Morality of Birth Control

I think that in todays society, compared in the 1920's when Margaret Sanger wrote this article, that Morality is not taken seriously as it once was in the past. Immorality is everwhere we look, with the technology, and entertainment that has grown throughout the years.

Sanger's "The Morality of Birth Control."

Of all the readings that we have up to date, I believe that Margaret Sanger's speech is the most interesting topic to write our second essay on. For some, it can be a very conterversial topic to write write on. I believe that one is either for or against the right to manage the size of their families.

Heart of Darkness

In Heart of Darkness it takes places during the Vietnam War? I am having a hard time picturing what I read, so If I have the idea of a time period I will be able to grasp the book better.

The Heart of Darkness is a hard book for me to understand. I am trying to understand the book from the narrator's view, but it is hard for me to develop a picture in my mind.

Contribution to Birth Control

Considering the time in which Margaret Sanger wrote her morality of birth control, the information she provided was not only accurate but useful up to today, am sure it gave some women and men an early start on birth control from that time on. The only thing that is of my concern when it comes to contraceptives, is the poor education that exists out there for women who are thinking of doing it because from what I have read, the procedure itself and its outcome are simply horrible; however, there were 46 million women in 1995 that had an abortion (legal and illegal) in the world! Am sure that if some of these women knew the truth behind abortions, many of them would of kept from doing it. I also, understand that that would defeat the purpose of birth control but when those women who had abortions keep having them year by year, are we really improving? I believe that contraceptives (before conception) will be the solution to the problem.

Blog Entries

How many blog entries are recommended we make through out the semester??

Margaret Sanger

I am doing my essay on Margaret Sanger. I am surprised that this was a topic in 1921. Wow, if Margaret Sanger could have made an impression on churches in 1921, I would imagine that the United States would have a small population of human beings.

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TRYING THIS OUT

JUST WANNA SEE IF I CAN ACTUALLY GET THIS RIGHT THIS TIME.

I HONESTLY DON'T LIKE THIS SYSTEM WE USE, BUT OH WELL!

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Birth Control

Margaret Singer seemed to contradict herself in her writing on birth control. In the begining she states that every woman should have the right to choose, but later on she states that the procreation of low income or the pauper element of socitey should be stopped. This does not sound like she is willing to give them a choice. what do you think?

Birthcontrol

After reading Margaret Sanger s writing on the birthcontrol isssue, I still feel that one can't be judged on the form of birthcontrol they use. Morality has become sutch a issue with family, that parents have chosen to not be open with their children about the facts of unsafe sex because of religion or their own fear of speaking so bluntly about real life issues

FYI History of Birth Control

Those interested in the history of birth control might want to check out the book Sex and Destiny by Germaine Greer. It came out in the 80's, but can probably still be found in most libraries.

COMMENT

I just wanted to hello to my classmates and ask how are they doing with the Heart of Darkness?

Birth Control

After reading Margaret Sanger’s “Birth control”; it made me imaging what organized religion could be. If it does not like what they hear they say we are committing a sin. She also mentions the youth and the fact that they might lower their morality, but if they are raised with a strong sense of moral right from their parents that should not even be a issue.

Imperialism

After reading William Jennings Bryan’s “Imperialism” I thought it interesting how easily people are persuaded to act against what they stand for just to make a profit. When he stated that; “Republicans who formerly abhorred a trust now beguile themselves with the delusion that there are good trusts, and bad trust, while in their minds, the line between the two is becoming more and more obscure. It really made be wonder of what the out government has done to make a quick buck.

GREAT ACHIEVER

I definitely agree with the idea that Margaret Sanger had on Birth Control, based on her time period she was a very magnificent achiever....I am choosing her speech to write my 2nd Essay...

Margaret Sanger

I am in the process of writing about Margaret Sanger's contribution to birth-control.

The Morality of Birth Control

It seems that everyone is writing there next essay on Heart of darkness, I am going with Margaret Sanger's "The Morality of Birth Control". Has anyone read this? I think it is brilliant, she was ahead of her time...........Does anyone agree?

Essay Length

The prof expects essays to be approximately 4 pages. That's figuring the pages are in Times New Roman 12 point font (or something similar) with 1-inch margins, double-spaced, on 8.5 x 11" sheets of paper, or some equivalent.

Missed class

Sorry I am kind of lost for our next essay are we suppose to choose to write on Heart of Darkness or any of the essays we've read????? How long does our essay have to be???

I think im getting it.

After we discussed Harlem in class, I got a better understanding of where this story is going. I now understand it takes place on a boat, I was starting to get sea sick waiting for the boat to dock. I now understand the boat was going up with a mix of people not just slaves who were treated very bad, and these bad things happened on the boat not only on the land

new interest

I tried to understand what I was reading about the heart of darkness, but I could not understand what it is that I was trying to comprehend, thre are tomany words that are beeing used to describe something so simple. Is there any one who can relate to me, am I making any sence?

class review

the teacher definitely gave light to heart of darkness and created interest from my part, nevertheless; I will be writing my essay on Imperialism.

HEART OF DARKNESS

I AM SO LOST READING THIS BOOK. ONLY AFTER HE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE CLASS I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT.

heart of darkness

as I started reading this story I like the challenge of the writing and wanted to do my 2nd essay on it after several intentions in trying to understand it I decided to do it on the Imperialism. I will read Heart of Darkness a couple of more time for my own satisfaction

Heart of Darkness

I am personally confused with Heart of Darkness, I mean, after reading Achebe's debate, it helped me understand some things I wasn't sure I had read correctly, but, am still trying to figure out what the main goal of the writer was. Also, I find the writing very intense and a very good work of art even with the critics. :)

Reading Heart of Darkness

I finished reading Heart of Darkness last night. I am looking forward to the class discussion on this. It was a lot to read. I still feel like I am not sure what the story is telling me. I can picture the grusome scenes of violence and the way people were treated. However, I still question what the story is about. I personally don't read novels or stories like this. This is all new to me. It will be interesting to know what you all feel about it. See you all in class.

JNHampton/

I have selected Margaret Sanger's speech on abortion to write my second essay. The
debate over abortion has been in existence for a long period of time.

Reading Heart of Darkness

I started reading Heart of Darkness. It is some intense reading. After I read about 8 pages it started to keep my attention. At times, I feel lost just by the way it is written. At the moment it seems like a very sad story.

good small poem

This small poem has made me think more than other bigger poems. For me it gives me several conclusions to what he was trying to express. one is about our dreams in life, second physical death compare to a dream that never fullfil.

Getting started on BLOG

I thought I already had made my first blog this past week, but I had created my own account. I hope I am able to review all the blogs now. The poem "Harlem" was very interesting and I had a very different view from what the class had. After reading more on Langston Hughes, I have a better understanding of what he was saying.

Blog usage

Sorry! i thought i was making blog entries when in fact i was making comments. so i guess this is my first blog entry. i worte my first essay on how Langston Hughes effects us today when peoples dreams are not realized. my comments are probably attached to someones blog and will never be looked at.

in my essay i attempted to compare Langstons Hughe's headings in his poem Harlem to events that have occurred in history and effect use in our day-to-day lives. hope it worked. i have to get started reading Heart of Darkness anyone know what it is about.

HARLEM JNHAMPTON

Having a dream deferred that can be of service to yourself as well as other people
can be a heart breaking eperience. In analyzing the poem "Harlem" brings realization to that emotion.

~Beauty-full~

Harlem is such an exciting poem, I love it. Although Harlem is short, is crude, profound, real and gets to the point. After briefly, reading Langston Hughes' profile, I can see the anger he had against society because of the time in which he was living, the lack of acceptance towards the black community and therefore opportunities for someone like him. He as the educated, and open-minded man he was, couldn't fit in as a black person, and that made him feel very discouraged at times, I realize. However, he supported his people and wanted to prove the rest of the society that the only thing that set us aside is our color (as when he refers to having rhythm, which he had not bothered thinking about), but that just as whites, blacks have dreams too.
His poetry clearly reflects among other things, his dreams, anger and perhaps bitterness towards life. What do you guys think about Harlem or how do you interpret it?

Looking for ideas.

I have been considering writing this essay on how I feel that this poem "Harlem" indicates that people, places, and/or things often obscure and for some kills their dreams. Does anyone suggest a better route? I am open to suggestions.

Poetry is not my strong point.

I started to write my paper. It took me a while, but I finally realized the the poem applies to me. I have been putting off college for years, and I have felt the festering sore as I look back and realize that I could have graduated already if I started sooner. It took alot of thinking for me to realize this. I'm sure this poem applies to everyone in some respect.

WagWagDude

Help me here please~~

I missed last saturday class.

I don't really know what to do with the poem by Langston Hughes.

Can anyone give me some idea please?

I really appreciate it.

Harlem

I felt the poem was about the death of a loved one, perhaps a son or daughter.

HARLEM

I think this poem is about what could happen if you dwell in a old dream.

Harlem/JNHampton

According to Hughes' autobiography, he used his environment to inspire his work. To
get a clear understanding to what influenced his work, the Harlem Renissance Era willhave to be researched as well.

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The second kind of blog entry is a comment. That's an entry specifically in response to someone else's blog post. You may not that it's displayed differently. It won't be displayed with the general entries in the blog, so to read the comments, you'll have to scroll down to the end of the article and click on the comments link.

If you do, you'll see the previous comments on the left and a text-field you can enter text into on the right. Go ahead and enter your comment, hit PUBLISH THE TEXT, and it should be listed with the rest of the comments.

How to Post

Since this is a forum for students, the instructor will not generally post here unless there's some administrative thing to broadcast between classes. However, those who have not blogged before may appreciate some brief instructions.

So, there are two types of entries that will be credited. One is a post; one is a comment. To post, or to edit a post, one has to sign in. (At the top right of the denim-blue field you have a link that reads "Sign in" or "Sign out." If it reads "Sign in," you will need to click on it and provide your email address and your password before you can post.)

Once you're signed in, you can click the link that says "New Post."

You should get a text-box with a field at the top left that says "Title:" and a field at the lower-right that says "Labels for this post:". You should use both.

The title of the post provides the large colored letters that mark each separate post. They make it easy for readers to spot your post, to have some kind of idea what you're writing about, and to tell where posts stop and start.

The Labels field classifies your post, probably by topic. Labelling may become VERY useful for you and your colleagues as the semester progresses. On the opening screen of the blog, you may notice that there is a list of labels to the right of the column for blog entries. As the semester progresses, these will be listed most-common label towards the top. As the semester progresses, you will be able to get progressively more information by topic just be clicking on the proper label in the labels-list: this will call up the entire list of blog entries for that particular label. So, for everyone's ease and efficiency, please label each post.

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1) You can edit your posts directly onto the text field, or you can edit them in a word processor or text editor. Editing onto a word processor or text editor and saving the file back somewhere else means you have less risk of losing your work, which can happen in the text field either by server communication problems or just by clicking on the wrong icon at the wrong time.

2) The preview link by the upper right of the editing window should prove useful.

I have not yet tested how much play we are allowed in the Edit HTML link, but those tempted to edit their own raw code are encouraged to experiment at will.

Happy blogging!

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How to Use the Blog

Welcome students!

Students should make about two blog entries per week, starting this week.

To start making entries, first give the instructor an email address and a username that does not suggest your own name. Then

1. The instructor will register all email addresses on the blog site
2. Blogger.com will email you with an invitation to join. The email will have a link.
3. You will follow the link to set up a Google account, setting yourself up a username and password.
4. That done, you may open the blog page on your browser and begin making entries.

Class Outline 1A Spring '07

Outline - MtSAC 1A # 097357 Freshman Composition 8-12:15 Saturday

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• 3/3 - Procedures, parameters, overviews, signups.
  READ - "Harlem" at http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=640
  READ OR HEAR - William Jennings Bryant - http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wjbryanimperialism.htm
  START READING Heart of Darkness (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/219/219.txt or pick up a copy at the library or bookstore).
  
• 3/10 - Statements, sentences. Discuss readings, critical reading, idea generation. Pre-Write Essay 1.
  Continue Heart of Darkness.
  Read Margaret Sanger: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/margaretsangermoralityofbirthcontrol.htm
  
• 3/17 - Essay #1 Due with pre-writing. Proofreading. Punctuation handouts. Modifiers vs statements; commas vs semicolons.
  Sources (View Nukes in Iraq montage). Discuss readings. Search critical sources. Thesis development for Essay 2.
  Continue Heart of Darkness.
  
• 3/24 - Commas & Semicolons, reprise. Bring 5 Theses. Thesis revision.
  FINISH READING Heart of Darkness.
  Read Achebe : http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/wyrick/debclass/achcon.htm
  
• 3/31 - Essay 2 due, complete. Pronouns, paragraphs, outlines, transition.
  
• 4/7 - View Apocalypse Now
  
• 4/14 - Discuss Apocalypse Now.
  Interjections, dashes and parentheses. Outline.
  
• 4/21 - Due Essay 3, complete with outlines.
  Parallels, time, research documentation. |
• 4/28 - Debate topics, teams, discuss research project propositions
  
• 5/5. . Research propositions. Documentation basics. ESSAY 4 DUE - TO BE WRITTEN IN CLASS.
  
• 5/12.Conferences, debate prep
  
• 5/19. Conferences, debate prep.
  
• 5/26 Group conferences. MLA Excercises.
  
• 6/2 Debates. LAST BLOG ENTRIES!!
  
• 6/9 Debates. DUE: Research Projects, completed, with MLA Works Cited.
  
• 6/16 Final Test - REQUIRED!!