Author Archives: Dr. Ayers

Sean helpfully e-mailed me this link to Monsanto’s website, on which they rebut some of the charges leveled at them in Food, Inc. It’s pretty interesting to see what they respond to and what they don’t, and to see their own … Continue reading →

Today you can work on your blogs. We’ll continue to talk about essays connected to food when I return this week. Along those lines, if you’re interested in using this as a prompt for one of your blog posts this … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I asked you to read and respond to arguments about the AP curriculum in schools. Today, I’m giving you the choice of several debates, all in the Times’ “Room for Debate” series. I encourage you to read as many … Continue reading →

Well, a little change of plans heading into 2010. Jen had the baby a little early, and we’re all settled in at home. But as I said before break, I’ll be taking paternity leave a few days at a time. … Continue reading →

Monday/Tuesday: A discussion of the Paris episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations; R. Crumb’s “A Short History of America” Wednesday: N. Perrin’s “Forever Virgin”; short excerpt from R. Carson’s “Silent Spring” Thursday: Blogging Friday: TBA

The requirements are uploaded for you. We’ll talk about them in class.

If you’d like to see the rubric I’ll be using to grade you, click on the “Fall Assignments” tab up top. Or just click here. Either way.

Here’s the short version, which I’ll elaborate on in class. For your fall Author Study, I want you to include an annotated bibliography. An explanation of what that is, including a brief example, can be found here. For this assignment, I’m … Continue reading →