Homework Reminder

The homework for tonight, though seemingly simple, is not.

I noticed a handfull of you simply copy pasted the first thing you could find. Did you read the summaries? do you know what you picked? did you think about how the reading you choose to post, to make me go in and read to compare to your proposal, really worked with your research interest?

I'm disapointed in the fact that many of you did not. While I said that this was not set in stone I'm tempted to cement the readings you choose and require you to use them in your research. We'll discuss this on Friday.

If you don't want me to require you to use the article you posted willy-nilly I suggest you go back, read through the Bedford St. Martin's site TONIGHT and repost your newly thought out article/book.

So again, tonight's homework(due NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT):

Got to Bedford St. Martins Bibliography

go throught the site, read the summaries and find an article you feel you can begin a conversation with. think of it as a chatroom of sorts, or threads on facebook. Which would you like to begin a conversation with?

Once you've found it head on over to : http://www.utpa.edu/library
If it's an article the title will be in quotations( "name of article"), and you may be able to find it on JSTOR. If it's a book the title will be italicized, and you may be able to find it in our library. Can't find it all? Pick another. That's the nature of research, often times we can't always get a hold of the resources we want. I don't want to hear: I couldn't find it.

Bring it to class on Friday. I had not required this before looking at the blog, but after seeing how quickly the posts went up, I am requiring it. I want you to really think about what you are researching and how you will comment on your sources. That is not a snap decision. So again Print it or Check it out of the library and bring it to class on Friday.

AND DON'T FORGET! You still have to complete your Kantz reading so that we can have a discussion about it on Friday. Your SQR is also due Friday! You asked me for a week to read, despite that only four students have read anything with regard to Kantz. We can't negotiate if you guys don't keep your end of the bargain. If you don't want homework over spring break I seriously suggest you complete all of the above homework.

-bon