Work for the Week of February 25th - Sophomores

Due Monday February 25th
Minutes: ____, Andy, Ethan

Reading HW: N/A

-For your homework, you will forego using technology for a period of six hours.  This must take place during waking hours.  You are forbidden from watching television, using a computer, listening to any kind of electronic music device, or using a cell phone or telephone.  Please refrain from any lengthy communication.  Please let your parents/family know of this assignment as to allow you the time to be alone.  You are allowed to complete work for other courses during this time period, but not for more than three hours.  Please write, in three short journal entries every two hours, what your experience is like.  What have you done to pass the time?  How do you feel in your period of abstinence?  How do you cope with the boredom?  Homework will be checked in class.  

Due Tuesday February 26th
Minutes: Paul, Douglas, Tanvir

Reading HW: Please read the final chapter of part I of Siddartha by Herman Hesse entitled "Awakening" and reread "Gotama" if you need a reminder

HW: Siddhartha exclaims how he cannot learn from Gotama because while Gotama has found his own path, Siddhartha cannot follow that path.  He must follow his own.  Do you feel that those who educate you in your life are leading you to your own path?  Can you not follow their teachings are Siddhartha exclaims?
Considering Siddhartha's "awakening", how has the first section of the book acted as a kind of metaphor for life?

Due Wednesday February 27th
Minutes: Sunnam, Mohammed, Antony
Reading HW: read the following NYTimes article entitled "In Search of the True Self".
HW: Considering Siddhartha's newly forming identity considering is sexual desires, I would like you to read the following NYTimes article entitled "In Search of the True Self".  What is the central struggle with identity in this article?  Is Siddhartha's sexuality a weakness that pulls him away from his identity?  Or is it a core aspect of who he is?  Can the same be said about Siddhartha's materialism?

Due Thursday February 28th
Minutes: Johnson, Joey, Rebecca
Reading HW: Read "Kamala" and "Amongst the People"
HW:  Is Siddhartha’s sexual desire an aspect of his individual identity or is it a worldly vice?  What about his materialism?  How does sexuality and materialism factor into the construction of one’s identity?  Do we see many individuals in our country relying upon sexual relationships and material goods as a form of identity?

Here's a copy of our worksheet from today.

Due Friday March 1st
Minutes: Noah, Timothy, Patrick N.
Reading HW: Please read the following "A" papers found in this file.   Sorry for lateness! (7:00 PM)
HW: Try to explain why I as an English teacher was inclined to reward these papers with high marks?  How are these assignments successful in their efforts?

Due Monday March 4th
Minutes: Wendy, Dror, Mindy
Reading HW: "By the River" and "The Ferryman"
HW: Rewrite due.