English 12A: Today we focused on the concept of non-being as it applies to Life of Pi, looked at a This I Believe essay that echoes some of Pi Patel's beliefs (you can find it here: https://thisibelieve.org/essay/20733/), and read a terrific essay by a former student of mine, Paul Oliver, as an example to model your college application essays after. The key takeaway from Paul's essay should be that he wrote about himself and not an abstract idea, he focused on a single event, and he anchored his essay to an idea that he returned to again and again.
A copy of your essay is due on paper on Tuesday, October 3; you should also read everything through page 270 (the middle of Chapter 92) in Life of Pi by then.
CNF: Today we continued reading Chapter 6, the Conclusion, the Afterword, and the Notes and Acknowledgements in Blink. We will have a seminar discussion tomorrow.
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