* AP Test regristration this morning…if you didn’t go then I don’t know what to tell you.
* Late start today (unless you had AP Regristration =[
* Why do fish have scales? (asked by Kayla)
– Mr. E. said it was like their hair, and I added, ” Did they evolve from hairy mammoth fish?” ( [...]
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These are the events that occurred as thus aptly stated in the title.
Since I was probably around 5 minutes late, I missed whatever happened in the beginning of the period.
On the board was written a quote stated by Jonathon Swift, which read “Satire is a kind of glass, where in beholders discover everyone’s face but [...]
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[Side - or rather "top" - note] Most likely, the events in this scribe will be out of order seeing as my scribe notes are written out of order, in margins and any space that could possibly accommodate words in the attempt to save trees [and money] by compressing every detail I could catch, along [...]
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In recent days we, as in the AP English class, have been discussing DBQ’s and how knowing about current events can help. I have decided to help with that a little by introducing this topic that has recently hit the news:
WARNING: I in no way accept credit for the following article that is directly copied [...]
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I do not know if bajillion is an actual quantity, but it is an actual quality concept. Number-creation aside, today was a Monday, which means people wore Monday clothes, looked with Monday eyes, and longed for a week of more Weekends. It is curious to note how we long and dread the beginnings and ends [...]
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Quote written on the board today:
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.” -Aristotle
Mr. E wrote these words on the board: “Learned Helplessness”
He gave us the example of how dogs memorize patterns.
When experimenting with the door of a cage being open, they test [...]
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The overall idea today was that when writing during the AP test, perfection is not expected but we have to come up with clear cohesive ideas fairly quickly, and just go with it.
Eldridge passed out many prompts from previous years.
Homework is writing a thesis and I believe also creating an outline on the [...]
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-Essays and other papers were handed back at the start of class.
-Mr. E spoke briefly about the scores on the essays. A 4 would mean that you misread the question, but still had good analysis. He then went on to say that on the AP test, it’s not about have the right answer, it’s about [...]
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Today’s quote:
“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”
-Samuel Johnson
Mr. Eldridge points out that patriotism does not require one to kill or die for his country.
The extra-credit game of the week was written today on the board. Due tomorrow if you choose to do it.
Think of a 2-syllable word that means “coming up to the [...]
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Quote of the day (much like Mr. Weaver’s Quote of the week) ”Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound”
-Voltaire (wrote Candide <3Mr. woods)
Skyler<3 invites Mr. E to his house for movie night, then questions the legality of it
We decide that home is where the heart is
We learn the history of [...]
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