mike wallace interview with aldous huxley

Here is the interview with Mike Wallace (of eventual "60 Minutes" fame) and Aldous Huxley.

In an essay-let (essayito? 1-3 paragraphs) comment to this post, please cite five ideas from the talk to support your validation or refutation of the following claim:

We are living in the Brave New World.

March 5

JOURNAL TOPIC:

Huxley is quoted as saying, "There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." What message(s) from Chapter 6 might help?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Chapters 4, 5 & 6
3. Continue reading

HW:
1. Select and begin a literature analysis book for March (if you haven't yet)
2. Read/post notes for BNW Chapter 7
3. Watch Huxley in his own words and respond to the questions in a comment to the post

ap boot camp monday and friday at lunch

Happy Monday!  Reminder: AP boot camp in 608 Mondays and Fridays at lunch.

March 4

JOURNAL TOPIC:

[Choose Your Own.]

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Lit terms quiz
3. Discuss chapters 4&5 of BNW


HW:
1. Review/reflect on lit terms in post entitled LIT TERMS APPLIED
2. Read/take notes on BNW ch.6 in post entitled BNW CH 6

reminder: AP boot camp at lunch today

Happy Friday.

what are you afraid of?

Thanks to Ricky from American Lit for submitting this video from JP Bouvet: Now check out JP in action:

bill moyers interviews isaac asimov

[UPDATE: Thanks Ubi, for the reminder re: posting questions; sorry, everyone, these were stuck in Draft. Please get to them ASAP, you will be discussing in class on Tuesday 3/7.]

1. Summarize Asimov's perspective on learning. 2. If all future organizations and endeavors begin as visions [i.e. imagined possibilities, a.k.a. the DNA of fiction] how can anyone ever create anything new without indulging science fiction? 3. How do you explain the process that leads to this?