| QUESTION |
ANSWERS |
| How
do I join the Persistence Moodle site? |
How to join the Persistence
Moodle site: Navigator: Firefox Go to: http://elms.evergreen.edu/ Click on: Persistence: A Study of Inspired Work Type: your Evergreen account name and password Go to bottom: use the enrollment key below Enrollment key: ask Raul Start: your own blog |
| What kind of work Persistence
students do? |
Visit: http://elms.evergreen.edu/blog/index.php?userid=3533&courseid=75 |
| What is ethnocide? |
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/69 |
| Are you in danger of losing
credit? To Persistence students: If you think you are in danger of losing credit, send us a letter this week. We thank all of you for sharing with us your responses to the 4 questions. Thank you. Your Team |
TO:
The Faculty FROM: The Academic Deans: (Theresa Aragon, Eddy Brown, Allen Olson, Nancy Murray, Ken Tabbutt, Paul Przybylowicz) DATE : October 28, 2008 RE: Fifth Week Warning REMINDER: Fifth-week warning letters are due to the students by Friday, October 31st . Pease be sure to contact all students who are in danger of earning reduced credit or no credit for Fall quarter. Let them know what they need to do to earn full credit, with a schedule for completing the work, if possible. Many faculty find this a useful opportunity to chat briefly with all their students to make sure they and the students agree about how the student's work is progressing. It is important for students to understand that the absence of a fifth-week warning is not a guarantee that they will receive credit. The warning is a notification to students who are clearly in danger of losing credit. Thank you! Emmie Forman Program Assistant Academic Deans Office The Evergreen State College -------------------------------------- To Persistence students: If you think you are in danger of losing credit, send us a letter this week. We thank all of you for sharing with us your responses to the 4 questions. Thank you. Your Team |
| From: Estefani Johnston
<johnstosteph@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:42:34 -0700 Subject: *77 on cell phones Do you know *77? YOU MUST KNOW *77 |
I knew about the red light on
cars, but not the *77. It was about 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told her never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called *77 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way. Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. I never knew about the *77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet place. You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them (i.e. put on your hazard lights) or call *77 like Lauren did. Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little bit of wonderful information. *Speaking to a service representative at ** Bell ** Mobility confirmed that *77 was a direct link to state trooper info. So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about *77. Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life. This applies to ALL 50 states. |
From: andy sontag <asontag007@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:24:37 -0700 (PDT) To: <nakasonr@evergreen.edu> Subject: Study in Peru Hey Raul, I am taking the Persistance block class and I would like to go study in Peru. I was wondering if there is anything else that I need to do other than pay the deposit? By the way where do I pay the deposit? Thanks a lot, Andy |
Andy: Please read the checklist and send me your questions, here is the link: http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/persistence/checklist.htm Thanks for writing. Raul |
From: "McGuinnis, Alexander" <mcgale19@evergreen.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:53:29 -0700 Hello, Alexander here. I have read the exit steps. I understand and agree with the exit steps for this year. I'm not sure, is this the list of books we should have on order? Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire -A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn -Choice Theory by William Glasser -Intelligence Reframed by Howard Gardner -Education for Extinction by David Wallace Adams. -Embracing Contraries by Peter Elbow -The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav -Ceremony by Silko -Broad and Alien is the World by Ciro Alegria (travellers to Peru) -Indian Givers by Jack Weatherford -1491 by Charles C. Mann The campus book store has not ordered any books for the program. See your soon, |
Every program applies a certain pedagogy, philosophy and psychology; in the Persistence program we practice the ideas on these recommended readings and on the Native American approach to education. We suggest you to educate yourself to a point that you will be able to explain your program to anybody at anytime and anywhere. When you respond to the four questions, you will be creating your own list of reading materials. |
| Site of
the week: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html |
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