To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all yesterday's dialogue signify
Nothing
When we strut and fret
And SMS
Puan Ju, tell me the tale
Of tomorrow's poetry.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Redemption 2: Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights
Hello my long distance people,
It has been a month since you sat for your final. I know you don't want to think anymore about EDU 3215. It's done and over with. But my people, i'm offering you an opportunity to make changes to your fate. But alas it is your choice.
The relationship between Heathcliff and Cathy has always fascinated me. My fascination is also based on how each of you people looks at this relationship differently.How would you categorize their relationship and are you as enchanted/enthralled as me with their twist of fate or are you repulsed by the ugliness shown by excessive emotions?
It has been a month since you sat for your final. I know you don't want to think anymore about EDU 3215. It's done and over with. But my people, i'm offering you an opportunity to make changes to your fate. But alas it is your choice.
The relationship between Heathcliff and Cathy has always fascinated me. My fascination is also based on how each of you people looks at this relationship differently.How would you categorize their relationship and are you as enchanted/enthralled as me with their twist of fate or are you repulsed by the ugliness shown by excessive emotions?
Reminder: Micro teaching and Reflections
Hi Everyone from Near and Far,
There are still a number of you who haven't send in their recordings of the micro teaching. Please do so pronto! Those who have forgotten to include their reflections in the assignment 2, please reflect now and email the soft copy to me at juridah.rashid@gmail.com. You want to do good right? Do not Delay!
There are still a number of you who haven't send in their recordings of the micro teaching. Please do so pronto! Those who have forgotten to include their reflections in the assignment 2, please reflect now and email the soft copy to me at juridah.rashid@gmail.com. You want to do good right? Do not Delay!
Friday, April 22, 2011
In Preparing for the D-Day: Edna and her Narrative in The Awakening
Edna has never failed to invoke heated discussions in any of my novel classes. She is a character that you love to love and love to hate. She has always been an example of a strong female character. Is it wrong to be happy? Isn't that what every individual in this world seeks for? But in pursuit of her happiness death overtakes her. So my question to you people, does she choose death or death chooses her?
Redemption 1: Edna and her narrative in The Awakening
Edna has never failed to invoke heated discussions in any of my novel classes. She is a character that you love to love and love to hate. She has always been an example of a strong female character. Is it wrong to be happy? Isn't that what every individual in this world seeks for? But in pursuit of her happiness death overtakes her. So my question to you people, does she choose death or death chooses her?
My Favourite Season of All
Fall in Vermont was the most memorable of all. Fall in New York State was vibrant and alive. But, Fall in Cape Girardeau stays with me and grows on me. I could still feel the leaves at my feet as I trudged downhill back to my abode; The soft wind lifting my hair as I looked at the opposite bank of the Mississippi River.
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never relate to?
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never relate to?
Redemption IV: My Favourite Season of ALL
Fall in Vermont was the most memorable of all. Fall in New York State was vibrant and alive. But, Fall in Cape Girardeau stays with me and grows on me. I could still feel the leaves at my feet as I trudged downhill back to my abode; The soft wind lifting my hair as I looked at the opposite bank of the Mississippi River.
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never get it?
Keats's "To Autumn" reminds me of the things I miss; things I wish would still be. Alas, those days are far gone. Those were the days when I felt the world was at my feet.
'To Autumn" has always brought me back to a place I wish to remain.
Has "To Autumn" evoked any strong emotions in you, or it is THE POEM that you can never get it?
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Redemption III: My brain Retards, My mind Perplexes - The Punch from Ode on a Grecian Urn.
When I first read Ode on a Grecian Urn, my mind refused to cooperate. It went numb. It took me a long while to slowly unravel the beauty of the poem.
What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.
What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.
My brain Retards; My Mind Perplexes : The Punch from Ode on a Grecian Urn.
When I first read Ode on a Grecian Urn, my mind refused to cooperate. It went numb. It took me a long while to slowly unravel the beauty of the poem.
What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.
What is your reaction when you first read Ode on A Grecian Urn?
How long does it take for the numbness to wear off?
Do you manage to discover the beauty of the ode or the mystery of the poem alludes you?
Perhaps by identifying the images in each of the stanza, you will get to form a comprehensible picture of the poem.
You might want to put in your understanding of the last couplet in the final stanza.
I am Negro, I am Negro................Say what?
Every Semester I would be informed the poem Negro by Langston Hughes is one that exasperates many. They Googled, and they Googled and they Googled. The end result is that there are heaps of information on other Negro but not the Negro they have been assigned with.
I am ecstatic. For once you have to rely on your own interpretations without relying on what others have said. My sincere advice; Switch on your creative and critical thinking self and share with the rest of the community what you have discovered about the poem Negro.
I am ecstatic. For once you have to rely on your own interpretations without relying on what others have said. My sincere advice; Switch on your creative and critical thinking self and share with the rest of the community what you have discovered about the poem Negro.
Redemption II: I am Negro, I am Negro.........Say what???
Every semester I would be informed that the poem "Negro" by Langston Hughes is one that exasperates many. They Googled, and they Googled, and they Googled. The end result is, they find loads of information on other "Negro" but not the Negro they have been assigned with.
I am ecstatic. For once you have to rely on your own interpretations without relying on what others have said. Switch on your creative and critical thinking knob and share with the rest of the community what you have discovered about Negro.
I am ecstatic. For once you have to rely on your own interpretations without relying on what others have said. Switch on your creative and critical thinking knob and share with the rest of the community what you have discovered about Negro.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Redemption 1: Love in Keat's Bright Star and Shakespeare's Sonnet 55 and 64
Love laughs. Love hurts. These are the two dichotomies of love we encounter everyday in our lives. Love is never stagnant and if Lovers do not saunter together with Love, Love will leave them behind.Such is Love.....
Therefore, to understand the elusive qualities of Love I would like you to look at the ideas of Love shared by Keats in Bright Star and Shakespeare in Sonnet 55 and 64.
Therefore, to understand the elusive qualities of Love I would like you to look at the ideas of Love shared by Keats in Bright Star and Shakespeare in Sonnet 55 and 64.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Micro teaching session in UPM
I am organizing 2 days of micro teaching at UPM on 9 April 2011 and 16 April 2011. After the final last weekend I have another 3 weeks to complete whatever evaluation I have failed to realize prior to the finals. This is my invitation for you to complete the 2nd evaluation for this course. There are 4 sessions on each day but i recommend you to come for the 11.00 - 13.00 session. Please let me know if you are taking up on this offer.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
What is lo.....ve..what is love? Love in Keats' Bright Star and Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, 55 and 64
Love makes the world go round. Love empowers. Love conquers. Love lifts you up, but love can also destroy and leave you dead for many centuries.
Keats in Bright Star and Shakespeare in Sonnet 18, Sonnet 55 and Sonnet 64 gave us multi interpretations of love. Whose ideas of love can you relate to? Or perhaps their ideas of love are so out of this world that you are scratching your head to figure out what they are saying about love.Or maybe they know next to nothing about love. Only the young feel love the old should have just concentrated on dying as love has passed them by. Okay, spill it all lovers!
Keats in Bright Star and Shakespeare in Sonnet 18, Sonnet 55 and Sonnet 64 gave us multi interpretations of love. Whose ideas of love can you relate to? Or perhaps their ideas of love are so out of this world that you are scratching your head to figure out what they are saying about love.Or maybe they know next to nothing about love. Only the young feel love the old should have just concentrated on dying as love has passed them by. Okay, spill it all lovers!
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Learning to laugh at Yourself: A panacea for the Doubters
It has been a grueling 2 days. I know majority of you wished you were elsewhere.
For 14 hours you talked, you discussed, you shared, you presented and you role-played. Never before your vocal chord was stretched to its very limit.
Was it time well spent or was it 2 days of regrets?
Take at least few minutes of your time to reflect and share with me your experience of that 2 days.
For 14 hours you talked, you discussed, you shared, you presented and you role-played. Never before your vocal chord was stretched to its very limit.
Was it time well spent or was it 2 days of regrets?
Take at least few minutes of your time to reflect and share with me your experience of that 2 days.
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