{"id":1236,"date":"2014-12-05T09:11:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2014-12-05T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:55:12","slug":"cpe-class-agenda-december-4-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/class-notes\/cpe-class-agenda-december-4-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"CPE Class Notes December 5, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Homescholars,<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/b>Class Notes December 5, 2014
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The class feed using our new system functioned beautifully. Snowing video through the interface was a little jerky but it worked. <\/b>
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Class Event Page on Google Plus
https:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/cjso4m1bfgrigpidbiehuvjudp0<\/a>
Youtube Page
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CY8HJiEnqgs<\/a><\/p>\n

The<\/b> playlist for our 2014-2015 classes is here: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLExCxI6q5_Xnpxfr0yI8ATzOnU6SmkO2x <\/a><\/b><\/b>
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<\/b>To learn more about the class, please visit: http:\/\/abacus-es.com\/eie\/advancedwriting.html<\/a>, see the links and watch the video.
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The playlist of 2013-2014 classes is also on Youtube:
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLExCxI6q5_XmwbFdBDNpSar91svWKDe9Y<\/a><\/p>\n

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Notes<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

We went through submitted Assignments. <\/p>\n

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Excerpts:
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<\/code>DUKE SENIOR<\/b><\/a>
1<\/a> <\/code>Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile,
2<\/a> <\/code>Hath not old custom made this life more sweet
3<\/a> <\/code>Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods
4<\/a> <\/code>More free from peril than the envious court?
5<\/a> <\/code>Here feel we but the penalty of Adam,
6<\/a> <\/code>The seasons’ difference, as the icy fang
7<\/a> <\/code>And churlish chiding of the winter’s wind,
8<\/a> <\/code>Which, when it bites and blows upon my body,
9<\/a> <\/code>Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say
10<\/a> <\/code>‘This is no flattery: these are counsellors
11<\/a> <\/code>That feelingly persuade me what I am.’
12<\/a> <\/code>Sweet are the uses of adversity,
13<\/a> <\/code>Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
14<\/a> <\/code>Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
15<\/a> <\/code>And this our life exempt from public haunt
16<\/a> <\/code>Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
17<\/a> <\/code>Sermons in stones and good in every thing.<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/font>
<\/code>I would not change it.<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/font>
<\/code>AMIENS<\/b>
<\/code><\/a>18<\/a> <\/code> Happy is your grace,
19<\/a> <\/code>That can translate the stubbornness of fortune
20<\/a> <\/code>Into so quiet and so sweet a style.
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<\/code>DUKE SENIOR<\/b><\/a>
136<\/a> <\/code>Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy:
137<\/a> <\/code>This wide and universal theatre
138<\/a> <\/code>Presents more woeful pageants than the scene
139<\/a> <\/code>Wherein we play in.<\/p>\n

<\/code>JAQUES<\/a>
139<\/a> <\/code> All the world’s a stage,
140<\/a> <\/code>And all the men and women merely players:
141<\/a> <\/code>They have their exits and their entrances;
142<\/a> <\/code>And one man in his time plays many parts,
143<\/a> <\/code>His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
144<\/a> <\/code>Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.
145<\/a> <\/code>And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
146<\/a> <\/code>And shining morning face, creeping like snail
147<\/a> <\/code>Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
148<\/a> <\/code>Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
149<\/a> <\/code>Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,
150<\/a> <\/code>Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
151<\/a> <\/code>Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
152<\/a> <\/code>Seeking the bubble reputation
153<\/a> <\/code>Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,
154<\/a> <\/code>In fair round belly with good capon lined,
155<\/a> <\/code>With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
156<\/a> <\/code>Full of wise saws and modern instances;
157<\/a> <\/code>And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
158<\/a> <\/code>Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,
159<\/a> <\/code>With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
160<\/a> <\/code>His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
161<\/a> <\/code>For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
162<\/a> <\/code>Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
163<\/a> <\/code>And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
164<\/a> <\/code>That ends this strange eventful history,
165<\/a> <\/code>Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
166<\/a> <\/code>Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. <\/p>\n

Robert Conquest’s Limerick summary of Jacques’ speech:
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first mewling and puking,<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Then very pissed off with your schooling,<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Then fawns and then fights,<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n
Then judging other chaps\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rights,<\/font><\/b><\/div>\n

Then sitting in slippers, then drooling.
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Please bring your own favorites and comments. <\/p>\n

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Updated Assignments <\/font>
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Please continue to submit papers, poems, diatribes, ruminations. <\/font><\/b><\/span>
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Let’s read Chapter 8 in the text.
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\"OrlandAs You Like It<\/span><\/a><\/font><\/b>. This is a delightful Shakespearean comedy set mostly in the Forest of Arden, Warwickshire. Please watch\/read the whole play. The version presented is superb but feel free to watch others. There’s also an excellent version set in Japan that we can seek out. <\/p>\n

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The accents of Shakespeare’s day
<\/font>Please watch this video on Shakespearean pronunciation by Ben Crystal<\/a>.
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Language immersion<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b>
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Let’s continue with our ongoing projects:<\/p>\n

Documentary by Jonathan Miller: Madness<\/a> Note that some of this material is rather heavy. Please skip any parts. <\/p>\n

<\/font><\/b>Documentary by Stephen Fry: Planet Word<\/a>
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Older Assignments<\/font><\/b><\/span>
<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/span>Essay Study<\/font><\/p>\n

\"Dr.Essays by David Berlinski<\/a>, a remarkably eloquent and incisive American author. Let’s continue with <\/font>The Advent of the Algorithm, The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Here are a few more to choose from:
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Where Physics and Politics Meet
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A Scientific Scandal
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What Brings a World into Being?
<\/a><\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Was There a Big Bang?<\/a><\/font>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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The Jonathan Miller documentary: The Body in Question<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font> <\/b><\/font>and The Machine That Made Us<\/a>, documentary on the Gutenberg press by Stephen Fry. <\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Rowan Atkinson on freedom of speech<\/a><\/p>\n

David Berlinski lecture: The Devil’s Delusion<\/a>
A really rather fascinating lecture. Listen to it specifically for the language. <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

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Lower Priority Assignments<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/b>
Terry Eagleton on the war on terror<\/a>. Prof. Eagleton is one of the great speakers. <\/p>\n

Please read: Flying High by Christopher Hitchens. http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/fighting_words\/2009\/12\/flying_high.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Fisk on writing and journalism<\/a>. Fisk is one of the most highly honored journalists in the world. <\/font><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Homescholars, Class Notes December 5, 2014The class feed using our new system functioned beautifully. Snowing video through the interface was a little jerky but it worked. Class Event Page on Google Plushttps:\/\/plus.google.com\/events\/cjso4m1bfgrigpidbiehuvjudp0Youtube Pagehttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CY8HJiEnqgs The playlist for our 2014-2015 classes is here: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLExCxI6q5_Xnpxfr0yI8ATzOnU6SmkO2x To learn more about the class, please visit: http:\/\/abacus-es.com\/eie\/advancedwriting.html, see the links […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,33,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-agenda","category-class-notes","category-writing-class"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1239,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions\/1239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.abacus-es.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Shakespeare<\/b><\/font>
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\"IndependentAlthough the class had not studied it due to miscommunications, we started our discussion of one of Shakespeare’s most delightful comedies, As You Like It<\/span><\/a> and examined some of the brilliant parts. Please be prepared to recite your favorite parts next time. This play takes please largely in a forest an has been performed in forests to great effect. The video presented in our <\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/font>As You Like It<\/span><\/a><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/font><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/font> page does a wonderful job. <\/p>\n