You have been warned.
I found this site [Warning: The site contains images of dissected frogs that have been implanted with computer parts] while I was researching galvanism yesterday, and forgot to post the link.
Check out the "Project Exhibition Essay" in the middle of the page for the Frankenstein connection.
Remember, I’ll be looking over your reading journals tomorrow.
American Civil Literacy Quiz. I got 84.85% I’ll be retaking AP History and Economics next session.
Remember, Google is your friend. Or is it?
On video games:
Violence, Social behavior, Intelligence (and here, here…)
On teenagers:
Excerpt from Nancy Redd’s book, Pregnancy, Identity, Body Image, Media Impact, Horror Movies (that last one is strange…)
Gladwell:
On Stereotyping, Excellent review
Minimum Wage:
LA Creole:
History, Language (take it slow with this one, but worth the read)
Marijuana, etc.:
There was a brief mention in class today about a conservative=conformist/ liberal=rebel bias. While I don’t such a strict division could be accurate (there are no absolutes when discussing humans), it made me think of this video from TED.com. We’ll talk about it tomorrow in class.
Or maybe Wednesday; we have a lot to discuss.
After you watch, you might want to check out YourMorals.org to see where you rank.