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Week One - Journalism Homework - Due Midnight 9/14/05

You have till midnight next Wednesday to get these submitted. If you want to be certain of the requirements for each course, they can be found here.

Journalism 101
100 words on the topic of your choice.

Journalism 201
150 words on alcohol.

Journalism 301
200 truthful words on the topic of your choice.

Advanced Journalism
100 riveting, truthful words on a topic of personal interest.

Combat Journalism
100-150 words in a slanted article on legalizing child labor. Pro or Con is your choice – the object is to stir up a heated reaction.

Photojournalism has no homework until I’ve been informed what sort of equipment the students have gotten hold of.

Please be sure to put which course your response is for in the subject line of your comment for easier grading. This post and all other homework posts will be added to the memories section of my journal so that you can find it again to post when your homework is complete. On Tuesday morning of next week I’ll post a reminder and a link back to this entry.

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So, I was wondering, does the 100 words you assigned me just before you kicked me out of class count as the weekly assignment? Or do I need to write 200 words on how much of a fucking bastard you are?

100 words on my complete bastardness and 100 more on whatever you want. 200 words on the one topic doesn't fulfil the course requirement, but if you want to write two separate 100 word presentations on my total and glorious resemblance to an asshole, that will take care of the entire business.

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deadlikegeorge.livejournal.com - 2005-09-08 03:50 (UTC) - Expand

Chihaya slipped in quietly while Professor jerusalem_s was unavailable and pushed a neatly typed on clean white paper, small submission for review, even though he was not currently signed up for the Journalism 101.

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The initial news information on the television and in print in regards to Hurricane Katrina illustrated just how bloated and self-interested the field of journalism has grown.

Focus was not on the accurate reporting of events but on the sensationalism of the plight of the victims, not only of the storm, but of the subsequent chaos that followed.

Clearly, the reporting was biased to reflect the slant of the news release agencies and not a truthful accounting of happenings as they occurred.

It has raised the question: can reporting agencies be free of the biases and slants of their sponsors?

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Katrina? Never heard of that one, although judging by your records you come from one of my alternates - probably several centuries in the past.

... why are you doing homework for a class you're not taking? Are you bored, masochistic or just wanting to try it out?

In any case - Pass.

Re: Journalism 101

positive-angel.livejournal.com - 2005-09-08 22:34 (UTC) - Expand

They say Ankh-Morkpork is a city that never sleeps, and certainly that’s true, because when else are the Assassins going to work? Assassins like the dark. It goes with their outfits.

Which isn’t to say they don’t work in the daylight. But you probably won’t see them then, either, unless it’s already too late.

Or unless you’re Commander Vimes of the Watch, who has so jury-rigged his home and office that any Assassin who takes his contract is liable to wind up in pieces, in flames, or on a ship bound for the Counterweight Continent, travelling by means of a chain connected at one end to an ankle and at the other to the hull of the ship.

The Assassin’s Guild guards its secrets and cultivates its aura of dangerous mystique with many small and deadly devices, but older brothers tend to boast, and so I’ve learned perhaps more than they’d like. The Assassin’s Guild is a school for the very rich, and the very rich—Old Blood and Old Money—are characterised by an arrogance as deep as their pockets.

In the end, though, what the Guild turns out are very expensive killers-for-hire with a propensity for wearing black.

Pass.

Journalism 101 homework

Superman is better then Batman.

A lot of people make a big deal over the cooler costume that Batman has and that Superman wears his underwear outside his pants but, seriously, would you rather have a cool costume or invincibility against bullet, knives, and almost anything else?

Batman has a nice car. Superman doesn’t need a car and, therefore, saves a lot of money on gas prices and saves a lot of sanity because he avoids traffic jams.

Let’s not forget the x-ray vision, ability to make things hot or cold with a simple puckering of his mouth, and that sweet curl in his hair.

Besides, Christopher Reeve would so kick Adam West’s ass.

114 words. Cut 14 and resubmit.

A very nice job, however, Reyes.

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thehurleyabides.livejournal.com - 2005-09-11 18:39 (UTC) - Expand

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connie-the-kid.livejournal.com - 2005-09-11 19:46 (UTC) - Expand

*hands is more than slightly burnt assignment that looks to be entitled 'Alcohol Used as an Explosive'

... physical proof of events? Pass. This time.

Sir? If I get a passing grade, the principal doesn't ever have to know about my cell phone."

... bastard.

Pass.

But only because I like you. Tidy my apartment or I'll tell her about it.

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krycek-rat.livejournal.com - 2005-09-12 03:37 (UTC) - Expand

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sensethevisions - 2005-09-14 21:33 (UTC) - Expand

The Societal Make-Up of Pre-Roman Celts

One of the many interesting things about Celtic culture as it survived on the British Isles (not the Continental Celts, who were more Gaulish than what is typically considered Celtic) is that their society was bipartisan, like that of the Minbari. Each culture had three distinct classes or castes, a warrior class, a religious or priestly class, and a worker class, usually comprised of artisans, farmers, merchants, and, in the case of the Celts, slaves. The warrior caste is headed by a tribal king, who then answers to his over-king, who answers to the provincial king, who answers to the high king; however, the existence of this high king has been in doubt for quite a while, and is seen as merely literary propaganda by one province (Ulaid/Ulster) to support their claim to rule Ireland. This rather sharp demarcation of society is in direct contrast with the prevalence of magic realism in their art, literature, and society. While there are two 'worlds', the real and the 'other' (not to be confused with the Classical underworld), often the line between the two becomes irrevocably blurred. Kings become gods; gods appear no more than human; shapeshifting abounds; the sidhe (fairy-folk) run rampant.

Pass. Including the fact that I found this interesting. Well done.

Re: Journalism 301 Homework

suzotchka.livejournal.com - 2005-09-12 17:55 (UTC) - Expand

The famous Maynards winegum candies of the United Kingdom; the current favorite flavor of the winegum is black current. A black gummie with enough bite to make you have to have an acquired taste for it before you like it; has long been a favorite of mine. In fact the curious thing about the Winegums is that I cannot discern any flavor out of the bag but the Black Current. All in all wine gums are better then any gummy candy in the United States; they are chewier and have a stronger flavor then the standard size U.S. gummie bear.

Now I have the munchies. Thanks a lot. Pass.

Journalism 301 homework

The first proposal for a manned station happened in 1869, when an American novelist relayed the story of how a "Brick Moon" came to orbit Earth to help ships navigate at sea. In 1923, Romanian Hermann Oberth was the first to use the term "space station" to describe a wheel-like facility that would serve as the jumping off place for human journeys to the moon and Mars. In 1952, Dr. Werner von Braun published his concept of a space station in Collier's magazine. He envisioned a space station that would have a diameter of 250 feet, orbit more than 1,000 miles above the Earth, and spin to provide artificial gravity through centrifugal force.

The Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1, in 1971 - a decade after launching the first human into space. The United States sent its first space station, the larger Skylab, into orbit in 1973 and it hosted three crews before it was abandoned in 1974. Russia continued to focus on long-duration space missions and in 1986 launched the first modules of the Mir space station.

In 1998, the first two modules of the International Space Station were launched and joined together in orbit.

Pass. Ancient history isn't something I see often, and two in one class...

I need to spend more time in the library. Assistant? Remind me have a chat with Professor Methos.

[Printout with a blood-smudged fingerprint in the upper right corner.]

Vampires do not make good roommates for humans. First, because humans are the vampire's (un)natural food source; humans do not make good roommates for a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, for the same reason. Second, because vampires are assholes, and when you point out the food thing, sneer at you and act like they'd never stoop so low as to eat you. Right. Third, because vampires are major assholes and drip blood from unidentified sources on your homework while chortling obnoxiously over it, and then you have to rewrite the last reason because you can't read the old one anymore.

Touch is something most people take for granted. Babies need touch from their mothers or caregivers to develop properly. Children need touch to feel secure. Adults need to be touched by their loved ones for reassurance. However, when people lose the ability to touch and feel, they find it is something they cannot live without. Everyday life is limited in ways one cannot imagine, and one’s social life in particular suffers. One must always be mindful of their disability, careful not to cause harm to another accidentally. While not a fate worse than death, it is certainly close to it.

The Surgeon General warns women about drinking while pregnant because alcohol can cause birth defects and other serious complications for an unborn child. There are no visible warnings about Warning labels also suggest drinking alcohol impairs a person’s thinking and reasoning skills.

Drunk drivers are the number one cause of car accidents around the world. Before I came to [Unknown site tag], I lived in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. The legal age for buying and drinking alcohol is 21.

In Ireland, the age is 18. Making alcohol prohibited makes teenagers want it more simply because it is forbidden. When a teen scores a drink, he (or she) thinks he (or she) is cool. These kids don’t care about birth defects, and the buzz from the drink makes them feel invincible, so car accidents are not even a thought.

If the drinking age were lower, fewer kids would want to drink.

Pass.

Re: Journalism 201: 150 words on Alcohol

teen-twin.livejournal.com - 2005-09-13 20:56 (UTC) - Expand

The Bene Gesserit is ostensibly an organization bound to the purpose of serving, but very few are absolutely certain as to whom they serve. It has suspected by many over the years that they serve no one and that their purpose is indeed wholly political. However, it has recently come to light, through the words of Muad’Dib, emperor of the known universe, that the Bene Gesserit claim to serve humanity, though on rather dubious premises.

According to B.G. doctrine, not all men are true humans. Rather, most men are animals. The true reason for the existence of the B.G. is to breed all “true humans” together to resist dilution of the genes, bringing key females in the breeding program to their schools to train them in control of their minds and bodies. Some of these females become breeders; others become “Reverend Mothers,” who are able to access racial memories from other Bene Gesserit. A particular goal of the Bene Gesserit was to breed a “Kwisatz Haderach,” a male Reverend Mother with access to all racial memories rather than only the females’. Muad’Dib has been the only one to succeed, although the B.G. were then unable to control him as planned.

Pass. A fascinating topic and one that is completely new to me, although I'm familiar with the theory.

Efferton Manor in town is what I’d call a haunted house. Haunted houses may contain all or any of the following: Suspicious shadows, dodgy doorways, fucked-up floorboards, awful antiques, marvellous blackmailing mice, cobwebs, bats, headless hens, pokey portraits, torrid trapdoors that’ll rip your shirt right off your back as you drop down them, scary sodding suddenly appearing scorpion pits, fucking flesh eating plants that will eat your fingers clean off, and similar joyful things, and that is why I HATE HAUNTED HOUSES!

I loved that shirt.

Pass, to gales of sadistic laughter.

Re: Advanced Journalism: Haunted Houses

sensethevisions - 2005-09-14 21:30 (UTC) - Expand

Beka hands in a crisp, cleanly typed essay of precisely 200 words.

Journalism 301 Homework

No one knows where they came from. No one remembers who first called them the Magog. The destroyers of civilization. No one knows, no one remembers, and they’re not telling.

They’re too damned busy eating us to talk to us.

All we really know about the Magog is that while they’re fully sapient, they cannibalize sentient beings. They snack on human babies like corn chips with bloody salsa.

Even if ninety-nine percent of the Magog converted to Wayism, the remaining Magog could wipe out the entire human species in 44.7 years.

But they won’t all convert. Not even a tenth will. Not even a fraction of a percent. Wayists practice peace, toleration, cooperation, charity. Magog only care about laying their damned eggs in us so we can die slow, horrible deaths, or shredding us like waste paper leavings.

Not peace. Never peace.

And what do they know of cooperation?

Pack murder. Wholesale slaughter.

Unchecked, they’ll commit genoicide. Yet it won’t even be that. Genoicide pre-supposes they’re deliberately killing us. That for some reason, we’re an obstacle or an affront.

They don’t care about us. They don’t care about our past, or our future. We’re nothing to them.

Nothing but food.

Pass. Very well done.

Re: Journalism 301: Nothing but Food by Beka Valentine

valentine-tart.livejournal.com - 2005-09-14 15:39 (UTC) - Expand

The moon is often a source of mystery and fascination. The fact the tides are connected to the moon is general knowledge, though few people* know why. In many cultures, the moon is used as a guide. For example, many believe their crops will fare better when planted on the increase of the moon, and will be less viable when planted on the decrease.

A full moon is occasionally called a "vampire moon" or a "wolf moon", because both feared creatures are known to ‘come out’ at night. Most people don't realise the full moon spans three nights each month.

*People: refers to common people. Non scientists.

Pass and I may want to talk to you about Efferton Manor... or at least send you to negotiate with its current resident.

Re: Journalism 101: 100 words, The Moon

nightsmoonchild.livejournal.com - 2005-09-14 20:28 (UTC) - Expand

*holds out the paper proudly*

My Brother eDited it SO I know it's goOd.

... pass.

*Spider is going to stick this one on a wall somewhere in his apartment, I believe. So he can wander by and stare at it every so often and shake his head a bit.*

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youngest-sister.livejournal.com - 2005-09-14 21:58 (UTC) - Expand

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jerusalem-s.livejournal.com - 2005-09-14 22:52 (UTC) - Expand

You get used to the staring. It happens so often that you forget what it means; you think they stare at everyone. Sometimes you even look to see if you have food on your face or if you have buttoned your dress crookedly. You get used to the double-takes, the confused looks, the children tugging their mothers’ sleeves and pointing. You get used to the inevitable reactions from everyone, friend and acquaintance and stranger, the first or fifth or fiftieth time they see your face.

You get used to the snide remarks, the people who say the same tired jokes that you have heard for your entire life. “Green as sin,” they say. “Did your mother sleep with an elf?” and my personal favorite, “Not everything in the Emerald City is green.” You get used to the racism that cannot even be confined to a race because as far as you know, as far as anyone knows, you are the only one. Oneism. You get used to being hated at first sight.

You get used to your color. You get used to being different. You tell yourself you don’t mind. Really, you don’t.

You never get used to hating yourself.

Like most people in my reality, I grew up thinking of gremlins as the villains in a fairy tale, or the cuddly-but-deadly villains in a cheesy movie. I never thought that there might be more to the story than that.

However, my time at Fandom High has lead me to question that assumption, as gremlins attacked classmates all around me. I have researched what, exactly a gremlin is. According to Wikipedia, gremlins are “mechanically oriented and extremely devious. The word "gremlin" comes from Old English grëmian, meaning, "to vex" or, "to anger", from grim, "severe,” and is related to German grämen, ‘to grieve.’” The term was first popularized by stories by fantasy author Roald Dahl and Warner Brothers cartoons in the 1940s. The writers of those forms of entertainment believed that gremlins were especially interested in sabotaging machinery.

The gremlins at school are different from those in cartoons and stories. They are small and furry, and have very sharp teeth, and their bite causes seizure and disorientation, usually to the point of unconsciousness, in the victims. All students would be well-advised to steer clear of known gremlin locations, and I hope Fandom High staff is working to exterminate this menace.

((OOC: BTW, so very glad for the links in your memories to the homework. In trying to do other writing projects, I lost where this assignment was.))

Sir,

Late because I was healing from a certain incident involving a dishwasher.

~The Assistant

100-150 words in a slanted article on legalizing child labor. Pro or Con is your choice – the object is to stir up a heated reaction.

I think that legalizing child labor would be a very good idea. These kids have abundant energy and are always wanting to get into something. If you legalize child labor, not only will you be putting that energy to good use, you would also be providing a needed public service. How many times have you heard a child screaming that they wanted to do something and they wanted to do it right now? Child labor! You'll cut costs on everyday items and be able to keep an eye on the child at the same time. It's the answer to the deficit, to shortage of goods...to the question of why we are here. Child Labor. It's what we're meant to accomplish. Wouldn't you really like to put a natural resource like all of that abundant energy to good use?

I've got the homework assignments and all classes linked on my info page as well. I'll be adding voice mail and e-mail there later this evening too. I'm trying to see to it that if anyone needs anything at all from me that the information is on the info page.

I hate having to scramble through logs looking for things.

Re: Combat Journalism Homework

sensethevisions - 2005-09-14 21:32 (UTC) - Expand

Death Is Not Always An Ending
By Buffy Summers

Everyone thinks that death is the ending of life. They think that when death happens, all of their pain and suffering is over. But they're wrong. For some people, life doesn't get better after death. Sometimes, they're not allowed to rest in peace. They come back. Whether they want to come back or not, a demon takes residence in their body and they come back to terrorize the living. They have all of the memories, but none of the emotions or the decency. For their loved ones, death has merely become the beginning of a hell they couldn't have imagined.

Ginsberg quotes in his poem, A Supermarket in California, “In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations!”

How can anyone create anything original if they keep reflecting on the past? We’d all end up with different interpretations of the same material. Is that what creation has become? Do we shop for images? Steal someone else’s vision because we can’t come up with one of our own?

I’m not saying I have the answers; just that it’s a sad world when you find yourself looking for inspiration in a supermarket.

[OOC: RL beat me with a hammer suddenly and I got more hours added to my job out of nowhere, anyway I can get a small extension on this assignment?]

((Certainly.))

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2ls-in-oneill.livejournal.com - 2005-09-14 23:08 (UTC) - Expand

Child labor.
What a fucking joke that term is. Six million people on this planet, most of them breeding and producing creatures that are useless until they've reached majority. The minute some right minded citizen finds a use for any of the little vagina droppings, along comes some left wing softhead who negates the whole thing. Our tax dollars go to support the little rats by funding scholastic programs and community activities, and the only payback we're supposed to expect is the beauty of their tiny, shining faces. Screw that. Teach the little fungi to pick up litter or wash my car, weed the gardens or be a greeter at WalMart, and I'll consider my tax dollars well spent. "Child Labor" has become the buzzwords for the very people who'd like to see the larvae maintain their useless status, when instead it should become a keyword for a movement to make children more productive members of society. Anything a homeless person can do, a child of seven could do better, and there's no reason we as a society can't train them accordingly. Given proper training, the rugrats could be flipping burgers by the time they're out of elementary school.

((ooc: FUCK! My ride's here. Assume it goes on in this vein and includes at least one reference to Swift's 'Modest Proposal' and a suggestion that what children really need are more natural predators.))

Child labor is an essential part of the world economy. Families in poor regions need every bit of income they can gather. Stitching up shoe leather in an airless factory may seem cruel to us, but what alternatives do these people have? It’s child labor or prostitution, theft and starvation. We can’t legislate away their only honest form of income. Besides, what else would they be doing? They’re going to work in these factories the rest of their lives. School would be a waste of time. That’s why I’m proud to say that my shoes were made by a seven-year-old in Asia. Because I’m not just supporting a corporation, I’m ensuring that the Western patriarchy remains in power, and that is something that benefits us all.

All of us Western males, at least. But who else matters?

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Journalism 201: 150 words on Alcohol

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Advanced Journalism: Haunted Houses

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Journalism 301: Nothing but Food by Beka Valentine

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Journalism 101: 100 words, The Moon

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Journalism 301

“Gremlins: Myth or Menace?”

Combat Journalism Homework

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Homework For Journalism 101

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