Oh my goodness! I wheeled into B-203 with the help of Elesha and Dorothea, who happened to be walking by my classroom as I was coming out. She wanted to add the class and I invited her along. Elesha came over to help me move the projector from C-104, the biology classroom where I have an English 1B class from 9-10:50 Tuesday and Thursday.
We got trapped by a hill and had to separate and roll the projector down the hill. I sent the two women ahead and all my possessions spilled onto the pavement when the wheel got stuck in a ditch. Dorothea saw me kneeling down and came to help me. She took the box off the cart, so I could maneuver more easily.
Okay, so I'd sent word ahead to the students via Elesha to start talking about hip hop culture, the question posed was: What is hip hop? I thought the students were inside seated and waiting for me. When I arrived they were all in the hallway talking about hip hop...I was pleasantly surprised they'd actually held discussions. What flexible and engaged students! I tred the key and it didn't work....Kenyatta told us that the classroom next door was unlocked, so we hand class there.
We listened to Queen Latifah's seminal work, "UNITY." In a freewrite students were asked to 1. Discuss themes raised in the song. I asked them to consider whether or not the piece works as well on the page as it does performed, and to consider why. I asked them to look at the language and talk about the diction, or words used. Students were asked if they were a part of the discourse. Is Queen Latifah speaking to them. If not, then who is the audience and how is that audience identified in the song.
Homework
Students are to read Track 1. "How Real Is This?" for Tuesday, August 26. Consider the author's premise. What is the topic of discussion and what points do the two men develop. Summarize the chapter in an essay. Post your response below by Tuesday, August 26, 11:50 p.m.
I will give students a copy of the Intro and Prelude on Tuesday, August 26. We'll probably read a few chapters a week. We will start Can't Stop, Won't Stop the second week in September. By that time, I will have the CD and be a little more organized, we will have settled into a routine, students will all have their personal blogs, we will have kicked off the study group, and I will be familiar with your writing strengths and weaknesses per the Changes essay and helped each of you develop a writing plan.
We got trapped by a hill and had to separate and roll the projector down the hill. I sent the two women ahead and all my possessions spilled onto the pavement when the wheel got stuck in a ditch. Dorothea saw me kneeling down and came to help me. She took the box off the cart, so I could maneuver more easily.
Okay, so I'd sent word ahead to the students via Elesha to start talking about hip hop culture, the question posed was: What is hip hop? I thought the students were inside seated and waiting for me. When I arrived they were all in the hallway talking about hip hop...I was pleasantly surprised they'd actually held discussions. What flexible and engaged students! I tred the key and it didn't work....Kenyatta told us that the classroom next door was unlocked, so we hand class there.
We listened to Queen Latifah's seminal work, "UNITY." In a freewrite students were asked to 1. Discuss themes raised in the song. I asked them to consider whether or not the piece works as well on the page as it does performed, and to consider why. I asked them to look at the language and talk about the diction, or words used. Students were asked if they were a part of the discourse. Is Queen Latifah speaking to them. If not, then who is the audience and how is that audience identified in the song.
Homework
Students are to read Track 1. "How Real Is This?" for Tuesday, August 26. Consider the author's premise. What is the topic of discussion and what points do the two men develop. Summarize the chapter in an essay. Post your response below by Tuesday, August 26, 11:50 p.m.
I will give students a copy of the Intro and Prelude on Tuesday, August 26. We'll probably read a few chapters a week. We will start Can't Stop, Won't Stop the second week in September. By that time, I will have the CD and be a little more organized, we will have settled into a routine, students will all have their personal blogs, we will have kicked off the study group, and I will be familiar with your writing strengths and weaknesses per the Changes essay and helped each of you develop a writing plan.
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Dear Ms. Sabir,
I have sent you an email 2 days ago but I guess you didn't get it. I have a question about the books that we need for this course. What books are required and what aren't? I need to know about that in order to buy books correctly.
Are you clear now?
Are you clear now?
We have all seen the music video with a girl shaking her butt, or a so called "thug" riding down the block in a new caddy with a grill in his mouth. Is this a accurate depiction of what goes on in the ghetto or is this just to sell records.
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson brings up many valid points , one being the depiction of the hood in hip hop today, do you have to be from the ghetto to be able to understand it?. Many rappers make lot's of money off of writing songs on a topic they know nothing about because what you see in music today is not a proper depiction of the ghetto, if that is the case then Dr.Dyson has plenty of knowledge, he grew up in Detroit to a poor family, but saw that education was the right way to go and the left the hood and became a great success but many others go down the wrong path that leads to incarseration or worse death. In today society most of the only images people in the ghetto see are those of rappers and they hear them rap of dealing drugs and "pimping ho's" and naturally that is what they do because that is the only thing they know instead of focusing on education to leave the struggle. This in turn leads to prison, where to be honest a lot of kids strive to go because it builds street cred and at that point that is all they have to offer so they intimidate people until they get power, that happens all the time. Another main point is the exploitation of women in the hip hop community, they are looked at as only sex objects. girls see music videos with girls shaking there butts and think "that's how i get famouor rich" instead of thinking that is degrading and i will become a success by getting an education, this is why women like Missy Elliot and Lauryn Hill should be congratulated for becoming a success without showing skin but instead showing there skills. There is a simple remedy for what ails the african american community and it is called a Role Model kids in the hood need to see people learning and getting educated to become a success, it can be someone famous but it doesn't have it can be a sibling or a peer and as soon as that happens we will be well on our way to eradicate poverty, but only you can help yourself.
Is what you hear and see real? It can if you want it to be, if you want to sell drugs or shake your butt in music video you can but if you decide you want to leave poverty and get educated you can do that aswell, and it will be much more rewarding.
Yes, it's very clear. Thank you, Ms. Sabir.
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