What to Do in 101 Hoy Dia

1. Commenting Instructions 2

Please email your mentor and protege commenters and politely ask them to post comments on your HW 36. Politely means friendly and well-edited greetings, explicit appreciation, THE LINK TO THE RELEVANT POST, and copy and paste from the relevant instructions directly below.

The mentor comments should ideally include;
a. your best (most thought-provoking/powerful/beautiful/sharp) idea or line PLUS
b. any constructive suggestions or further questions regarding this post..

The protege comments should ideally include;
a. your best (most thought-provoking/powerful/beautiful/sharp) idea or line PLUS
b. what your post inspires them to think about and question - in terms of their own lives/situation/understanding.

Those comments should be on your blog by Wednesday 9pm. By Thursday 8:30am you should have copy & pasted them together with your copy & pasted comments to & from your (probably new) commenting-comrades as HW 37 Comments on Birth & Pregnancy Stories.

When you receive a comment please reply with an email thanking the commenter. A simple "Thanks for the comment!" would be fine - though a thoughtful and appreciative response would be even better. Also, when writing blog posts, if relevant, please specifically acknowledge inspiration/ideas/questions you got from a commenter. For instance, "The birth stories I solicited or read from other students' blogs seemed full of both joy and suffering. As Ms. D pointed out in a comment on my blog, this raises the question ...."

Here's an example of what you should email now (if your break HW has been posted on time):

Hi Mentor Bob!

A new semester of commenting begins again! Could you please, when you get the chance, check my latest post here and add a comment? The instructor wants us to collect all comments by Wednesday 9pm. Also, he's altered the instructions a bit - here's what he's asking us to request from you;

"The mentor comments should ideally include;
a. your best (most thought-provoking/powerful/beautiful/sharp) idea or line PLUS
b. any constructive suggestions or further questions regarding this post."

Thanks a lot - and by the way I'm still thinking about the comment you made last month about preparing for dying. And don't forget to let me know when there's a chance to reciprocate for your help!

Take care,
Carmelo

2. Do the drama interns survey.

3. Register your Engrade account and check your grades. If you lost the password information get it from me again - the trick is you "register" using the secret code, and then you make your own user name and password, I think.

4. Do some basic googling/wikipedia type research on aspects of pregnancy & birth that you find most interesting/important/weird/normal. Delve into some of the controversies - map some cross-cultural comparisons - explore some more stories from real people involved. This will eventually turn into HW 38 (or so) - Independent Research. Take notes and copy links on a post which you save as a draft.

5. Related to our food unit - the CIW Farmworkers Protest Tour will be coming through NYC around 1pm today - information on their current campaign.

6. Unsolicited life advice - since you're tired from waking up early today, take the opportunity to make a new (earlier) bedtime tonight. It will help you get more sleep, feel happier, do better, and cushion the shock of Daylight Savings time (on March 13).