Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Notes for "Make it Plain" on 12/13/16

1:30: Discussed Nobel Prize
Awarded by Swedish Academy
Alfred Nobel
  • Founded Nobel Prize

1:49: Watched Patti Smith cover of “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” for Bob Dylan

2:15: Listened to speeches

  • Ms. Smith
    • On owning many fashion businesses
  • Mr. Bustos
    • On climbing Mt. Everest
  • Ms. Spencer
    • On being a reverse-vampire…? (Saving lives by giving blood)
  • Mr. Claiborne
    • On being remembered in history
  • Mr. McGee
    • On writing a book on himself (David Levithan, not Leviathan.)
  • Mr. Frazier
    • On proving the multiverse theory
  • Mr. Lucas
    • On gaining a seat on the Orleans Parish Task Force (Or mayor?)
  • Mr. Rhodes
    • On taking over the world through becoming a meme ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
  • Ms. Harris
    • On ending violence in her city (and leaving her mark)
  • Mr. Landry
    • On having and investing in a son

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Friday, December 9, 2016

Notes for "Make it Plain" on 12/9/16

1:19: Discussed Muhammad Ali & Malcolm X in regards to the Week 9 reading
  • Muhammad Ali could be compared to Colin Kapernick
    • In both political stance and how people viewed them
  • Muhammad Ali stayed with the Nation of Islam
  • Was stripped of title due to not going with the draft.
  • Went all the way to the Supreme Court to become exonerated

1:40: Watched Liston v Clay video

1:45: Read the “In Defense of Cassius Clay”

2:10: Watched Speeches
  • Ms. Mason
    • On ridding life-saving medicines of side-effects
  • Ms. Hunter
    • On dying
  • Mr. Trepagnier
    • On getting into the MLB Hall of Fame
  • Ms. Carbo
    • On “Actually Living”
  • Ms. Mathieu
    • On not knowing
  • Ms. Williams
    • On seeing her son successful (on his own terms)
  • Mr. Dufrene
    • On not knowing
  • Ms. B
    • On finding out what love means in different cultures

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Notes for "Make it Plain" on 12/6/16

1:27: Announcing planning of next week
  • Speeches
    • Friday Speeches
      • Williams
      • Carbo
      • Mathew
      • Mason
      • Sylve
      • B
      • Rhodes
      • Dufrene
      • Trepagnier
      • Hunter
    • Tuesday Speeches
      • Claiborne
      • Carter
      • Frazier
      • Smith
      • McGee
      • Spencer
      • Bustos
      • Landry
      • Lucas
      • Harris
1:37: Took Quiz

2:52: Discussed the next speech

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Friday, December 2, 2016

Notes for "Make it Plain" on 12/2/16

1:20: Recapped the events of the class on Tuesday

1:50: Rewatching Malala Speech to Grade her performance

2:07: Write about all the audience members that you remember seeing

2:20: Discussed out grading of Malala Yousafzai's speech

2:50: [Layout of the speech]
Educaton - Shooting - Forgiveness - Education helps understanding attackers - Everyone benefits from education - Calling world leaders - Women and Girls - Boys too - “Women & girls to be independent”
1 Book + 1 Pen + 1 Teacher + 1 Child = Change the World