This week’s blog entry will be relatively concise. This is because the students are doing most of the writing. At this time, as this is being written or read, students should be composing 4 essays. Two on colonial resistance, and two on Don Quixote. Students are working on the composition of these essays during class time and at home. I am seeing a variety of ideas being presented, accepted, rejected, and modified. It is evident that the struggle for literary recognition takes many forms within the psyche of our students. Some are trying to frame a collage within the contours of a clock to symbolize midnight, while others are seeking a way to connect lipstick to oppression and freedom. There are some who are trying to see Don Quixote struggle his way through first period PE, while others seek to link Spongebob to the exploits of the knight of La Mancha. Poetry seems to be present, with lines taken and others discarded. Students are feverishly approaching me with questions that begin with, “Can I try this…” or “Would you read this…” The atmosphere is one of construction within the classroom. There have been moments where I can “feel” student work. Students are beginning to believe that they are “the one.”With all of the writing being done on the part of our students, I have little else to say. Final Drafts have been scheduled for submission at the end of Thursday’s class, but I might extend the deadline to the end of Friday’s class. I will try to grade the essays as fast as humanly possible, and while my goal is to have all work returned by Monday, I might not make such a lofty standard. Progress Reports in Social Studies are scheduled to be sent home with students on November 16.
I wish all the best and happy hunting to these warriors of the pen (blue or black) and princes and princesses of scholarly inquiry.
Mr. Kannan
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