Welcome to Ms. Jacobs' class blog!
Hello and welcome to my class blog for 7th grade Humanities! This blog will be a place where you can share your thoughts, observations, questions, and comments about topics and readings we discuss in class throughout the year. During the year, I will also post links to articles and websites that may be of interest to you. Sometimes I will also use the space for updates about events in school or in my advisory.
Your comments will be viewed by students in your own class as well as other 7th grade Humanities students at Lab. Please remember to show the utmost respect for other's ideas when making your posts. You may not always agree with what someone says in his/her post, but there is a way to challenge the ideas of others without disrespecting them.
Also, please be sure that when you make your posts you sign them with your FIRST NAME ONLY and with your HUMANITIES TEACHER'S LAST NAME and CLASS PERIOD (ex.- Patrick, Jacobs 3-4 or Sheila, Jacobs 8-9).
Remember, you don't have to wait for me to give you an assignment to post on the blog. If there is something related to our Humanities units of study on your mind, feel free to post!
See you in class and on the blog,
Ms. Jacobs
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posted by Charlotte Jacobs at
1:55 PM
8 Comments:
In both Syliva's story, and American History, the main characters are trapped in boxes. Both of their boxes include cultural and racial barriers. Both of their families expect them to do thing that they don't want to do, and limit them from things they do want to do.
Mimi, Jacobs8/9
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Anonymous, at 1:21 PM
In both Syliva's story and American History, the main characters are trapped in boxes. Both of their boxes include cultural and racial barriers. Both of their families expect them to do things that they don't want to do, and limit them from things that they do want to do.
Mimi, Jacobs8/9, September 17
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Anonymous, at 1:23 PM
In the Sylvia story, and the High Yellow White Trash story, The person in the story feels as if they don't belong in the box that others want them to fit into. In High Yellow White Trash the girl feels she is black but others want her to be white. She still is in the white box no matter how hard she tries to free herself. And the same for the Sylvia story, Sylvia doesn't want to stay home and do kitchen work and listen to everything the boy's say and do whatever the boy's say. She wants to fit in the American box, but no matter how hard she tries, she can't get out of her Mexican Box.
Syrah, Jacobs, per. 3, Sept. 15
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Anonymous, at 4:16 PM
Sylvia's Mother wanted her act as a "traditional" Mexican young woman essentially putting Sylvia in a box. In "High Yellow White Trash" Lisa's mother wanted her to act like a "white" girl putting her in a box as well. These stories are connected because although both girls come from very different backgrounds they are both similarly put in a box by parental expectations.
Ellie, Jacobs8/9, September 15
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Anonymous, at 5:44 PM
In Sylvia's story and crickets the parents can relate to each other because Sylvia's parents want for her to be someone that is fully connected to her culture. Bill's dad, from "Crickets", wants for him to care about his culture. Their parents want them to be in the"Box" of their culture.
Ashley, Jacobs 3/4 September 16
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Anonymous, at 7:31 AM
In both Sylvia's story and High Yellow White Trash, the main character feels trapped in a racial box. In Sylvia's story, Sylvia wants to be more American, however her parents want her to be a true Mexican. In High Yellow White Trash, Lisa is trapped in a racial box because she is both black and white.
Anjali, Jacobs 8/9
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Anonymous, at 1:18 PM
In both Sylvia's Story and Crickets, the main characters are struggling with boxes related to their ethnicities. Sylvia is struggling because she wants to get out of the box but can't, and in the other Bill's father wants to stay in his box forever. However, he is finding that that might be harder than he thought. In both situations, the characters are growing more and more American, but one is happy about it and the other is not.
Ciara, Jacobs 8/9
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Anonymous, at 3:24 PM
I think that in "American Born Chinnese" the monkey king wants to fit in with the gods as if he was a god but all the gods see is a monkey. I think this connects with Jin who wanto to fit in with the americans, but all they see is Asian.
Syrah, Jacobs, per.3, 9/20/10
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Anonymous, at 2:32 PM
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