Scribe: 11.24.2008
Period 4
Hello Period 4 (the BESTEST period), this is Keith Mendoza with your scribe notes for Monday, November 24. Alright, so today started off pretty much like any other Monday; I walked in and looked left and saw people crowding around the board pondering the solution to the week’s extra credit puzzle. As a result of the people crowding around it, I am not able to tell you what the puzzle consisted of. Also, Eldrizzle was talking with Olivia about how Ed always sits in the same seat. Then, as some people passed back our essays and Scarlet Letter quizzes to grade, I noticed that Tristan was wearing a cozy-looking sweater, making him even more lovable, and Ed was wearing pants for the first time in a long time. As the period officially began, Eldrizzle started talking about the argumentative essays we did last Friday and he told us to use specific examples rather than vague ones and that the best essays were usually the ones that didn’t take one specific side to the argument but gave arguments for both sides. He said that he will go over them more next week because today was all about The Scarlet Letter. We graded the two Scarlet Letter quizzes that were passed to us next, and in the midst of this, Sean began acting crazy as he and the rest of his table caught food in their mouths like wild animals. Then, he and his table20all got up to answer the extra credit puzzle along with Brian Krigmont, and Mr. E said Sean and Brian had “irrational exuberance,” which is also what started the economic crisis. Not long after that, the troublesome duo of Sean and Ed blurted out “Hey Freddy Jones…SHUT UP!” After that, Adam tried to toss me a Cheez-it, but I missed the catch and Anthony scrambled after the fallen snack and gobbled it up. Then, Eldrizzle busted out the projector and showed pictures he had taken on a trip to Salem; there were pictures of first churches, a custom house, a house of seven gables, a witch museum, and other old houses. Then, we played Jeopardy with Scarlet Letter questions, and, unfortunately I was so absorbed in the game that I am not able to tell you what some of the questions were, but I did learn this: do not let Nadir answer questions for your group. Yep, that’s pretty much all that happened today.
Love,
Keith
Period 5
Hey Period 5 !
Today in class we started the day off with passing back papers. We got back our essays that we wrote on Friday about entertainment. Mr. Eldridge said that the most common mistake was that people thought that that entertainment was only T.V. However he informed us that entertainment actually includes T.V, movies, books, plays and video games. After that we went over/graded TSL quiz chapters 13-15. Then Mr. E and some other people in the class teased Zack and reminded him about the time last year when his cell phone rang during history class. We then moved on and graded TSL 16-18 quiz. Some symbols in the book for nature being beautiful are the sun and rosebush. An example/symbol of nature being ugly is Chillingsworth. Mr. Eldridge also informed us that Chillingsworthʼs sin is the worst because he wanted revenge. Mr. Eldridge showed us a PowerPoint on Salem. We then played a very intriguing came of Jeopardy. Henry Kim was the score keeper. Zack Glassers team went first but they didnʼt answer the question fast enough so they started off with negative points. Zack became very annoyed and irritated when Mr. Eldridge would not accept his answers. Our came game finally came to an end when the bell rang. Ryan Cadyʼs and Henry Kimʼs group tied for first place.
Tonight for homework study for the Scarlet Letter test.
Hang in there everyone one more day and Thanksgiving will finally be here. Yay!!!!!!
-Keren Mahgerefteh
Filed under: Daily Scribe and tagged jeopardy, Sean acting crazy, The Scarlet Letter, Zachglasser
Keren,
I can’t believe you left out Zach’s outburst.
“WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?!”
I told Mrs. Meider about it the second I walked into sixth period.
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I think Nadir would have been better at a charades version of Jeopardy
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Kim, I believe we specifically told her it was vital to include this, yet Keren left it out. And no mention of Maroon Monday?
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haha yep I agree Adam
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I did include the Zack Glasser comment. If you read my scribe notes again you will realize that I included Zack several times in my scribe notes. I mentioned the “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME MR. E”. When I said Zack became very annoyed and irritated when Mr. Eldridge would not accept his answers.
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Chillingworth’s revenge is the most detestful sin the book covered. While Hester and Dimmesdale’s sins only hurt themselves, Chillingworth’s sin tormented another soul, therefore completely crossing the boundrey of one wrongdoing to a life of eternal damnation and evil. Chillingworth is by far the worst sinner and he does not even feel any remorse until Dimmesdale mounts the scaffold (he tries to stop Dimmesdale from revealing himself). He is a leech, and without anything to suck on, in other words and obsession, he will shrivel up and die.
P.S. I think we should play jeopardy more often in class. It was really fun, we learn a lot, and it is fun to see Zach get frustrated (sorry Zack :))
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Although i think chillingworth was pretty dastardly
i thought dimmesdale was a coward by letting hester take all the blame
dimmesdale paid for his guilt but it was still shady not owning up until right before he dies and he has nothing to lose
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Yeah jeopardy was great, but we need to get some kind of buzzers or something instead of just raising hands.
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That’s a great idea, @Chris. You should fund raise for them and donate them to our class. That would be cool. We could call it Innovative Learning Solutions or something fancy sounding like that. Diction is always key.
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Reviewing the story tonight, I wish it would have had a happier ending. We waited through all of the “never can be together” drama, only to find that when Dimmesdale confesses his love, he dies
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seriously olivia! i agree. i was waiting and waiting to find that they fled to europe to live together, but that never happened
and then they both die! how depressing can this book possibly be. oh….for everyone who didn’t under stand whether nature is good or evil. it is both. i learned this after my very frustrating study session with Mr. E the other day. nature has no laws, therefore it is both good and evil.
Happy Thanksgiving! hope everyone had fun in class w/o me!
-hayley
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throughout the entire story i was waiting for hester, pearl and dimmesdale to live “happily ever after.” and it never happens i read that part in the book and had to reread the paragraph again to make sure he was really dead. how depressing
i totally agree with gellan. jeopardy was alot of fun and we should play it or other games more often. im sad i missed zach’s outburst. i’ll have to content myself with memories of his outbursts last year.
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It’d be pretty interesting if a movie were to be made out of the Scarlet Letter. Maybe we could even get our happy ending
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The movie would probably suck since the way the book was written could not possibly transferred to the screen. It might turn out ok, but it would be terrible compared to the book.
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So speaking of diction and fun stuff, here’s a pointless euphemism. My church is having something called “Facility Beautification.” Sucked the life right out of a church and made it sound all fancy. How about “church decorating”?
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yeah I did think the ending was pretty depressing, but honestly I wasn’t surprised at all. The whole happy ending thing wouldn’t make any sense with the theme and tone of the book, and everything seemed to foreshadow that it was all gonna go horribly wrong in the end. And while yeah it is sad, it is the only real way for the book to end. I mean, Hester and Dimmesdale’s affair could never work as long as they both accepted Puritan order (which even though they planned to escape, they still did try to hold true), and Dimmesdale had to pay for his sin of hypocrisy, cowardice, and lying.
And besides, it’s not all bad in the end. Chillingworth dies miserably and insignificantly without getting his revenge, which we all wanted. Hester lives at peace to a ripe old age, remaining in her place somewhat outside of society where she can best help those in need, which is where she is most happy, and Pearl lives her own happy life in Europe. And even though they aren’t aloud to touch, Hester and Dimmesdale are eventually burried next to each other, which is a nice little romantic sentiment at the end.
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The ending to the book is so…
absolute, in my opinion.
It seems as if there couldn’t be a sequel.
After reading a good book, there is usually a feeling of continuation. Not with this book… It just ENDS. =/
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Maybe because 3/4 of the main characters died?
Haha.
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so maybe im just a sadist or something but i like the end. its “refreshingly different” from all the Hollywood endings of everything. its more realistic.
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What’s up with not posting the scribes? I’ve been trying to comment of something, but there’s nothing current to comment on…….abuh?
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Ok , to address the need for buzzers, Mrs. Haas said she can get any class buzzers if they needed them so either Rini or Mr. Egdirdle can ask her about that. Chris you DO have Haas still right?
PS. period 4 is most definitely the BESTEST. (superlative wins. me and Doug Welsh already decided that.)
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Keren, I completely disagree. You by no means addressed the hilarious quote of the day. And to think you were in my Masticating Pumpkin Patches group…
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olivia, the scarlet letter was made into a movie. hester is played by demi moore. its pretty old and it added stuff that never happened in the book. i saw the movie before reading the book so when i read the ending it was very different. im pretty sure in the movie dimmesdale doesnt die
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according to wikipedia, the scarlet letter movie did really bad. really really really bad. it deviates greatly from the book, and it’ll give people that happy ending they wanted, even though it sucked. i really liked the bittersweet ending of the book… it gives the story that finality that most stories don’t have, but i thought that it was pretty clear what was going to happen. the whole happy ending to this story just would not have made sense at all.
hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving!!
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I’d have to agree with Tricia on this one-although I completely understand what Olivia is saying. We all love a good happy ending that gives us the warm and fuzzy’s; however, the depressing ending was ENTIRELY NECESSARY for this story, because it does undermine the whole idea of Hester and Dimmesdale’s inability to be together, despite their extreme love for one another. I really enjoyed the story-sad ending and all. By the way, virtue essays? When will those be due?
AND HAPPY BELATED THANKSGIVING TO ALL! I hope everyone stuffed their faces with turkey, or tofurkey for all you vegetarians out there!
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