Assigned reading for Oct 25 and Nov 1

Oct 25 Living and Crossing Class

Jensen, “Crossing the Great Divide,” ER; bell hooks “Class Consciousness" ER; 4 short stories from Without a Net: the female experience of growing up working class; Smith, Values http://members.aol.com/lsmithdog/bottomdog/WCValuespost.htm ;PLU “don’t get above your raisin'’’ video

Nov 1 Work Mike Rose, The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker, Intro, ch 1, ch 5, 7, 8, conclusion. Please remember to spend time with the introduction first. Take notes - a version of a Reading Guide for each chapter to remind yourself of key issues.

Think about some of the 'manual labor' jobs you have had and how they involve skill and cognition.

oh,,,, and those class diaries?

Where are those class diaries? Don't tell me that our class hasn't made you think twice about things your family or friends say? about what you watch on tv? about people or events you encounter in your day?

Occupy Wall Street Movement

I missed our class tonight. Sure you all feel the same!
So... the task for the week is to spend a minimum of an hour and a half investigating the Occupy Wall Street Movement. I've posted some articles, videos, websites and opinion pieces on the OWS. This is just a sampling and I urge you to find more, send me the sites, or the articles and I will post them. How do the protesters see class? how is it defined here? reproduced? what does the opposition have to say? What are the solutions? Do the solutions pinpoint structures or systems that we have discussed? What do you think? What are your questions? What do you think of the human microphone? Looking forward to these posts.

There is also a demo this Saturday at Kennedy Plaza.