HOME STRETCH!!!!

1. LAST 3 BLOG POSTS- THIS MONDAY THE 21ST you must blog about your ideas for a possible research paper topic for the last paper. Then, by the 27th we must have blogged about something interesting about New York City. NOTE the syllabus on December 3rd we must blog about our research paper topics. That is a typo!!! It should say to blog about the tenement museum!!!

2. We must send a rough draft out to each other of our papers by noon on December 4th!!!!! Okay?

3. DECEMBER 8TH WE ARE MEETING TO GO OVER THE PAPERS!!!! That is a Thursday. Lets make sure we confirm a time for that meeting so Caitlin can book the room ASAP because that close to finals the rooms will start filling up. Okay?

4. The last paper is due by class time on December 15th. I went ahead and made an executive decision to make our last meeting the Thursday of that week instead of that Tuesday so we have an extra few days to work on our papers. Okay? This meeting we WILL do at Gramercy Cafe again. Okay? So, we can confirm a time for that when it gets closer. THIS MEETING WILL WE DISCUSS THE BOOKS THAT WE READ: SONNYS BLUES, SUPER SAD, AND TRIANGLE. ALSO, WE WILL HAVE A COURSE WRAP UP!

5. YOU MUST BE AT THESE LAST TWO CLASSES!!!!!! THERE IS NOT A LOT OF CLASSROOM TIME FOR THIS COURSE THAT IS WORTH FOUR CREDITS AND I KNOW IT IS A STRESSFUL TIME BUT YOU CAN'T MISS THESE LAST TWO CLASSES! I AM NOT GRADING THE CLASS BUT I FEEL THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE GRADE. OKAY?

6. I will be the first person to say that I have been THE WORST ONE every single time it came to making a deadline or being somewhere on time. Proof of that is how late I emailed this last assignment in. And, I was the only one to miss one of our classes this semester. Although, that time there was a legitimate emergency. But, my point is... I have not been a perfect example so coming from me this might sound obnoxious and this is something I NEED to especially try to pay attention to. Also, I haven't paid attention over the semester to this exactly. But, there might even be a chance that this message only applies to me. Either way, it must be said... WE MUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE DEADLINES FOR THE END OF THE SEMESTER!!!! WE CAN'T KEEP POSTING STUFF A DAY LATE OR EXTENDING ASSIGNMENTS!!!! THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH AND THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT SO WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF IT!!!!!! OKAY?