Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Week 14
OK. Read this carefully.
These are the questions I promised you. I'm not looking for "answers." I'm looking for responses that show that you can discuss these ideas clearly, with an awareness of the range of views we've explored.
I want 2-3 page responses. And I want it all in your own words. And I want it all to be your own work--wander through our readings, but I'm not asking for (and don't want) outside research or citations. I want your thorough thought and nuanced articulation. (If it helps, pretend that you'll be teaching a lesson on each topic--and write like your job is to explore the various sides of the issue. We want good, clear, organized responses.)
These have different due dates, and they are firm.
The first one is due in class on Tuesday.
The second one is due in class on Thursday.
These will also be the discussion topics of those days, so you have to have the assignment ready, or you can't sit in on the discussion. And that would be bad. Grade-wise.
The last two responses are both due on May 9 at 5pm. Email them to me.
Feel free to ask me any questions you have about these things.
1. What considerations are most important in thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of relative and absolute measures of poverty?
2. What, according to Harrington, is integration supposed to accomplish? And why, according to Riley (and Gilder, if you want) is it doomed to fail?
3. Both liberals and conservatives appear to be convinced that the various fractures that have afflicted the traditional heterosexual, nuclear family are causally related to poverty. Is there a path to diminishing poverty that does not require restoring that traditional social form? First answer this in the affirmative, then in the negative. Support your response in each case as you discuss the issues.
4. Harrington, Gilder, and Riley all seem to invoke the notion of a "culture" of poverty. What are the advantages and hazards of employing such a notion? What is the best specification of the idea you can give that captures something important yet avoids likely misuse?
These are the questions I promised you. I'm not looking for "answers." I'm looking for responses that show that you can discuss these ideas clearly, with an awareness of the range of views we've explored.
I want 2-3 page responses. And I want it all in your own words. And I want it all to be your own work--wander through our readings, but I'm not asking for (and don't want) outside research or citations. I want your thorough thought and nuanced articulation. (If it helps, pretend that you'll be teaching a lesson on each topic--and write like your job is to explore the various sides of the issue. We want good, clear, organized responses.)
These have different due dates, and they are firm.
The first one is due in class on Tuesday.
The second one is due in class on Thursday.
These will also be the discussion topics of those days, so you have to have the assignment ready, or you can't sit in on the discussion. And that would be bad. Grade-wise.
The last two responses are both due on May 9 at 5pm. Email them to me.
Feel free to ask me any questions you have about these things.
1. What considerations are most important in thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of relative and absolute measures of poverty?
2. What, according to Harrington, is integration supposed to accomplish? And why, according to Riley (and Gilder, if you want) is it doomed to fail?
3. Both liberals and conservatives appear to be convinced that the various fractures that have afflicted the traditional heterosexual, nuclear family are causally related to poverty. Is there a path to diminishing poverty that does not require restoring that traditional social form? First answer this in the affirmative, then in the negative. Support your response in each case as you discuss the issues.
4. Harrington, Gilder, and Riley all seem to invoke the notion of a "culture" of poverty. What are the advantages and hazards of employing such a notion? What is the best specification of the idea you can give that captures something important yet avoids likely misuse?
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Friday, April 13, 2018
Saturday, April 7, 2018
For Tuesday, April 10
Carefully read the introduction and first two chapters of _Please Stop Helping Us_ by Riley.
We won't have class on Thursday, the 12th. But for the following Tuesday, a short writing assignment will be due. I'll post about that soon.
We won't have class on Thursday, the 12th. But for the following Tuesday, a short writing assignment will be due. I'll post about that soon.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
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