Mrs. Ashley NHHS AVID

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Article response 9/13

After reading the article titled: On College Forms.... answer the following questions on the blog and comment on at least one of your peer's answers. Responses due by Thursday @ 10pm.

1. Define: racial heritage, dilemma, anonymous, identity, affirmative action, imperative, diverse, onus, corroboration
2. Is it right for the Department of Education to require colleges to collect racial information?
3. Why do some students refuse to list their race out of protest?
4. According to the article, the intent of affirmative action is to help disadvantaged minorities, not those who are well off. Why don’t they want to help minorities who are not poor? Why don’t they want to help poor non-minorities?
5. How could colleges target help at minorities who are poor? How could they target help at poor people, generally?
6. The article also states that affirmative action is intended to “redress the nation’s long history of discrimination [against minorities] in higher education, but also to provide students rich opportunities to learn from peers who bring various backgrounds to campus.” Would offering advantages to someone who is half-white and half black help achieve this goal? Would offering advantages to white Jewish students? Asian students?
7.
a) Why was a woman’s French great-grandfather born in Algeria? Why was the consensus that she couldn’t qualify as African-American – was Algeria not really part of Africa when the French ruled it?
b) Why did College Confidential posters respond differently to her than to the other woman who was part African-American, part Asian-American?
8. “I’d be giving them information, not saying, ‘Do this,’ wink, wink.” Is there really a difference?
9. What does Rice really mean when it asks about “the unique life experiences and cultural traditions"? How could you write an effective essay about this?
10. “Rice knows that however much it emphasizes that students should be guided by the honor principle…some will seek to stretch the new definitions to their own gain.” If the rules allow a mixed-race person discretion, how will people make their decisions? Is it wrong of them to give answers that benefit themselves?
11. Are people who “stretch definitions” violating the intention of the programs? If so, what is that intention?
12. Should there be affirmative action? Explain your answer.

Friday, September 9, 2011

9/11/ An Apology from an Arab Repsonse

Friday Literacy Response: DUE MONDAY before 4th block.

After reading Ali Salem's An Apology from an Arab please respond to the following prompts:

How can we teach humanism/civic duty in school? (paragraph 8, last sentence)

o Is it the school’s role to do this?

o Why or why not?

· Should 9/11 be taught in history class?

o Why or why not?

o And if so, from whose perspective?

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Welcome back!

Hello seniors! Wow, I can not believe that your senior year is upon us!

Let's get started...

Please check out our new New Hanover High AVID website @ www.nhhsavid.weebly.com

This is a school-wide information hub about the basics of AVID, AVID data, AVID elective classes and AVID Club. Check it frequently for updates and information. I will still be posting updates on our class blog (here) and on the AVID website under the 12th grade tab so all info is at your fingertips!

My teacher webpage is still found @ http://teacherpages.nhcs.net/schools/nhanover/leahashley/Pages/Default.aspx and here you can get cornell note paper, tutorial sheets and other important links!

I would also like you to check out this site as it is a great 12th grade planning timeline.

https://www1.cfnc.org/Plan/For_High_School/High_School_Planning_Timeline/12th_Grade.aspx

If you haven't already, you need to go ahead and be thinking about Graduation Project topics. I am here to help you with that so ask away!

I look forward to a productive and memorable senior year! Here's to the future! :)

Mrs. Ash

Monday, June 6, 2011

Glogster/Voicethread: Embed your glog/voicethread

Drections: After saving your glog, scroll down and find the link on the right that says "embed into your page." Get the long embed code and paste into the blog. Remember to sign in as a user...if it doesn't work, embed the link to your glog like this: http://lashley.glogster.com/avid-juniors/
Part II of the assignment is to post the link to your voicethread for your peers! You must comment on at least 1 of your classmates' voicethread. Comments must be appropriate and related to the topic of the thread.
This is due Tuesday, June 7th @ midnight!

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

SAT Summer Help!!!!

Gramercy Prep has agreed to offer their SAT Summer Prep Course to students of New Hanover County again this summer. This is a great way to prepare for the SAT if you plan to take the test next fall. (which you are)...

Each course is one week long Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.
The classes will be taught at Hoggard High School.
The first course will be taught July 18th to July 22nd.
The second course will be taught August 8th to August 12th.
If interested see Mrs. Settle
Any questions call 910.465.9445 or check www.gramercyprep.com/nc

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Socratic 5/18 Wednesday

Hey y'all! Now that most of you have taken the SAT (congrats), let's switch our focus this week to our next Socratic topic: Bullying.
Check out these helpful sites. Gather data from these sites and some of your own reasearch.