from rough to ready

Just to recap what I said on Thursday about your essay assignment:

1. Bring a final draft to class on Thursday, April 19.

2. Aim for three pages. Make them lean and mean.

3. Use an alias, nom de plume, pseudonym, instead of your real name.

Since I want to give you as much time as possible to rework your rough drafts (seriously, folks, why else would I give you so much time to work on a three page paper?), we'll do another light blog post for this weekend. Your topics are a mash-up of ideas offered by Leo and Laura on Thursday:

1. Post a link to an outrageous political website. Tell us how you know about it and what you think it says about contemporary American politics.

2. Post a link to video of a cringe-worthy political gaffe. Give us a brief description of it and what you think its impact was or will be.

3. Post a link to video of a political commercial that you can't stand. Explain who or what the candidate, issue, or party is, and why it gets on your nerves.

I'm playing catch-up all weekend, so expect to hear from me soon about your last paper. See you on Tuesday!

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