Orange Exceleration Day 2

Today the SCH 101 students had 3 hours of class with Dr. Birgen and Dr. Earl.  We spent a good amount of time discussing what the students expected to get out of class.  We discussed how film is used not only for entertainment, but also to educate, to create a cultural reference point, and one other thing I forgot to write down.  From the discussion of School of Rock we learned

• Dr. Earl does not have straight A's on his graduate transcripts.
• One of the Scholars admitted "I am Summer."
• Dr. Birgen has been known to misspell Ghandi Gandhi.

We also brainstormed about Social Justice issues.  The students had three assignments for Monday's class:

1. Think about Social Justice issues, the six questions of Socrates, the books and films consumed this summer and the course learning objectives to come up with ideas for scheduling the course.  Students were encouraged to write down their ideas as notes to themselves.  They might also want to think about what types of rules they want to make for their course (late assignments, etc.).
2. Create a public blog for this course.  By public we mean something that is not behind a firewall where anyone with the link can read and comment.  You don't have to make it discoverable to search engines.  This is where you are going to place course assignments when you believe they are worth sharing with the rest of the class.
3. Write about your dreams.  If money were not an issue (Wartburg and graduate school are free), you parents are not telling you what you must study, etc., what would you do?  How would you create your own education that would get you there?  When you are willing to share, post your paper on your blog.  Remember that one amazing thing about blog posts is that you can fix errors after they are published.  If you are not ready to share by Monday, bring a printed copy with you to class.