Assigned Topics

NOTE: This page will be updated regularly.

Freshies

January 15 - January 21 — none

January 22 - January 28 — none

January 29 - February 4 — Reflections on Teachers and Teaching (NOTE: This topic is for those who have been accepted in teaching posts for the Know Your School Day.)

January 29 - February 4 — Reflections on Running a School (NOTE: This topic is for those who have been accepted in non-teaching posts for the Know Your School Day.)

January 29 - February 4 — On Being Taught by Students (NOTE: This topic is for everyone else.)

February 5 - February 12 — What the Stars and the Sky Tell Me About Life

February 13 - February 19 — A Love Affair with M/V Doulos and Books

Sophies

January 15 - January 21 — none

January 22 - January 28 — none

January 29 - February 4 — Reflections on Teachers and Teaching (NOTE: This topic is for those who have been accepted in teaching posts for the Know Your School Day.)

January 29 - February 4 — Reflections on Running a School (NOTE: This topic is for those who have been accepted in non-teaching posts for the Know Your School Day.)

January 29 - February 4 — On Being Taught by Students (NOTE: This topic is for everyone else.)

February 5 - February 12 — What a UP Student Is Not (NOTE: We're used to defining or describing things in the positive. This time, let's try defining or describing a student in the negative.)

February 13 - February 19 — (NOTE: Two required entries for this week.)

• Read Max Schulman's "Love Is a Fallacy" and write a summary. Your summary will count as one entry. The title of your summary should be "A Summary of Max Schulman's "Love Is a Fallacy"".
• Write a 500-word reaction to Max Schulman's short story. This will count as another entry.

Seniors

January 15 - January 21 — none

January 22 - January 28 — The Problem with Men/Women Is That...

January 29 - February 4 — Reflections on Teachers and Teaching (NOTE: This topic is for those who have been accepted in teaching posts for the Know Your School Day.)

January 29 - February 4 — Reflections on Running a School (NOTE: This topic is for those who have been accepted in non-teaching posts for the Know Your School Day.)

January 29 - February 4 — On Being Taught by Students (NOTE: This topic is for everyone else.)

February 5 - February 12 —
(Read and react to the following two-stanza poem by Sara Teasdale. Pick your own title, but make sure your entry complies with the 500-word minimum.)

The Look

Strephon kissed me in the spring,
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.

Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.

-- Sara Teasdale

February 13 - February 19 — (NOTE: THREE required topics for this week. The third one will be announced/posted within the week, after our Valentines Day activity.)

• How I Want to Be Remembered After I Leave High School
• Love: An Act of the Will, Not of the Heart