by the brevity of "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula LeGuin. LeGuin's tale is not a simple one. Here is a copy. Print it out, read it tonight if you'd like. We will read and then discuss the tale in class tomorrow.
A couple of questions to consider for your journal:
- Is the happiness of the citizens worth the child's lot?
- Would you stay, or would you walk away from Omelas?
- Are there situations in the real world that are similar to this one?
Record at least twenty choices that you make during the day. The seeming importance does not matter; you can write about choosing your clothes in the morning, what music you listen to, or whether you did your homework or not. The list does not need to be a narrative, just a sentence or phrase for each. Be prepared to share in class tomorrow.
2 Comments
February 13, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Mr Stallings
a subjust i would much rather hear the opinions of other poeple on and what not is on prison reform,drug rehab and things of that nature
like why is it that we send our druggies to prison, thats the last thing the need yea im alot more interested in that then freakin essays
and on the education subject, i believe our lack of it falls on our earlier teachers for example my girlfriends little brother is in kindergarden he doesntknow how to add or the ABC!!!!
wow that sucks they dont teach younger kids anything i knew how to do cursive back then my point is i dont think the subject you guys were hitting in class was the right one on the topic
February 18, 2008 at 1:27 AM
off topic//
I stumbled across this artist's website. I really like the 3D illusion pavement drawings-
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/batman.html
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