gone since grade school. My dad hadn’t gone to church in many years prior to his passing. He was a believer too but he rather stay home and watch football. My mom started going to church again, she became born-again when my dad time.
How do you deal with the whole “homosexuality is wrong” mentality?
I don’t get a lot of that. It’s a very liberal environment here. Now I’m 90 percent sure I’m transferring to Edwardsville, Illinois which is kinda conservative from the sense I got of it. They are kinda bible based but that’s okay. It doesn’t really matter to me. I think I don’t get a lot of negative vibe because I don’t ask for it. I don’t go around asking hey what do you think about this because that would be setting myself up for disaster. You just have to be able to adapt to the environment you are in.
So you’re not worried at all about moving to a more conservative area?
Well, no. That’s all I can say about that no. I’m just going to go down there and just live and be me. It’s their responsibility to let me live and let me be me. I love this, it’s very comfortable, I mean, it’s me. I’m happy being what I am.
Aunt Jenny- Interview
I interviewed my Aunt Jenny. Jenny is Twenty-eight years old. Jenny came to America when she was fifteen years old. The day of her fifteenth birthday she was on the border of Mexico and United states, trying to come to America with her parents. She was born in Michoacán, Mexico. She didn’t finish school. She spent half of her life there and half of her life here in the U.S. working so that she can help support the family.
What has been the toughest part of being here in the United States?
Well, the toughest part of being here in the United States was coming to the United States illegally. I had to walk and run about a day in the dessert with no water and no sweater for the night. I saw that everyone that was also coming here was hungry, tired and weak. I felt that about half of us were going to make it. But I am happy that I made it as here safely just like everyone else who came. One of my struggles is living the life I have as a low class woman with a low paying job. Being illegal in the United States isn’t a good thing. You have fewer rights.
What does it feel like to leave your home, your real home in Mexico?
Well all my family is over there; my parents went back a couple of years after I came here. I hate that I can’t see the home I grew up in as a child. I miss my family, parents and friends. I feel that I left a big part of me over there. Half of my life is over there.
What does it feel like to be illegal here in the U.S.?
Well, I obviously don’t have the same rights as you. I have to work in a factory, low pay, can’t buy my own home and can’t come and go to America when I please because I‘m illegal. But I just hope that our new president Obama will help us immigrants out.
Do you like it better here in the U.S. or in Mexico?
This is an easy question. I love it in Mexico I enjoy life better than I do here. Here in the U.S. I can’t do much I feel more stressed, depressed. But in Mexico, oh Mexico I miss it. But yes in Mexico I have no doubts about my country. I feel happy when I am there, I feel that the days take longer to end but here it’s just the same thing, same routine in life can’t do anything different. Well that’s what I think.
If you could, would you leave this country?
If I could I would. But I cant, because the economy is a big problem in my life and I have to stay so that I can help support my family. That’s the only reason that I am here so that I can support my family. If I can have a time machine I would go back in time and never come here to the U.S. and I would have finished school I would have probably been a veterinarian. But that’s just a crazy dream that will never come true.
Do you feel any marginalization, powerlessness?
Of course that’s what this country is. Everywhere I go I see it and feel it. I can get the job that I want, I can’t get my license, I can’t get much in this country because of where I came from. When will all of these problems stop? They wont. I just know that I am here for one reason to help my family and my self.
What are the major differences from here in the United States and Mexico?
In Mexico I have more freedom and I feel safer because everyone knows everybody. We are like a big family. We can go outside without worrying that we are going to get pulled over because of my race. Here in The United States I can only go certain places where I know I can walk and make sure that I am not sent back to my country. I fear that one day I will get stopped and sent back to Mexico. I just hope that everything works out so that us Undocumented people can be legal here in the United States.
Now that I have interviewed my Aunt Jenny I feel that she deserves a better life. Even though I lived with her I never knew so much about her. But now I guess we can be a little closer.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Alyssa's Social Justice Project.
Alyssa Pirbhai
English 102
For my Social Justice Document project, I chose to interview my father. My father’s story has impacted many lives in our family. My father has suffered being illiterate his whole life. Everything around him seems like a difficult task to accomplish. At times he gets so frustrated that he just wants to give up but he knows he can’t. He feels marginalized, powerless, and emotionally violated.
I will be posting an interview with my father but not all information about him will be posted. I do have his permission to have the interview be public but he has asked to keep some of the questions and answers confident. If there are any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to ask and I will answer them to the best of my ability.
Can you briefly tell me something about your childhood that led you to being illiterate?
Let me start of by saying that I did attend school and did learn to read. Although I did not finish all of elementary school, I did go to school until the 5th grade. I did learn how to read in Arabic and learn some basic math. I had to leave my education because of my family.
Why your family? Didn’t they encourage you to continue your education?
I have 3 sisters and 5 brothers. Every male in the family worked, including my dad. My sisters were little so they often helped out my mother around the house work. My dad had started getting sick after working long hours in the factory and would often complain about his feet being swollen. I wish I could continue going to school, but I had to help with the financial situations.
Did any of your brothers or sisters attend school?
I think my youngest sister went to school up till 7th grade but she was never interested in school. If she stayed then she would have had bright future. None of my other siblings were interested in going to school, they always wanted to hang out in the streets and make an easy way of making money.
Being illiterate, what made you want to take the risk of leaving your family back in
My father past away in my lap when I was 14 years old with a very bad foot injury. I wasn’t able to stay in
Has being illiterate changed your life in any way?
Yes it has. I don’t recall ever having a decent job and never trying to worry about making ends meet. I’ve switched from job to job almost every other month. I am very dependant upon people and don’t always feel comfortable asking for help.
Did you consider going back to school?
I did try to go back to school almost 12 years ago but having stress about my family in
Now that you are married and have a family, does being illiterate still sometimes affect you?
I have a great support system from my family and I know I can count on them no matter what. At times I do with I could do things on my own and not bother my wife or children to do them for me. My children have tried to teach me how to read and write but I still haven’t been able to do it. I want my children to always stay in school and get the best education possible. I would never want them to take the path that I have chosen.
Being an illiterate man in the
Monday, April 27, 2009
Social Justice Document
David Tantillo
Writing II
For my Social Justice document, I chose to interview my wife’s biological parent, Roxanne. My wife, Kerry, was adopted and didn’t meet Roxanne until she was eighteen. Until recently, Kerry didn’t know anything about her biological grandparents for two reasons. They simply weren’t around, and for fear of upsetting her adoptive mother, Kerry kept a distant relationship with Roxanne.
However, just last year Roxanne came into contact with a journal that had surfaced written by her father, Carl Von Mannstein. He was the son of Erich Von Mannstein, who was one of Hitler’s main war generals during World War II. Because of Erich’s close relationship with Hitler, a visit from the U.S. by Carl soon turned into him being offered a job in the German Army working for Hitler. It started as a clerical job that soon turned into him being a guard at Hitler’s concentration camps.
In this interview, I will talk to Roxanne about this journal and how it has affected her life since then.
Can you quickly summarize what is in this lengthy journal of your father’s?
It’s a diary of his life. It starts with his trip from the U.S. to Germany to visit his dad. He loses his passport in Germany and ends up joining the Army. It mostly touched on the Holocaust and his relationship with his father, Carl Von Mannstein.
During what years of your life were you in contact with your father?
When I was very young. The last contact I had was when I was approximately six years old.
Have you ever met your grandfather?
No. I didn’t know anything of this until 2008, when I read the journal.
Did your father ever speak of your grandfather?
Not that I remember. Again, I was only 6 years old.
At what point did you find out about what your father and grandfather had been through in the war?
I knew my father was involved in the war, because it was the reason my mother left him (indirectly). However, I didn’t know any details until the journal surfaced.
Your mother didn’t know he was involved in the war?
No. He hid it from her. She found out that he had lived as a Nazi and some of the details of things he had done. He also had a pretty severe drinking problem and wasn’t a very good father.
What was your first reaction after reading your father’s journal?
Shock. I knew before that I didn’t know my father well, but it solidified how MUCH I really didn’t know him. I couldn’t believe that I could go 50+ years of my life without knowing something like this. I also felt a little confused and hesitant. I’m still not sure if this is a found piece of history, or just the journal of a mad man.
By not growing up with a father, did this affect you in any way?
Of course. I had trust issues for many years. Especially when Larry left me when I was pregnant.
Was there anything in the journal that shocked you?
I didn’t realize how lonely and mentally ill my father really was. It was hard to swallow.
Do you believe everything in the journal?
I go back and forth on this one. I WANT to believe him, but some things I have trouble grasping.
Are you proud of your father and grandfather, or no?
No…I don’t think there is pride in anything they did.
Did your father, to your knowledge, kill anyone?
I’m not 100%, but I’m sure he did, given his role in the army.
How do you feel about your grandfather being in charge of battles and invasions, indirectly killing thousands, if not millions, of people?
It’s unfathomable and untouchable to me. Our lives are so much different now in this day and age. We don’t have to make those decisions.
In the journal, your father talks about the sadness he felt at the concentration camps and how he hoped that the prisoners would not try to escape, for fear that he might have to shoot them. He claims he never had to. Do you believe him?
I believe that he didn’t in that particular instance, but I’m sure he might have at another time.
Do you feel any guilt? Do you feel any hatred towards them?
No.
After doing research, I found out that your grandfather was quite famous. He even wrote a few books. He was also subpoenaed for his war crimes and spent three years in prison. How does that make you feel?
Again, I feel so separated from it all. Because he wasn’t around, I kind of pushed him away from me emotionally. It’s hard for me to feel real emotions for him. For now, I feel nothing but awe.
Do you think that your separation from your father had anything to do with you giving up your first born child for adoption?
No. It was more pressure to do the right thing than anything. Larry’s family was very conservative and religious and it was the right thing to do at the time. If you couldn’t offer a baby the world, you didn’t keep her. That was the way it was back then.
Writing II
For my Social Justice document, I chose to interview my wife’s biological parent, Roxanne. My wife, Kerry, was adopted and didn’t meet Roxanne until she was eighteen. Until recently, Kerry didn’t know anything about her biological grandparents for two reasons. They simply weren’t around, and for fear of upsetting her adoptive mother, Kerry kept a distant relationship with Roxanne.
However, just last year Roxanne came into contact with a journal that had surfaced written by her father, Carl Von Mannstein. He was the son of Erich Von Mannstein, who was one of Hitler’s main war generals during World War II. Because of Erich’s close relationship with Hitler, a visit from the U.S. by Carl soon turned into him being offered a job in the German Army working for Hitler. It started as a clerical job that soon turned into him being a guard at Hitler’s concentration camps.
In this interview, I will talk to Roxanne about this journal and how it has affected her life since then.
Can you quickly summarize what is in this lengthy journal of your father’s?
It’s a diary of his life. It starts with his trip from the U.S. to Germany to visit his dad. He loses his passport in Germany and ends up joining the Army. It mostly touched on the Holocaust and his relationship with his father, Carl Von Mannstein.
During what years of your life were you in contact with your father?
When I was very young. The last contact I had was when I was approximately six years old.
Have you ever met your grandfather?
No. I didn’t know anything of this until 2008, when I read the journal.
Did your father ever speak of your grandfather?
Not that I remember. Again, I was only 6 years old.
At what point did you find out about what your father and grandfather had been through in the war?
I knew my father was involved in the war, because it was the reason my mother left him (indirectly). However, I didn’t know any details until the journal surfaced.
Your mother didn’t know he was involved in the war?
No. He hid it from her. She found out that he had lived as a Nazi and some of the details of things he had done. He also had a pretty severe drinking problem and wasn’t a very good father.
What was your first reaction after reading your father’s journal?
Shock. I knew before that I didn’t know my father well, but it solidified how MUCH I really didn’t know him. I couldn’t believe that I could go 50+ years of my life without knowing something like this. I also felt a little confused and hesitant. I’m still not sure if this is a found piece of history, or just the journal of a mad man.
By not growing up with a father, did this affect you in any way?
Of course. I had trust issues for many years. Especially when Larry left me when I was pregnant.
Was there anything in the journal that shocked you?
I didn’t realize how lonely and mentally ill my father really was. It was hard to swallow.
Do you believe everything in the journal?
I go back and forth on this one. I WANT to believe him, but some things I have trouble grasping.
Are you proud of your father and grandfather, or no?
No…I don’t think there is pride in anything they did.
Did your father, to your knowledge, kill anyone?
I’m not 100%, but I’m sure he did, given his role in the army.
How do you feel about your grandfather being in charge of battles and invasions, indirectly killing thousands, if not millions, of people?
It’s unfathomable and untouchable to me. Our lives are so much different now in this day and age. We don’t have to make those decisions.
In the journal, your father talks about the sadness he felt at the concentration camps and how he hoped that the prisoners would not try to escape, for fear that he might have to shoot them. He claims he never had to. Do you believe him?
I believe that he didn’t in that particular instance, but I’m sure he might have at another time.
Do you feel any guilt? Do you feel any hatred towards them?
No.
After doing research, I found out that your grandfather was quite famous. He even wrote a few books. He was also subpoenaed for his war crimes and spent three years in prison. How does that make you feel?
Again, I feel so separated from it all. Because he wasn’t around, I kind of pushed him away from me emotionally. It’s hard for me to feel real emotions for him. For now, I feel nothing but awe.
Do you think that your separation from your father had anything to do with you giving up your first born child for adoption?
No. It was more pressure to do the right thing than anything. Larry’s family was very conservative and religious and it was the right thing to do at the time. If you couldn’t offer a baby the world, you didn’t keep her. That was the way it was back then.
From Olivia: The link to SJ Statement Guidelines
This will be your final step in preparing your Final Product.
Remember:
1) Explanation of your SJ Doc Proj
2) The Research Paper itself
3) The Social Justice Statement
4) Works Cited
--all stapled together for May 7
PLUS: your notebook
If you want work mailed back over the summer, give me an SASE (about $5 of postage--NOT CASH).
Remember:
1) Explanation of your SJ Doc Proj
2) The Research Paper itself
3) The Social Justice Statement
4) Works Cited
--all stapled together for May 7
PLUS: your notebook
If you want work mailed back over the summer, give me an SASE (about $5 of postage--NOT CASH).
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Zuhair Latif was born in Nablus, Palestine, where he had witnessed oppression growing up. In 1948 is when Jewish people all over the world had occupied territory, creating the state which is known today as Israel. Zuhair was one of nine, and some of his siblings live in Palestine, Jordan, and some here in America, him being one of them. He has five beautiful kids, and married a Lebanese lady, who didn’t exactly witness oppression in her home land, but had been in Lebanon at the time of war.
What was it like growing up in Palestine?
I was a happy kid, coming from a loving mother and father, with eight brothers and sisters. We were always working on the farm, making sure that all the animals were taken care of, and making sure that there was food on the table. What we were most proud of was our olive trees, because Palestine is rich with olive trees, and all kinds of fruit trees, like apple trees, fig trees, almonds, plums, peaches, etc…
What was Palestine mostly known for around the world?
They were known for their citrus products, like the oranges, and mostly the navel oranges, which were developed there. Palestine was also known for their landscape, and its mountains. It’s by the coastal plains, and it’s also very mountainous.
Did you try fighting for your land?
Yes I did, but there wasn’t much I could do, we were always surrounded by the Israeli military, always watching us. We were controlled.
How did you feel about Israel occupying your land?
I was growing up with little means, in a farming community, in a small rural town, of 300. Ever since I remember, I was always afraid of military attacks from Israel, and political alienation from the Jordanian government, where we were regarded as second citizens. We were denied freedom expressions, and we were also denied our access to our farms, and our fertile lands were also taken away from us. What people don’t see is that Palestine wasn’t rich economy wise, but the lands were rich in fruits, cultivation, farming, and everything that’s needed to survive. We were basically dying, because we weren’t able to use our own sources that we worked hard for.
What were you able to do, after Israel had struck Palestine?
We couldn’t do anything that involved the military, and the only thing that we could do was to get educated, and educated we did. That’s what brought me to the states, because I couldn’t be anybody in Palestine, and I knew it. I moved out of Palestine for the better of my future. I knew that I couldn’t raise my kids in a place knowing that they weren’t able to do anything.
Do you remember anything significant that had happened while the invasion occurred?
In 1956 there was a battle that my brother and my brother in law were soldiers in the battle front. They were telling us horror stories after the war was over. At that point I knew that I wouldn’t ever get my rights back. My brother had told us that there were many Palestinian soldiers who died fighting for our rights back, but to this day I will never forget my background, or where I came from, I know who I am, and I know about my country, Palestine.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
From Olivia: T/Th Class
Presentation Schedule
(*Presentations should simply “show” your Social Justice Documentation Project; no other materials/formatting/information is necessary. Your presentation should be no less than 2 minutes and no more than 7 minutes.)
Tuesday April 28
David
Loan
Oriana
Eric
Manar
Paulo
Annie
Cami
Thursday April 30
Ricky
Barbara
Gina
Greg
Eva
Anthony
Sean
(*Presentations should simply “show” your Social Justice Documentation Project; no other materials/formatting/information is necessary. Your presentation should be no less than 2 minutes and no more than 7 minutes.)
Tuesday April 28
David
Loan
Oriana
Eric
Manar
Paulo
Annie
Cami
Thursday April 30
Ricky
Barbara
Gina
Greg
Eva
Anthony
Sean
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
MLA citing
This is a good website that can help anyone that's confused on how to cite certain things.
http://library.stkate.edu/pdf/citeMLA.pdf
http://library.stkate.edu/pdf/citeMLA.pdf
Monday, April 20, 2009
From Olivia: A list of extra credit possibilities
1. Remember that there are three possible extra credit RNs:
here
or
here
or
here
These RNs are due Thursday/Friday (depending on your section).
2. I finally heard from Dennis Grammenos, our speaker on Gentrification. If you want to help him, your contribution (10 addresses) is worth TWO RNs--but you have to follow the directions yourself. The info is here.
This work (you'll have to copy me on the excel document entries you submit) needs to be done by the night of Sunday, May 3.
here
or
here
or
here
These RNs are due Thursday/Friday (depending on your section).
2. I finally heard from Dennis Grammenos, our speaker on Gentrification. If you want to help him, your contribution (10 addresses) is worth TWO RNs--but you have to follow the directions yourself. The info is here.
This work (you'll have to copy me on the excel document entries you submit) needs to be done by the night of Sunday, May 3.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
From Olivia:
In my news reading today, I am finding articles/sources that some of you might find useful for your Research.
1. The relationship between fashion and older women
2. Violence in Juarez
3. Female circumcision
4. Eating animals
1. The relationship between fashion and older women
2. Violence in Juarez
3. Female circumcision
4. Eating animals
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Proposal for Social Justice Documentation Project
The topic for my historical record that will meet our criteria in regards to a social justice/injustice issue will be on homosexuality. I will conduct an interview with a variety of questions. This will help me determine the general view of both heterosexuals and homosexuals and those in a religious group and those who are not. At the same time voices will be heard from both sides. My interview will be based on the public’s view on homosexuality and marriage, and any law, religion or personal morals/beliefs of those groups and individuals that would approve same-sex marriages or the banning of same sex marriage. The social group being presented is homosexuals. The faces of oppression this social group falls under are as follows: Violence, Marginalization, Powerlessness, and Cultural Imperialism. It will be a transcription of interviews, an audio recording, and a possible website. This project will also have a small introduction and summary on the blog and link(s) for more information on the project for those interested. This piece of information that I will be presenting will fit our class criteria in many ways and will have supported feedback for all under our class criterion. The topics I will look up include: information on marriages, the law in different states and their interpretations, the bible itself and individuals in religious groups and how they themselves interpret the bible. These topics, I feel, will help me identify the views and understanding of any prohibitions and acceptance, why and what exactly these groups are looking at for interpretations and the means for justification.
USEFUL THINGS
-set a realistic schedule of deadlines
-pose possible questions worth exploring
-choose questions that are narrow, challenging and grounded
-the central argument of a research paper should be grounded in facts; not based entirely on beliefs.
-map out a search strategy
-conduct filed research; if necessary
-think about how the sourced you encounter could help make your argument
-select sources worth your time and attention
-keep an open mind and prevent personal beliefs prevent from new ideas and viewpoints from becoming aware to you
-your research questions-not a snap judgment and about questions-should guide you reader and paper
-thesis will answer the central research question you posed
-organize your evidence
-form an outline
-make sure your sources support your argument and back your assertions with facts.
-explain terms or concepts
-lending authority
-expert opinion can give weight to your argument but don't always rely on it.
-mention both views of an argument
-pose possible questions worth exploring
-choose questions that are narrow, challenging and grounded
-the central argument of a research paper should be grounded in facts; not based entirely on beliefs.
-map out a search strategy
-conduct filed research; if necessary
-think about how the sourced you encounter could help make your argument
-select sources worth your time and attention
-keep an open mind and prevent personal beliefs prevent from new ideas and viewpoints from becoming aware to you
-your research questions-not a snap judgment and about questions-should guide you reader and paper
-thesis will answer the central research question you posed
-organize your evidence
-form an outline
-make sure your sources support your argument and back your assertions with facts.
-explain terms or concepts
-lending authority
-expert opinion can give weight to your argument but don't always rely on it.
-mention both views of an argument
For Olivia's T/Th class ONLY:
Sorry for the delay . . . here is a master calendar:
1. Look at the links I announced in class for any of three possible extra credit RNs. These are due in class (ONLY) on Thursday, April 23. Revisions of Bridge Essays are due Tuesday, April 21.
1. Tomorrow, your Annotated Bibliography is due.
The Annotated Bibliography is a list of ten sources you will probably use for your Research Paper.
The Bibliography must be alphabetized according to author/first word in entry.
The sources must be formatted according to MLA rules.
Under each source, you must write 1-3 sentences explaining what information this source contains (from skimming it) and why you might use it. (These are "annotations.")
You can have NO MORE than two websites.
You must have at least one source from a book.
You must have at least one source from a scholarly journal.
Remember that your own SJ Doc Proj might be a source for your paper.
Remember that you can use/analyze "cultural documents" in your paper (film, literature, music, etc.).
2. Due T Apr 21: 1) 1-2 page draft of the Explanation of your Social Justice Documentation Project (*see below) AND 2) first 3 pages of your Research Paper--(4-5 pages total).
3. Due Th Apr 23: first 5 pages of your Research Paper (so, just write two more pages).
4. Due T Apr 28: Rough Draft of the entire Research Paper (about 7 pages) WITH the Works Cited List properly included.
5. The Final Product is due Th May 7 at NOON. What is included?
In this order:
-1-2 page Explanation of your SJ Doc Project
-6-7 pages of Research/Analysis/Discussion in support of your thesis
-Works Cited list
-1-2 page Social Justice Statement (**see below)
(At this time, you will also turn in your journal for me to check in.)
Notes on Components:
*Attached to your Research Paper will be an Explanation of your Social Justice Documentation Project. It must: explain the document you created, thoroughly "defend" the document against our class criteria, and introduce your Research Paper topic/thesis. Feel free to use your Proposal as the basis for this Explanation.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less)
**Your Social Justice Statement will be attached to the end of your Res. Paper. The 10-page count for your paper includes your Explanation AND your Statement, but NOT your Works Cited.
The guidelines for your Social Justice Statement can be found here.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less).
1. Look at the links I announced in class for any of three possible extra credit RNs. These are due in class (ONLY) on Thursday, April 23. Revisions of Bridge Essays are due Tuesday, April 21.
1. Tomorrow, your Annotated Bibliography is due.
The Annotated Bibliography is a list of ten sources you will probably use for your Research Paper.
The Bibliography must be alphabetized according to author/first word in entry.
The sources must be formatted according to MLA rules.
Under each source, you must write 1-3 sentences explaining what information this source contains (from skimming it) and why you might use it. (These are "annotations.")
You can have NO MORE than two websites.
You must have at least one source from a book.
You must have at least one source from a scholarly journal.
Remember that your own SJ Doc Proj might be a source for your paper.
Remember that you can use/analyze "cultural documents" in your paper (film, literature, music, etc.).
2. Due T Apr 21: 1) 1-2 page draft of the Explanation of your Social Justice Documentation Project (*see below) AND 2) first 3 pages of your Research Paper--(4-5 pages total).
3. Due Th Apr 23: first 5 pages of your Research Paper (so, just write two more pages).
4. Due T Apr 28: Rough Draft of the entire Research Paper (about 7 pages) WITH the Works Cited List properly included.
5. The Final Product is due Th May 7 at NOON. What is included?
In this order:
-1-2 page Explanation of your SJ Doc Project
-6-7 pages of Research/Analysis/Discussion in support of your thesis
-Works Cited list
-1-2 page Social Justice Statement (**see below)
(At this time, you will also turn in your journal for me to check in.)
Notes on Components:
*Attached to your Research Paper will be an Explanation of your Social Justice Documentation Project. It must: explain the document you created, thoroughly "defend" the document against our class criteria, and introduce your Research Paper topic/thesis. Feel free to use your Proposal as the basis for this Explanation.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less)
**Your Social Justice Statement will be attached to the end of your Res. Paper. The 10-page count for your paper includes your Explanation AND your Statement, but NOT your Works Cited.
The guidelines for your Social Justice Statement can be found here.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less).
Monday, April 13, 2009
Useful Things
1. Jot down some notes about your topic or qrite down some questions that might help with your research.
2. Map out a strategy.
3. Evaluate your sources.
4. Try to avoid plagiarism by paraphrasing or using quotaion marks.
5. Write a bibliography to cite your sources.
2. Map out a strategy.
3. Evaluate your sources.
4. Try to avoid plagiarism by paraphrasing or using quotaion marks.
5. Write a bibliography to cite your sources.
Useful List*
-get organized find out all the due dates for each step in the project
-get prepared with resources to have information to help you complete the project
-think about what you want to write to make your paper clear
-REVISE REVISE REVISE
-come to the teacher for help or questions
-ask the librarian for help when finding resources
-make sure you know what your topic is and what you have to research
-get prepared with resources to have information to help you complete the project
-think about what you want to write to make your paper clear
-REVISE REVISE REVISE
-come to the teacher for help or questions
-ask the librarian for help when finding resources
-make sure you know what your topic is and what you have to research
Sunday, April 12, 2009
useful things
1. Stay on the topic
2. Atleast write some notes before starting your paper
3. Make sure you understand what you're doing
4. Don't rephrase your sentences over and over again. Create a new idea that connects to your previous sentences.
5. Look up words before using them.
2. Atleast write some notes before starting your paper
3. Make sure you understand what you're doing
4. Don't rephrase your sentences over and over again. Create a new idea that connects to your previous sentences.
5. Look up words before using them.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
A link from Olivia
This is an interesting piece of art, and it highlights an often marginalized social group.
Friday, April 10, 2009
From Olivia for M/W/F classes only
1. Annotated Bibliographies are due on Wednesday.
2. Revisions of Bridge Essays are due Friday (17th).
3. Do NOT go to your classroom on Monday; instead, find me on the 3rd floor of the library.
4. This is the schedule of things you will be doing to build up to your Res. Paper. NONE of the following drafts/steps can be turned in late. There are NO exceptions. The "Steps" are worth 80 points.
a) Annotated Bibliography: due Wed
b) Draft1 of Explanation of Documentation Project (*) PLUS thorough Outline (**): due Fri 17
c) First 3 pages of Res. Paper: due Mon 20
d) Draft2 of Explanation PLUS first 5 pages of Res. Paper: due Wed 22
e) Draft3 of Explanation PLUS 7 pages of Res. Paper PLUS Works Cited: due Mon 27
f) Draft1 of Social Justice Statement (***): due Fri May 1
5. The final product (see syllabus for a review of all the components) is due Thursday May 7 in my box.
6. Your notebooks are also due Thursday May 7.
Notes on Components:
*Attached to your Research Paper will be an Explanation of your Social Justice Documentation Project. It must: explain the document you created, thoroughly "defend" the document against our class criteria, and introduce your Research Paper topic/thesis. Feel free to use your Proposal as the basis for this Explanation.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less)
**The Outline you submit must:
-be typed
-clearly indicate the thesis you are heading towards
-clearly list topics/sub-topics
-identify (in brief) when/where/how you will use your sources
Length=1 FULL page (with ideas and notes, not just a list of words)
***Your Social Justice Statement will be attached to the end of your Res. Paper. The 10-page count for your paper includes your Explanation AND your Statement, but NOT your Works Cited.
The guidelines for your Social Justice Statement can be found here.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less).
2. Revisions of Bridge Essays are due Friday (17th).
3. Do NOT go to your classroom on Monday; instead, find me on the 3rd floor of the library.
4. This is the schedule of things you will be doing to build up to your Res. Paper. NONE of the following drafts/steps can be turned in late. There are NO exceptions. The "Steps" are worth 80 points.
a) Annotated Bibliography: due Wed
b) Draft1 of Explanation of Documentation Project (*) PLUS thorough Outline (**): due Fri 17
c) First 3 pages of Res. Paper: due Mon 20
d) Draft2 of Explanation PLUS first 5 pages of Res. Paper: due Wed 22
e) Draft3 of Explanation PLUS 7 pages of Res. Paper PLUS Works Cited: due Mon 27
f) Draft1 of Social Justice Statement (***): due Fri May 1
5. The final product (see syllabus for a review of all the components) is due Thursday May 7 in my box.
6. Your notebooks are also due Thursday May 7.
Notes on Components:
*Attached to your Research Paper will be an Explanation of your Social Justice Documentation Project. It must: explain the document you created, thoroughly "defend" the document against our class criteria, and introduce your Research Paper topic/thesis. Feel free to use your Proposal as the basis for this Explanation.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less)
**The Outline you submit must:
-be typed
-clearly indicate the thesis you are heading towards
-clearly list topics/sub-topics
-identify (in brief) when/where/how you will use your sources
Length=1 FULL page (with ideas and notes, not just a list of words)
***Your Social Justice Statement will be attached to the end of your Res. Paper. The 10-page count for your paper includes your Explanation AND your Statement, but NOT your Works Cited.
The guidelines for your Social Justice Statement can be found here.
Length=1-2 pages (no more, no less).
Useful Things List
>make a schedule of the steps you will take to complete
>locate sources
>find keywords to search databases
>review and outline sources
>don't plagiarize
>draft paper
>revise paper
>workes cited page
>final draft
>locate sources
>find keywords to search databases
>review and outline sources
>don't plagiarize
>draft paper
>revise paper
>workes cited page
>final draft
Some useful tips. . .
-focus on getting your point across.
-have your resources ready and in front of you.
-And lastly, double check your paper and DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!
-have your resources ready and in front of you.
-And lastly, double check your paper and DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Useful things
1. Make a schedule for days and time you will work on your project and “stick to it.”
2. Make a list of questions you might like to answer throughout your project.
3. Make sure you keep track of sources you are using and always write them down.
2. Make a list of questions you might like to answer throughout your project.
3. Make sure you keep track of sources you are using and always write them down.
Useful tips for research paper
- Make sure to avoid plagarism
- Maintain working bib
- Form an outline so all evidence is organized
- Use different online databases
- Fix initial question to be not too broad
- Learn how to paraphrase
From Olivia: News
Read this for an extra credit RN (due Wednesday/Thursday, depending on your section).
Useful Things
- Come up with questions worth researching
- Come up with a search strategy
- Consult a reference librarian/Look at the library's website
- To locate scholarly articles search a database
- A good way to keep track of source materials is to photocopy or print them out.
- Keep a record of any of the sources you decide to consult
- Organize evidence found and make an outline of your paper
List of Useful Things for The Research Paper
- Make a list of questions related to your research
- Answer those questions
- Make sure to cite your work so that it is not consider plagiarized
- Also, Google is good to start your research with but not the reliable source.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
USEFUL THINGS
- Be sure to read/skim everything you look up to see if it works with your topic
- Be aware google isn't so useful as the schools library site
- Make sure you know your topic inside and outside that way when researching something you can make a side note to see if it really works with your topic
Useful Things
- pose only important/useful questions & topics
- be specific
- make sure you are making an argument
- good reliable sources
Monday, April 6, 2009
From Olivia: Checking in, Moving Forward
(*M/W/F Classes: This Wednesday, we meet on the 3rd floor of the Library, NOT in the classroom. *T/Th Class: Library Day is Thursday.)
Next Steps:
1. You are starting your research this week. Your next assignment (check your syllabus schedule) is the Annotated Bibliography.
2. The Annotated Bibliography is a list of ten sources you will probably use for your Research Paper.
3. The Bibliography must be alphabetized according to author/first word on entry.
4. The sources must be formatted according to MLA rules.
5. Under each source, you must write 1-3 sentences explaining what information this source contains (from skimming it) and why you might use it. (These are "annotations.")
6. You can have NO MORE than two websites.
7. You must have at least one source from a book.
8. You must have at least one source from a scholarly journal.
9. Remember that your own SJ Doc Proj might be a source for your paper.
10. Remember that you can use/analyze "cultural documents" in your paper (film, literature, music, etc.).
Next Steps:
1. You are starting your research this week. Your next assignment (check your syllabus schedule) is the Annotated Bibliography.
2. The Annotated Bibliography is a list of ten sources you will probably use for your Research Paper.
3. The Bibliography must be alphabetized according to author/first word on entry.
4. The sources must be formatted according to MLA rules.
5. Under each source, you must write 1-3 sentences explaining what information this source contains (from skimming it) and why you might use it. (These are "annotations.")
6. You can have NO MORE than two websites.
7. You must have at least one source from a book.
8. You must have at least one source from a scholarly journal.
9. Remember that your own SJ Doc Proj might be a source for your paper.
10. Remember that you can use/analyze "cultural documents" in your paper (film, literature, music, etc.).
my Proposal
My Proposal
My social documentation project is going to be on the status of Latinos and Hispanics in American Society. Also to my project, I am going to be presenting a music video by Ricardo Arjona and the musical Group, Intocable titled “El Mojado”, along with photographs that I would take of Pilsen and the Little Village neighborhoods. To show how Latinos are constantly being criticized and looked at in a negative way. This puts them in two faces of oppression, marginalization and exploitation. Minority, immigrants, and brown people are some common names used to refer to Latinos. This would fit our criteria by the statement of how Latinos view this society and that the only reason why they put up with this is because they need to come home to their families with a warm plate on the table ready to eat. As for the topics that it would fit to this documentation project, they will consist of immigration; the history of it and the affect it took in American society, the history of Pilsen and the Little Village neighborhoods, and what has been done to develop or redevelop their communities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FcKrCqJ-zc
My social documentation project is going to be on the status of Latinos and Hispanics in American Society. Also to my project, I am going to be presenting a music video by Ricardo Arjona and the musical Group, Intocable titled “El Mojado”, along with photographs that I would take of Pilsen and the Little Village neighborhoods. To show how Latinos are constantly being criticized and looked at in a negative way. This puts them in two faces of oppression, marginalization and exploitation. Minority, immigrants, and brown people are some common names used to refer to Latinos. This would fit our criteria by the statement of how Latinos view this society and that the only reason why they put up with this is because they need to come home to their families with a warm plate on the table ready to eat. As for the topics that it would fit to this documentation project, they will consist of immigration; the history of it and the affect it took in American society, the history of Pilsen and the Little Village neighborhoods, and what has been done to develop or redevelop their communities.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FcKrCqJ-zc
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