Monday Lecture 9/22

The lecture on Monday night was helpful and confusing. We had a lot of information given to us at one time. It will take awhile for it all to make sense.

The chalk and wire presentation that Erin gave was informative. I think that it will be nice to have our portfolios on-line. It will make it easier to show future employers. It will be nice not having to carry around a bunch of papers.

Jennifer's presentation on getting our teaching license was very helpful. It was good that she came in and talked to us about getting things done early. I wasn't sure when to apply to the ed department, which is a very important part of getting your license, but now I do. There is a lot to remember but she is very helpful.

Oen Fellowship Lecture

I went to the Oen Fellowship Lecture, Religion and Politics and how this could change your opinion on the election. The lecture was on September 17 in Olin 102. The room was full of students and people from the community.

The speaker was David Domke. He teaches religion and politics at the University of Washington.

Some of the statistics that he had I found interesting. The public was asked questions about Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. The first question was; do you think they are prepared for the job of vice president? For Joe Biden 74% said he is prepared and 11% said he is not. Sarah Palin was almost equal, 42% said she is prepared and 52% said she is not prepared. The next question was; what do you think are the reasons McCain and Obama picked Palin and Biden as their running mates? The two choices were; they are well qualified or they will help them win the election. Obama/Biden was 57% well qualified and 31% to help win election. McCain/Palin was 17% well qualified and 75% to help win the election.

The presentation was interesting and well done. He made everything flow and fit together nicely. There was also a clip he showed and there were no technical difficulties with it, which is always nice. The presentation was well prepared and he had everything memorized so he wasn't fumbling through note cards.

Lions For Lambs

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I thought that the movie was good. At first I didn't know where it was going with the three different stories. At the end they all came together.

Ernest and Arian are very brave. They decided to make a difference by going the army. They didn't like what they were seeing and instead of sitting back and hoping for change they did something about it. That takes a lot of courage to go and try to make a difference.