october 28 (ee)

October 28, 2014Is there any way this sleepwalking boy is evil?

A. He is much too cute to be evil.

B. He is much too cute to be evil.

C. He is much too cute to be evil.

D. He is much too cute to be evil.

E. He is much too cute to be evil.Jake

So my other two don’t feel left out…

Brenna Colin

READING QUIZ

Chapter 9 “The Neurology of Free Will”

What is Duhigg’s point in this chapter?

Is Brian Thomas responsible for his actions?

Is Angie Bachmann responsible for her actions? Do the casinos deserve any of the blame? Does anyone else deserve any of the blame?

When does a person become responsible for changing a habit?

“And Yet”page 68-77

Make clear whose ideas are whoseUse the templates

Should you use I? Why you shouldn’t use you!

CREATE SEE PARAGRAPHS FROM CHAPTER 9

BREAK

How do you feel about legalizing drugs?

A. We should make all drugs illegal (including those that are legal now like alcohol).

B. We should keep the drugs that are illegal now illegal.

C. We should only legalize marijuana.D. We should legalize marijuana and a

few other drugs.E. We should legalize all drugs.

LEGALIZE DRUGS?

DRUG ADDICTION: WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

DRUG ADDICTIONLink

Opening Skinner’s Boxby Lauren Slater

We will look at two chapters from this book: Chapter 7 “Rat Park: The Radical

Addiction Experiment” Chapter 4 “In the Unlikely Event

of a Water Landing: Darley and Latane’s Training Manual—A Five-Stage Approach”

Chapter 7 “Rat Park: The Radical Addiction Experiment”

Read passage on page 1 What were the original drug

addiction studies like? What did Bruce Alexander,

Robert Coambs, and Patricia Hadaway hypothesize in 1981?

What do you think?

Chapter 7 “Rat Park: The Radical Addiction Experiment”

Lauren Slater—author, looking at different experiments in the book, mixed with her own story

Bruce Alexander—psychologist who conducted the “Rat Park” experiment

Herb Kleber—Yale graduate and former assistant drug czar, disagrees with Alexander

Emma Lowry—addicted to pain pills but highly functioning, trying to quit

Most Important/Interesting/Exciting Thing You Learned Today

A. Chapter 9 habit responsibility discussion

B. “And Yet”C. SEE paragraphsD. Legalizing drugs discussionE. “Rat Park” breakdown

What would you like to learn more about in the future?

A. Chapter 9 B. “And Yet”C. Drug addictionD. “Rat Park”E. SEE paragraphs

Homework Read and annotate “Rat Park”

(handout)Annotate at least one thing per page

Be prepared for a reading quiz Work on Essay #3 (prepare your

second draft to take to the Writing Mentors, PASS leaders, or the LRC)

Participate in the weekly discussion (post due Thursday and replies due Sunday)