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“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
“To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.”
“Never say anything that doesn’t improve on silence.”
“We do know that no one gets wise enough to really understand the heart of another, though it is the task of our life to try.”
Mr. Pogreba
Speeches Pericles’ Funeral Oration MLK Speech Against the Vietnam War Richard Nixon Address to the Nation John Kerry Speech to Congress Readings from The Things They Carried The Things They Carried, Love Spin, On the Rainy River Enemies, Friends, How to Tell a True War Story The Dentist, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, Stockings, […]
All of the work for the AP Seminar class needs to be submitted to the College Board by April 30, 2019. That means you can continue to work on your papers after the due dates listed below, but they will need to be submitted to me for grading by these dates. Team Project and Presentation […]
We’re down to the last two essays for Semester 1, a revision of the college essay and a new essay about reparations for slavery. Details are below. College Essay Your revision of this essay is due on Wednesday, January 9. Please give it to me in class, printed, with both the original draft and the […]
The final for Honors II will have three parts. I will link study material here over the next few days: Latin Roots Terms (January 14) Roots Quizlet Terms Quizlet Compare and Contrast Timed Write (January 7-8) Grammar (January 10) Colons, Semicolons, and Lists Practice Commonly Confused Words, Modifiers Practice Commas for Clarity, Embedding Quotes Practice Subject-Verb […]
The final for Debate class will be a two-part assignment: a personal reflection paper and presentation in which each student develops and articulates a personal philosophy. The assignment information is available here.
