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I have my American Literature students write their first essay on that very topic: How much liberty are you willing to surrender to gain safety measures?

I'm having a hard time seeing what that topic has to do with American Literature.  It is a good question however.
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I guess writing on a subject, whatever it is, will help students even better than knowing how many novels Mark Twain wrote. If students were made to think more and memorize less...

But yes then they should be reading some books mr Brown
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



I have my American Literature students write their first essay on that very topic: How much liberty are you willing to surrender to gain safety measures?

I'm having a hard time seeing what that topic has to do with American Literature.  It is a good question however.


Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.
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I guess writing on a subject, whatever it is, will help students even better than knowing how many novels Mark Twain wrote. If students were made to think more and memorize less...

But yes then they should be reading some books mr Brown


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And of course, there is a natural profit motive for all of the news networks to want to be the first to tell you every little detail about what they think that you want to know.

And then they'll run an expose trying to get to the bottom of why people who watch the news are cynical and disaffected.

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Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.
 

Oh those books....they were in that National Treasure movie right?
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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:


Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.
 

Oh those books....they were in that National Treasure movie right?




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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.


Well pardon me.  I think of literature as being fiction or poetry.  So a technical manual or an encyclopedia would also qualify?
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.


Well pardon me.  I think of literature as being fiction or poetry.  So a technical manual or an encyclopedia would also qualify?


America doesn't have much of that. Tongue

That's a joke but every aspect of American culture in writing is literature.
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Look, I literally read encyclopedias when I was young.  I just don't consider those two documents as being appropriate for an American Lit class.  More the province of civics. 
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English classes need to learn all types of writing in class, the would read poetry, fiction, non-fiction, technical, etc. Political documents are a necessity to learn how to read effectively.
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

Political documents are a necessity to learn how to read effectively.
I don't think so but knowing how to read is essential to understanding political documents.  I never had English classes, it was just the language we used.


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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

Political documents are a necessity to learn how to read effectively.
I don't think so but knowing how to read is essential to understanding political documents.  I never had English classes, it was just the language we used.


If you read a political document like a work of fiction (which many probably do, no doubt) or world would be extremely flawed.
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If you read a political document like a work of fiction (which many probably do, no doubt) or world would be extremely flawed.

Interesting.  the DOI can be interpreted as partly fiction, the whole all men are created equal thingy...
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:



If you read a political document like a work of fiction (which many probably do, no doubt) or world would be extremely flawed.

Interesting.  the DOI can be interpreted as partly fiction, the whole all men are created equal thingy...


As a matter of fact, everyone is born with equal opportunity.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.


Well pardon me.  I think of literature as being fiction or poetry.  So a technical manual or an encyclopedia would also qualify?


Yes, of course.

lit·er·a·ture/ˈlit(ə)rəCHər/

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  2. Books and writings published on a particular subject: "the literature on environmental epidemiology".
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.


Well pardon me.  I think of literature as being fiction or poetry.  So a technical manual or an encyclopedia would also qualify?


Yes, of course.

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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.


Well pardon me.  I think of literature as being fiction or poetry.  So a technical manual or an encyclopedia would also qualify?


Yes, of course.

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The literal definition of literature is "things made of letters." 
Yup. It's still funny and it's still "No."
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



Really?  The Declaration of Independence and The US Constitution are examples of American literature, surely.


Well pardon me.  I think of literature as being fiction or poetry.  So a technical manual or an encyclopedia would also qualify?


Yes, of course.

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I look forward to the essays you get when you ask your students to write an essay on the AIA's Architectural Graphic Standards. Hug


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