29 September 2008 Class Notes

• Talked about archetypes in fairy tales, mythology, and also to trash novels (Harlequin Romance). About how it can be "ephemeral rubbish".
• Added a new book to the working bibliography list.
• Are kids "blank slates?" How are we born? Are we born as blank slates where education is used to fill that slate? Or, is it that you already know everything, it's just a matter of remebering it, so teaching is all about helping you remember what you already know?
• Michael finished reading his story "A Man Reading" from the Mississippi Review.
• If you have nothing else to say, say a cliche.
• REM - Rapid Eye Movement - Dreaming! Next time someone is sleeping with a newspaper over their heads, go up to them and open their eye lid...see if their eyes are moving...are they dreaming?
• "Groundhog Day" - the movie. You are going to do something over and over until you do it right.
• By this Friday, make a post on your blogs about these 3 things: what is a child, what is a book, what is nature?
• Bowing, in asian culture, a sign of respect, recognizing the divine in someone...