SEMINAR GROUPS & READINGS

Beginning Week #4, we will be seminaring each FRIDAY. All students are required to have read the assigned articles (see below) before the Friday seminar and to have completed a notebook entry for EACH reading (see syllabus for directions). Notebooks will be collected on Fridays.

8:30 class:

Week #4: "Valuing Work" (Jacob, Kurtis, Cody K., Cody L., Taylor)

• "Second Grade Teacher" (p. 42+)
• "Work Makes Life Sweet" (p. 21+)
• "The Creative Class" (p. 30+)
• "Happiness at Work . . ." (p. 14+)

Week #5: "Work and Family Life" (Kathleen, Kendel, Kirsten, Megan, Lizbeth)

• "Children Left Behind" (p. 69+)
• "Doctor's Daughter" (p. 64+)
• "She Works, He Doesn't (p. 50+)
• "Legacy of Dreams" (p. 76+)

Week #6: "Working with Technology" (Jennifer, Cheryl, Celia, Janette, Kelly)

• "Getting Close to the Machine" (p. 87+)
• "Scripted Talk" (p. 105+)
• "The Next University Drive Thru . . ." (p. 131+)

Week #7: "The Working Poor" (Justine, Liisa, Hannah, Camille, Rick)

• "At the Edge of Poverty" (p. 142+)
• "Evaluation" (p. 152+)
• "In the Strawberry Fields" (p. 178+)

Week #8: "Working for Change" (Kristi, Maria, Tim, Kyler, Emily)

• "The Obliteration of Alientation" (p. 197+)
• "Made in the USA" (p. 202+)
• "Secondary Five" (p. 208+)
• "A Pioneer of Community Wealth" (p. 219+)

10:30 class:

Week #4: "Valuing Work" (David, Tyler, Jody, Stephanie, Kristine)

• "Value-Free" (p. 6+)
• "Happiness at Work . . ." (p. 14+)
• "The Creative Class" (p. 30+)
• "Second Grade Teacher" (p. 42+)

Week #5: "Work and Family Life" (Leanna, Brittany, Samantha, Brooke, Rubi)

• "Doctor's Daughter" (p. 64+)
• "Children Left Behind" (p. 69+)
• "She Works, He Doesn't (p. 50+)
• "Two Fathers . . ." (p. 59+)

Week #6: "Working with Technology" (Stephen, Ricardo, Greg, Carey, Ben)

• "Technology Versus African Americans" (p. 97+)
• "High-Tech Stress" (p. 113+)
• "Is Your Job Going Abroad" (p. 122+)
  

Week #7: "The Working Poor" (Molly, Gus, Kristina, Rachel, Cecile)

• "The Just-Add-Water Kennedys . . ." (p. 164+)
• "On the Front Lines . . ." (p. 171+)
• "In the Strawberry Fields" (p. 178+)
  

Week #8: "Working for Change" (Hannah, Rachel B., Aaron, Kayla, Matthew)

• "Made in the USA" (p. 202+)
• "Secondary Five" (p. 208+)
• "A Pioneer of Community Wealth" (p. 219+)
• "Work Rules" (p. 225+)