Week 8: San Jose

HP Pavilion

Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’ve been away so long.
I may go wrong and lose my way.
Do you know the way to San Jose?
I’m goin’ back to find
some peace of mind in San Jose

—Dionne Warwick, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"

Week 8: San Jose
Mo 3.14 / Tu 3.15

Read: eR—“California's Public Colleges Face $1.4-Billion in New Budget Cuts” by Josh Keller (The Chronicle of Higher Education), “Editorial: California Voters Seem to be Clueless about the Budget” (Oakland Tribune) “Schools Still Face Deep Spending Cuts” (KCRA TV, Sacramento)
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations (Sec. 3: Edwin and Tommy, Sec 6: Mary, Vivienne, and Jason); Lecture—“Understanding Parenthetical Citation”

We 3.16 / Th 3.17
Read: eR—“Editorial: California Must Not Resort to Short-term Fixes” (The Highlander), “California Now 43rd in Per-student Spending” by John Fensterwald (Silicon Valley Education Foundation); “Education Cuts to Impact Future of Silicon Valley” (KGO TV, San Francisco)
In-Class: Watch—The Bridge (2007); Preview—Cause and effect essay
Due: Expository essay

Upcoming:

Week 9: Beverly Hills
Mo 3.21 / Tu 3.22
Read: ACC—p. 1 – 40; eR—“Mark Zuckerberg, Moving Fast and Breaking Things” (Business Insider); Mark Zuckerberg Interview (ABC World News with Diane Sawyer), “The Face Behind Facebook” (Oprah.com)
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations

We 3.23 / Th 3.24
Read: ACC—p. 41 - 84
In-Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Lecture—“Choosing the Right Word”
Due: Cause and effect essay; Reflection 5