Shocking.  I know, beYOND shocking. There is a new blog entry.

We had a very productive class today:

• Students turned in the short 1-15 questions on Part Two.
• Students turned in the longer (1-22) questions on Goldstein's book, begun in class on Wednesday with table groups and completed individually at home.
• And IN class, a fast-moving quiz over Parts I and II.  A few didn't quite finish (35 questions; 25 class minutes); you will be allowed a few more minutes in class tomorrow.
• And finally, students received the short version 1-15 Part Three questions.

Here is the hoped-for situation; by tomorrow, you will have finished reading 1984.  Part Three is the shortest, contains some fairly gripping action, and does not contain an economic and political treatise to be studied and dissected.  You can do this!  BUT--If for whatever reason (and I've heard a wide array) that is not possible, the world will not end if you do not finish until over the three-day week-end.

Without fail, however, have the book DONE and the short, to-the-point questions completed by class time on Tuesday.  

We will be talking as a class tomorrow, probably viewing a couple of video supports, but steering clear of the VERY end of the book out of plot-spoiler respect for people with genuine reason to need just a bit of extra time.

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Tomorrow:  Classes begin at 10:15.