New Trier's 2nd Annual American Studies Day with keynote address by documentary filmmaker, Maria Finitzo, student panels, and teacher presentations.
Speaking at American Studies Day at New Trier High School.
[http://www.americanstudiesday.com]
TONIGHT:
See James Fallows, editor of The Atlantic Monthly speak at the Cornog Auditorium at 6 pm as a preview to New Trier's 2nd Annual American Studies Day. The Cornog is located at 7 Happ Road, Northfield, IL 60093. This year's theme is "Media & Democracy", based on Fallows' book, Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy. TOMORROW:
We have an exciting line-up with many opportunities for participation. Our guest speaker will be Maria Finitzo, an award-winning filmmaker producing and directing documentary films for network television, public broadcasting, cable TV and the Internet. We will feature student- and teacher-led panels, presentations, and discussions. Please stick to your individually-assigned schedule for the day because some of the sessions are very tightly packed.
TONIGHT:See James Fallows, editor of The Atlantic Monthly speak at the Cornog Auditorium at 6 pm as a preview to New Trier's 2nd Annual American Studies Day. The Cornog is located at 7 Happ Road, Northfield, IL 60093. This year's theme is "Media & Democracy", based on Fallows' book, Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy. TOMORROW:
We have an exciting line-up with many opportunities for participation. Our guest speaker will be Maria Finitzo, an award-winning filmmaker producing and directing documentary films for network television, public broadcasting, cable TV and the Internet. We will feature student- and teacher-led panels, presentations, and discussions. Please stick to your individually-assigned schedule for the day because some of the sessions are very tightly packed.
via best.complex.com
Great side-by-side comparisons of the original soul, funk, and jazz and their hip-hop counterparts. If only I were teaching Pop Culture next year!
After listening to this NPR report on possible SCOTUS (Supreme Court) nominee Elena Kagan (click to listen below), it reminded me of two connections to our class.
"Should Kagan's Lack Of Judicial Experience Matter?"- Our brief discussion on Kagan focused on her qualifications to be a Supreme Court Justice. There was a question on what exactly those qualifications are. Here's what the Constitution says: "[The President]...shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme [sic] Court" (Article II). This is something most of us already know — it's the President's choice, as long as the Senate approves. But what about specific qualifications? Here's all I could find: "The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office" (Article III). It's fascinating that there isn't even a qualification that the nominee had been a judge. Furthermore, only a single justice from the landmark Brown v. Board decision had served previously as a judge.
- One of the main reasons recent SCOTUS nominees previously have been lower court judges is that "by looking at a lower court record, a president, or a senator for that matter, can get a reasonably good idea of what a nominee's views are." I connected this notion to the obsession that some of our students have with their own "record" (grades, activities, etc.) accumulated in school.
Are we in danger of becoming a purely "data-driven" society? Think of our previous discussion of how in the future sensors will be embedded in books and shoes to measure everything. Does your own "record" really function as a decent measure of how you want people to see you?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126764692&sc=17&f=1001 Should Kagan's Lack Of Judicial Experience Matter?
by Nina Totenberg
- May 12, 2010
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's lack of judicial experience is front and center as an issue as she starts meeting with senators on Wednesday.
Historically, judicial experience has not been deemed a major qualification for service on the U.S. Supreme Court, but Republicans have been highlighting Kagan's lack of it this week.
