Welcome Seniors! My first teacher mentor Susie Carlisle began her letter to seniors with the line, "Welcome to your Senior selves ... " and although I don't want to just steal Susie's line, I love the thought behind it and would like to extend the sentiment to you. You are yourself always, of course, in the broad sense of the tremendous idea encompassing the vast experiences of a human life. But let's remember that we are at a particularly poignant place as seniors--quite literally standing on the threshold to adulthood, ready to take the accumulated experiences and joys and hardships and lessons and triumphs of childhood and translate them into a productive and positive adult life. You possess, in a sense, what Susie would call the "promise of a seed," an amazing potential that needs only a little nourishing and time to self-actualize. Thank you in advance for trusting me to help you along the way. I am excited and humbled to get to be part of your senior experience, and I am looking forward to this year very much. Yours, Mr. G :)
Now, here's your first HW assignment (because I love you):
Assignment for 9/5:
1. Listen to Colson Whitehead's Wall Street Journal interview podcast from a year ago. Prepare a synopsis of no more than 1 typed page, double-spaced in which you track the general flow of the interview with specific examples and short quotations as needed. It is not necessary to analyze the interview or to respond to it at this point; instead, focus on what is discussed ... and maybe a little of how it is presented. Be prepared to discuss the interview in class tomorrow and to share a little of how hearing the author's ideas affect your understanding of the novel as a whole.
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