Monday, March 21, 2011
Deep Question: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
-TRH
Megan Deutschman: The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion was published as a science fiction novel in 2002. When reading it, I couldn’t quite appreciate that it was in the science fiction genera because honestly, it’s not all that futuristic. Hovercrafts exist, communism and dictatorships are alive and well, human rights debates and wars rage on and cloning is no longer a challenge to today’s scientists. One thing that did strike me about this novel though was the issues of eugenics. In the novel people were cloned and created to be a certain way. It’s totally possible to do this in our world today. So please weigh in, dear classmates, where do you stand on the issue of eugenics? (This is something we are currently dealing with as a society but, I guarantee, will become a more poignant debate in the near future.) Is it “right” to be able to choose the sex of our future children? Their looks? Their intelligence? Should we never give birth to a human with defects if it’s avoidable? What do you feel are the pros and cons of eugenics?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Deep question from House of the Scorpion
Friday, March 18, 2011
Absolutely True Story: Deep Question
Do you agree that the media places more importance on the white culture? If so, in what situations? Do you think Americans portrayed as a superior race? Support your opinion with examples.
House of the Scorpion
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Deep Question: "True Diaries"
the House of the Scorpion
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Persepolis Deep Question
The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Deep Question
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Persepolis Deep Question:
The House of the Scorpion
The Absolutely True Story...
Saturday, March 5, 2011
The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion
Friday, March 4, 2011
Persepolis: Deep Question
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Absolutely True Diary
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Part-Time Indian
"I'd always been the lowest Indian on the reservation totem pole - I wasn't expected to be good so I wasn't. But in Reardan, my coach and the other players wanted me to be good. They needed me to be good. They expected me to be good. And so I became good."
This happens all over the world, children are told they can not do something and so they don't or they feel like they can't. How did this affect Junior? Have you ever been told that you can't do something? Did you end up proving them wrong? How did that affect you?