1. Morning Reflection/Discussion: Deja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OadZpUJv8Eg
2. Return Mudbound, go down to library for Bloodsucking Fiends
3. Discussion about Mudbound
4. HMWK: Read through Ch. 8 in Bloodsucking Fiends
Christopher Moore on Vampires and Writing
http://www.chrismoore.com/interviews/writing-the-vampire/
Videos:
http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/8357/
Read first chapter online:
http://www.chrismoore.com/books/bloodsucking-fiends/
http://www.chrismoore.com/interviews/writing-the-vampire/
Watch the following videos and the videos on the video bar.
http://watchmojo.com/index.php?id=8330
http://watchmojo.com/index.php?id=8357
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bhb744dw18
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/22/the-new-vampires-9-possib_n_620202.html#s103541
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBsNmM3ADp0&feature=related
"Somewhere in America" was an extremely powerful piece regarding the unlearned lessons, specifically girls, learn throughout their lives. The piece regards the rules of society, where they can ban a book simply because it has the word "fuck" in it but they refuse to ban guns so that children wouldn't get to it. By speaking of the hypocrisy in what is banned and not banned, and what is allowed and socialized for children to do (as the piece also covers rape, molestation, how to deal with stalking, etc.), the three performers do a splendid job in conveying the rage in the piece as they speak in unison, suggesting the numbering of outcries being more than one.
ReplyDeleteI was particularly moved by the piece, not only for its message but how it was performed and it probably more powerful because the girls performed it in such a way to make their voices be heard even if you closed your ears to it.
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDelete“Somewhere in America” was a very strong spoken word piece. It touched on school and the lessons you learn and the lessons that you don’t learn but you should. It was strong because of how it talked about what we are taught in America, which seems to be stuff that we don’t remember. But stuff that we should know we aren’t taught. I liked how the 3 girls spoke at different times to make different points and then spoke together to bring it all together and to show the importance of what they were saying. Each girl was very strong and all together they were amazing. It was a very strong piece and it made many good points about the ridiculous things in America with schools and other touchy subjects as well.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in America" was a powerful piece of spoken word that commented on the struggles that students face everyday in and outside of school and how those things need to be discussed and solved. They spoke about how guns are still legal but books such as Catcher in the Rye are banned because of their use of profanity, a truly ridiculous thing when analyzed. Making the grade is the only thing that school's care about nowadays, not caring about people who are having trouble at home or getting dinner, things that are indeed more pressing than schoolwork. Having three different young women all speak on this subject, and having their voices intertwined with one another gave the piece new meaning. The tone that each of them presented was intense, but also each of them was unique. Seeing this issue from different perspectives all in a collective group made its influence over the audience more profound and effective.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the spoken work poem "Somewhere in America". These girls are out there trying to raise awareness for issues that they know and that people know exist, but that seem never to be fixed. They bring up the fact that the silence of girls can be traced back to teachers in schools, and that issues with race and rape and guns were glossed over and ignored because they were thought to be too "inappropriate" for children and teenagers. But the girls make the point that these issues have to be spoken about, or we will never be able to learn to start fixing them.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere In America" highlights the wrongfully prioritized rules enforced and lessons taught in school and adolescent life in general. The lines that struck me the most was the mention of banned books. The Banned Books List has been a subject of great debate and controversy for years, and I personally believe it is wrong to prevent children from reading provocative literature in school. For one, it can get kids more interested in class, but it can also expose them to real life problems. However, by banning books, parents and schools are sheltering kids even more they most likely already have. Once venturing into the real world as young adults, they will not know how to approach people differing in looks and beliefs. This is one of the examples of how terribly tunneled high school minds are and how that is not in any way okay.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in America" is an extremely powerful spoken word piece that pointed out things schools are all too afraid to talk about even though they are things we have or maybe will encounter some day in life. We're told to keep our heads down, follow the rules, and get good grades when none of that is really preparing us for the real world. Things like rape, body image, racism, ect. are all topics we don't want to discuss, but, none the less, they are things we must discuss. I was really moved by the diversity of the group of girls on stage as it conveyed their message much stronger and effectively. These three girls had all different looks, there wasn't just "one type" of girl on stage, each girl had a specific connection to a part of their spoken word piece which i think helped make it as powerful as it was.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in America", the spoken word poem performed by three teenage girls was amazing. It uncovered many of the issues that students face, especially girl and those who were poor. They talk about the banning of books but the availability of violence throughout America and how that is not right. They also talk about sexual harassment and rape and how it is often covered up or how the victims are usually treated as if they deserved it. Because the girls spoke in turns and sometimes all together, the poem had power and clarity. There was passion in it as well, which contributes to the effectiveness of their message. When they chanted together, there was a sense of unity and togetherness, allowing the audience to experience this too and really understand what they were saying.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in America" a spoken word piece discusses the regulations schools put on certain books and how the curriculum doesn't teach vital lessons because they make people uncomfortable.This piece was effective because they spoke truths that we as Americans know but often don't talk about. The trio had powerful voices that created something almost rhythmic, or musical about the piece.It created a tone of anger because for so long events like the ones discussed in the video been happening but so little of it is talked about in the place we are supposed to learn, school.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in America" was about subjects we weren't taught in school. Instead of learning how to find the value of x and y we should be learning about things that really matter in our world. Like how to pay taxes or apply for mortgage. Things that will help us once we leave our parents homes. It also speaks about how we are silenced for trying to talk about certain subjects, like rape. I attended a speech competition last summer in Texas and I had been disqualified for trying to speak of rape and mental disorders and how they affect our world. My subjects had been too touchy, yet they let a boy speak about ISIS and terrorism around the world. I found it amazing how he was able to talk in great detail about being tortured by terrorists or bombings while I had been stopped mid sentence at the start of my speech for saying the word rape. It just amazes me what we've come to.
ReplyDeleteI found "Somewhere in America" to be very powerful and truthful. There are very many instances where the world wants to cover up the ugly realities. When people are hidden away from the truth they aren't prepared when something terrible happens. Unfortunately we have to learn on our own and we aren't prepared until it happens.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in america" this was a spoken word video. The three girls spoke about how "The greatest lessons are the ones you don't remember." They speak about things like if one person is at the mall shopping just for the fun of it, some other person in america is having to go through the lost and found box just to look for a winter jacket.
ReplyDelete''Somewhere in America'' was a spoken word presentation made up of three girls. They touched upon different life lessons that are not taught in the mist of school. Through the stress and debate on the subject of school, they reveal what it is like to not necessarily learn everyday things. They reveal how girls get hit on, even in their schoolgirl uniforms, making it all a part of the appeal. ‘’They know it’s hard to run in knee-high socks and Mary Janes,’’ was a powerful quote within the speech which caught the eyes of most females. They talk about banned books within school, the problem with talking about rape and religion in school. School does not teach us to run from the problematic situations we face, as not only female, but as humans.
ReplyDelete"Somewhere in America" was very powerful because it's true. The lessons we remember the most are the lessons we didn't learn in school. Also that school loves to censor the truth and make us naive, but they continuously say that they are trying to make us mature. Make us mature by treating us like mature adults, but don't patronize us and expect us to not get pissed off. Don't tell me that being a female in high school is not hard when the school board make posters to depict us as sluts and whores. Then turn around and say that boys and girls are treated equally in the dress code department. Don't tell me that race is not a factor because no offence, but rappers make songs about how black and Hispanic girls have the most rack and back. So I hate school and society as a whole censor kids, but then expect them to out in the real world with a maturity. Because though kids and teenagers are young we aren't dumb and we need to be treated as such. We are called young adults for a reason.
ReplyDeleteThe spoken word was very powerful due to the fact it talks about relevant facts in America and how it affects our society. Children that attend school are not allowed to talk about specific things what should not be the case especially if they are going though it. This video shows the struggle many students go through each day of their lives and how they are judge or viewed in society.
ReplyDeleteThe spoken word gave a abroad view upon how our society and government implements things relevant to the youth of this day and age in order to distract them from the past and history in which there trampling over. How kids from different surrounding have different hardships and lifestyles which then separates mind sets and doesn't allow two people to communicate and connect because there so different.
ReplyDelete