News Posts: April 14, 2009

• Who are the "wealthy" in Obama's tax plan? (Wall Street Journal)
• Economic vacation therapy? (Examiner.com)
• Americans increasingly dipping into savings accounts (Planadviser.com)
  
• Study: Stress from poverty harmful to school performance (Kalamazoo Gazette)
  
• Does the current tax code widen the gap between the upper and middle classes widens? (PR Newswire)
• Tax Day goodies at US restaurants (USA Today)
  
• What recession? 2010 Mercedes E-Class has over 50,000 orders (Examiner.com)
  
• The images problems of wealthy people (New York Times)
• Most surveyed say that affordability is "extremely" or "very" important in choosing a college (PR Newswire)
  

Week 13: Social Class

"Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."

-Benjamin Franklin

Tu 4.14
READ: CR—“Bienvenidos a Newport Beach” by Firoozeh Dumas; “Selling in Minnesota” by Barbara Ehrenreich, p. 121-149
IN-CLASS: Reading discussion; Presentations; Preview—Persuasive Essay

Th 4.16
READ: CR—“Selling in Minnesota” by Barbara Ehrenreich, p.150-191
IN-CLASS: Watch— People Like Us: Social Class in America (Alvarez/Kolker, 2000 USA) JOURNAL 5 ASSIGNMENT: eR—“Social Networking and Class Warfare” by Steven Levy from Newsweek
DUE: Narrative Analysis Essay; Journal 5

UPCOMING

Tu 4.21
READ: CL—“Erotica and Pornography” by Gloria Steinem; “Against Exercise” by Mark Grief IN-CLASS: Reading discussion; Presentations; Preview—Process Essay
DUE: Persuasive Essay

Th 4.23
READ: CL—Prologue from Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger; Excerpt from Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life by Richard Ben Cramer
IN-CLASS: Reading discussion; Presentations