Today in class we got into groups to finish Dyson. Students then developed essay questions for consideration for the midterm. The midterm is next Thursday, October 26. We will write it in class. It will be open book, open notes. I also hope it will be fun. I'd like students to post their midterms on the blog. The TA will send you your grade with a narrative to your email address. You will not have the opportunity to revise this essay.
I would like to see all of you before next week to check-in about your writing and goals for this semester. We'll take class time Thursday and Tuesday for this. Print our copies of your papers you've emailed me. Bring in papers I have returned, so we can have a substantive conversation.
The college bookstore does not have Blood Beat Vol.1. I am going to see if the publisher can send us copies by Thursday, October 18. I'll let you know what happens. I am ordering 6 copies.
I printed copies of the Tupac essay he wrote. If you have the book, read his introduction. We watched part of the film: The Murder of Biggie and Tupac. We'll continue Thursday.
Homework is to Watch the video: "I Wonder If Heaven Has a Ghetto" and respond on the blog here. You will probably notice repetition of lines from "Changes." Why is that? Also, when was this song released? Was it edited or was Tupac truly a visionary? (I'm speaking of references to Bush and Rodney as in King.)
I'll have the assignment for the research essay completed Thursday also for students. We can take time to discuss this further Thursday in groups. For homework due, Tuesday, October 23, students will develop a research plan.
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Today in class Mrs. Sabir wanted us to get in groups to review Chapter 7 for the book "Hollar If You Hear Me". We also had to write 5 essay questions. We watched a video " I Wonder If Heaven Has a Ghetto" and we were to respond to the movie on the blog. Not to mention, we had to free write from the book, Rose That Grew From Concrete. If students didn't have a book,for the next assignment we were suppose to do, Mrs Sabir is able to provide the students with one as long as we bring $20.00. Semhar Kefela
The video of Tupac's "I Wonder If Heaven's Got a Ghetto" was released in 1997. The video was actually shot right after his death, thus the camera is positioned in his own perspective, in what seems to be a peaceful environment in comparison to the life of the living. Although Tupac makes references to Bush and Rodney, the voice comes from him. Tupac was definitely a visionary who took pride in his lyrics. Perhaps his reasoning for re-using words from "Changes" was to reiterate central themes of racism and unfairness to people of color. -Tristan Jazmin
In Tupacs I Wonder If Heaven's Got A Ghetto reminds his fun how he suffered. “Talk much shit cause I never had shit” he explains his experience in the ghetto life, one questions how one has to suffer twice after death!
He also expresses the suffering of blacks in the hand of the police and wondered how long the oppression was going to last. “Here on Earth, tell me what's a black life worth
a bottle of juice is no excuse, the truth hurts and even when you take the shit Move counties get a lawyer you can shake the shit”
Tupac also fights for political change “We ain't ready, to have a black President, huh” His lyrics were elements for the human rights and equality within the current generation.
Harizon Odembo
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