Comments on: Racism & Sexism paper #2

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:48:33 +0000

Thank you, A! Great article – thanks for sharing it. I hope everyone will click over and read it.

By: Ahistoricality

Ahistoricality — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:22:21 +0000

HNN has an interesting piece on the inter-racial/same-sex marriage comparisons.

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:21:03 +0000

My feedback:
GRADE: 100.00

Fantastic. You have a very good presentation of your critical thinking.

I’m feeling very good about myself right now.

By: Ahistoricality

Ahistoricality — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:23:08 +0000

I’m doing mine grouped around broad themes, such as hetero-normalcy this week, but that’s not required.

Not required, but I’m sure that it’s appreciated. It’s a good short essay, as opposed to a “book report.” As long as you don’t stick to one set of topics all the way through (so the instructor knows you’re doing all the readings, actually getting the full range of issues they are supposed to address), I’d say it’s a good approach. Shows that you’re thinking, in addition to reading.

(Not that you couldn’t show considerable thought dealing with single papers on multiple topics, but it’s a different thing.)

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:23:24 +0000

Thanks for the fast read, A. This section of the book is very US-centric, with nothing from outside the States included. I do need to be more aware of that, though, and though it’s not required, supplement the textbook with other resources.

The way the reaction papers work is this: out of about 20 assigned essays covering dozens of topics, pick at least 2 to react to by identifying themes and expressing your opinions. I’m doing mine grouped around broad themes, such as hetero-normalcy this week, but that’s not required. I just like being able to tie things together. I could just as easily be doing one racism piece, one sexism piece, and one ableism piece. I may try that next week for variety.

Please PLEASE keep giving me your opinions on these. I need the feedback so that I can improve.

By: Ahistoricality

Ahistoricality — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:03:50 +0000

I’m sure this is a perfectly fine reaction paper. Maybe it’s my world history training, but the readings seem narrow, lacking critical context. Is there anything in the class which puts the US in a world context?