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Link Mel Gibson's Hamlet: "To Be or Not To be?"
Link Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948): "To Be Or Not To Be?"
Link "To Be or Not to Be?" : Ethan Hawke's Hamlet (2000)
Link Hamlet: Act 1 Scene 2 Soliloquy (Kenneth Branagh, 1996)
Link C source code Planet Earth, Amazing Nature in HD (multiple scenes; music)
descriptive writing (literal and figurative); attention to detail; focus. Turn sound off for less distraction if it hinders your ability to capture details.
Link reStructured Text Hot Springs, Early Morning Rainforest
literal and figurative description; attention to detail; pacing; focusing
Link ECMAScript program Tropical Beaches
literal and figurative description; attention to detail; pacing; focusing
Link Technology and Postmodern Subjectivity in Don DeLillo's Novels
All of Don Delillo's novels capture the essence of our theme this semester, and of the slam poem "Touchscreen."
Link Mastering A&P - mapstafford49495
Link Troff document Need A Poet?
A fairly thorough alphabetical listing of poets through the ages
Link C header Neil Postman Discusses His Book: Amusing Ourselves to Death
While the book was written in 1985, and while the late Postman focuses his discussion primarily on the medium of television, Postman's insights, warnings, and descriptions can just as easily apply to the digital age and the internet.
Link Neil Postman on the Purpose of Education
Link C header Introduction to Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death"
Who Was Right About the Future: Orwell or Huxley?
Link D source code 50 Years of Research on Writing: What Have We Learned?
Panel of composition theorists, hosted by the University of California at Santa Barbara
Link Tom Peters: Educate for a Creative Society
Link Troff document Extra study aid material - Quizlet
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Link E-mail Me
Students, When sending an e-mail to me, please include your full name and the day and time that your class meets. If you are not currently enrolled this semester, please also include your student ID, and the semester (e.g. Fall Second Start 2010), course id (MATH 0306, MATH 0308, MATH, 0312, or MATH 1314), and the CRN number of the course that you were enrolled in. You may also include your phone number if you would like a reply by phone. --- Thanks, Miss Laura --- [email protected]
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RateMyProfessors.com is the largest online destination for professor ratings. With 7,500 schools and over 14 million entirely student-generated comments and ratings, RateMyProfessors.com is the highest trafficked free site for quickly researching and rating 1.7 million professors from colleges and universities across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Over 4 million college students each month are using RateMyProfessors – join the fun! RateMyProfessors.com is built for college students, by college students. Choosing the best courses and professors is a rite of passage for every student, and connecting with peers on the site has become a key way for millions of students to navigate this process. The site does what students have been doing forever - checking in with each other – their friends, their brothers, their sisters, their classmates – to figure out who's a great professor and who's one you might want to avoid.
Link application/x-msdos-program RateMyProfessors.com
RateMyProfessors.com is the largest online destination for professor ratings. With 7,500 schools and over 14 million entirely student-generated comments and ratings, RateMyProfessors.com is the highest trafficked free site for quickly researching and rating 1.7 million professors from colleges and universities across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Over 4 million college students each month are using RateMyProfessors – join the fun! RateMyProfessors.com is built for college students, by college students. Choosing the best courses and professors is a rite of passage for every student, and connecting with peers on the site has become a key way for millions of students to navigate this process. The site does what students have been doing forever - checking in with each other – their friends, their brothers, their sisters, their classmates – to figure out who's a great professor and who's one you might want to avoid.