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Networks/networking

(possible thematic cluster?)

Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Down, But Not Out.” Forbes.com. 7 May 2007. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0507/112.html

Rosen, Christine. “Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism.” The New Atlantis, Number 17, Summer 2007. http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/virtual-friendship-and-the-new-narcissism

Smith, Zadie. “Generation Why?.” New York Review of Books. 25 Nov. 2010. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/generation-why/

Work

Davidson, Adam. “Making It in America.” Atlantic Magazine. Jan.-Feb. 2012. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/01/making-it-in-america/8844/

Personal Narrative

Adams, Scott. “A Year Without Fear.” Wall Street Journal. 31 Dec. 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204720204577126950573894974.html

Poetry

(own section? or part of thematic cluster on, for example, memories?)

Boss, Ted. “Amidwives: Two Portraits.” (2011). http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/241572

Collins, Billy. “Forgetfulness.” 1990. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/26905

(not on memories, but a thought-provoking poem for multiple generations, I think, from a poet who teaches well to many groups)

Holm, Bill. “Earbud.” . 2008. http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/213.html

Lee, Li-Young. “This Room and Everything in It.” 1990. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172100

Bullying

(possible thematic cluster? This topic seems to work well in mixed-age classrooms.)

Engel, Susan, and Marlene Sandstrom “There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully.” The New York Times. 22 July 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23engel.html

Magid,Larry.”Adults on TV Are Bad Role Models for Teen Bullies.” The Huffington Post. 4 April 2010. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry-magid/are-adults-on-tv-role-mod_b_527124.html

Marcus, Ruth. “The Criminalization of Bullying.” Truthout. 6 April 2010. http://archive.truthout.org/ruth-marcus-the-criminalization-bullying58360

About Writing

(I thought articles about multiple genres, perhaps from a wide variety of writers, would be very useful. It started in my mind with this interview with Grace Paley, which although it is about fiction, seemed particularly relevant to our students as writers.)

Dee, Jonathan, Barbara Jones, and Larissa MacFarquhar. “Grace Paley: The Art of Fiction No. 131.” The Paris Review, No. 124, Fall 1992. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2028/the-art-of-fiction-no-131-grace-paley

The manuscript pages that accompany Paris Review interviews are available online. These are always useful for combating the myth of the flawless first draft and reinforcing the importance of revision. Stressing revision can be especially important with older adult students, who often put a lot of pressure on themselves to produce only “A work” and thus are particularly vulnerable to writer’s block.

From ParisReview.org:

Maya Angelou manuscript page: http://www.theparisreview.org/uploads/102348acb9/angelou-m.gif?keepThis=true&height=600&width=650

Gabriel Garcia Marquez manuscript page: http://www.theparisreview.org/uploads/580d48382c/garciamarquez-g.jpg?keepThis=true&height=600&width=650

Hunter S. Thompson manuscript page: http://www.theparisreview.org/uploads/f4533c01a4/thompson-h.gif?keepThis=true&height=600&width=650

Education

Adler, Mortimer J. “Only Adults Can Be Educated” Interview by Max Weismann. 1995. http://toomanyintheclassroom.org/1995/08/19/max-weismann-interviews-mortimer-adler-1995/ Presents in interview form content from “Adult Education.” The Journal of Higher Education 23.2 (1952): 59–67, 115.

Goodman, Paul. “Two Simple Proposals.” (Chapter 10, Compulsory Mis-Education, 1964) http://www.factoryschool.com/rhood/goodman/twosimple.html [argues for a “maturing” period before college and for the abolition of grades]]

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