“Tragedy is when I cut my finger, Comedy is when I fall in an open sewer and die.”-Mel Brooks
The question I am addressing for my sequence of instruction is, “what is funny?” Other questions include: Why do we laugh? Why do we cry? What’s the difference? With these questions, I am hoping to challenge my [...]
October 5, 2007
What is funny?
October 5, 2007
High School fails to engage students
USA Today reported a student survey conducted by a group of researchers from Indiana University in Bloomington. The team is frustrated by the results and they call the findings “troubling.”
One study reported that 55% of students admit to spending no more than three hours a week for class preparation, yet 65% report getting A’s or B’s.
A study of recent [...]
October 5, 2007
Li’s Second Book Review
Diane Ravitch’s The Language Police
Diane Ravitch’s book The Language Police has won 2004 Uncommon Book Award. Its subtitle “How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn” is a precise summary on the content of this marvelous book. Ravitch is a leading American historian who also published seven other books on education, including the critically acclaimed Left [...]
