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Term: 200404	CRN: 40995
Student Name	Comments: What jeanne knows you've learned; what you know you've learned;
Aguiar, Maria Guadalupe	"Hi Jeanne, We are writing to you to let you know that although we really haven't had a chance to speak to you in person often, we have been keeping up to date with all of your dominant discourses as well as class discussions and arguments on transform_dom. . . . We spoke to you in person about a month ago in your office regarding our project we were going to be presenting in your exhibit. At that time you were suffering the loss of your dear cat but we were able to have a good conversation about petitions that were going to go around for saving the King Drew Trauma Center. It is sad to see that we are living in a place where everything we really need is being taken away and that what we have to say or what we feel seems not to be of much importance to authorities and the people with power .. . . Jeanne, this is why we decided to set up a poster board on the Three Strikes Law Reform not being passed. Here we are trying to express the cruelty and the unfairness of the punishment being imposed on those who do not deserve such punishment. Not all the prisoners serving this sentence are truly being charged for a third "violent" or "serious" offense. . . . We were trying to get this project in to you today Tues. 11/30/2004 on time for the naked space exhibit but unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we were not all able to make it in together to present our project to you. We will however, make it in tomorrow for the second day of the exhibit. We hope that you can still take in our project and add it in to your exhibit. We hope everything went well today at the exhibit and that there was enough parking for all your visitors. We plan to see you and speak to you tomorrow. . . . Sincerely, Maria Aguiar, Sheila Louison, May Lee. Soc 328". I'm sorry for my original mistake. What happened was that your report came in before the exhibit, and I found no way to go back for such reports by name. A tech error I'll correct by next semester. Thank you for understanding. I'll have the grade officially changed as soon as I can contact someone at school. jeanne
Alsop, Darcy Marie	Child dropoff story: good illustration of turning affect into effective discourse and action. Shared detail on importance of multiple perspectives. I really appreciate all the feedback on this issue . . . All of this because of no designated area for safe drop off. meesage #481; I would love to bring it up at a PTO meeting, however, PTO meetings have been carefully constructed by non-working mothers (parents) and are most often held in the mornings. They have one in the evening about every 3rd month. This is another issue. It's another way to alienate those parents that work. I can't very well get this proposal or information out there if I can't attend the meetings.message #515; Now this is one technique of silencing; ontological hope requires that we look to uniting our voices in strength; what can transform_dom do to help? "Maribel, Yesterday after class, Sabra and Michelle showed us their poster on obesity and the images that have been sent out on the internet making fun of obese women. I don't know if you saw it but it looks great. We talked about incorporating the idea of disrespect/respect into the project as well. I'm putting together a collage on poster board with a variety of different images-all positive- of women of all shapes, sizes and colors. I think anything that promotes a healthy self image is key to confidence. The unique thing most women share is empathy. We all know what it's like to feel depressed and sad because of the images we are bombarded with on magazines and TV. I think it works wonders for all of us to share our ideas and feelings. Obesity not only affects our self-image, it affects our health. It is a problem on many levels. Hopefully we'll gain a better understanding of ourselves and eachother after the exhibit. Best~Darcy" Message 1643. Just e-mailed you guys Jenny Saville's Strategy 1994, a painting in the Saatchi Collection on that focuses on an obese woman. I'll put that up on the virtual exhibit, and then you all can add to it. "Don't get me wrong, there are many cases where the death penalty has been handed down to those that don't deserve it. The system is flawed. I just feel that certain cases, for instance the kidnapping and murder of little Samantha Runion, the monster that killed her deserves the death penalty. It's very hard to take a stand on this issue because each case is different. And you are right about the "knowingness" factor. But the Runion case in particular, has DNA and probable cause evidence as well as witness ID of the car, etc. He did it and yet that guy will continue to appeal our courts tying up precious time and money. It's all so complicated and frustrating. Stephanie also pointed out that the Peterson case involves white privilege, which I believe it does. A precedent needs to be set with regard to murdering your wife and unborn child, no matter who you are and what race you might be. Maybe I'm just rambling right now. There is so much to learn about capital punishment. I probably have limited knowledge but I think that has to do with people's reluctance to discuss such a hot issue. I do know that with what knowledge I have, I am still in favor of the death penalty. The arguments for and against both hold great weight and merit. I'm glad to hear that you are willing to share more with us about it. And I'm glad Stephanie brought it up.OK- time to nap, it is Sunday after all....." Message No. 2130. Don't say nap. I'll go to sleep right here. You're right about the complexities of the death penalty; it's all caught up in retribution, vengeance, and our complete neglect of restorative justice. In obvious cases, like those you mention, it's easy. I don't ever want to see Sirhan Sirhan out of jail, but rarely are we so sure of the evidence. And those who work with enforcement and incarceration are eventually hardened by what they see, so that "knowingness" does become an issue. My personal preference would be to kill the sob right when you catch him, except that that's barbaric, and we're often wrong. State killing places the state in a tenuous light. I think this may be a case where mythos and logos need to be interdependent. "OK so here's something I'm dealing with that I just have to bitch about. I am waiting on my refund for registration for spring classes. I initially registered for full time but LITERALLY changed to part time 5 MINUTES LATER (in fact this was the day of the respect table). Anyway, because I paid for the full time fees, CSUDH will not automatically refund ANY STUDENTS money unless requested in writing. I found this out when I went to the cashiers office and they told me to talk to my bank about it. They also submitted a request to the accounting department. I finally heard from a rep today that said she'd emailed me on Dec. 6th regarding the matter. I never received the email so of course I didn't respond. She called me today to ask why I hadn't. I told her I didn't get the email and so she said she'd send it again. It never came through so we finally talked at around 5:30 this evening when she gave me her email address so that I could request my refund. Now she also said that I needed to write that I wouldn't be re-registering or adding or dropping again. What kind of bullshit is that? It's my money and yet the school was going to hold onto it until a formal request was made! And then she told me that CSUDH doesn't refund anyone's fees until the entire registration period is over and asked if I could imagine all the transactions and confusion. I replied, "yes, I can". I mean, I was in accounting for 6 1/2 years. How pathetic must that department be if they can't track the fees and refunds at this school? Argh! It's so frustrating!!! Oh and my credit card company told me that you must receive a refund within 30 days from the person taking the credit or a claim can be filed against them. CSUDH says they take 4-6 weeks to process your request. Does that make sense? I don't think so. She also told me that if I filed a claim, it would take much longer to get my money back. Such crap....IT'S MY MONEY!!!!!!!! Ok. I'll set up an ombusdman file for what's wrong at CSUDH. Now that you've got the anger and frustration out, what's the next step. I think I need to phone George Pardon's office and get some in depth information. I never dealt with this topic in all my 30 years here. Then, once we know what's up, we'll figure out how to proceed. Meanwhile, your classmates are responding. jeanne
Ban, Rebekah	"i've been working at the local library for five years, and there's a big difference from when i went to it as a little girl. I'm sorry to say that quiet days at the library are gone. things are changing. The library no longer has just books, but computers as well. i've seen a lot of people who come to the library for many different reasons. Yes, people are forgetting that the library nneds to be a quiet place because it is often the meeting place for study groups. often i have to remind people that other people need to study as well, when someone is talking too loud. Another problem that is occuring often is people yelling into their cell phone. not only can i hear the whole conversation, but people just forget they are in a library. my advice to you is to tell the authority, like the librarian, to tell them to lower their voice. if you tell them yourself, they might feel ofended, unless you like confrontations, then feel free to tell them yourself." Message No. 1633 Good advice, Rebekah. In dominant discourse today people seem to feel it is socially acceptable to take offense when someone points our their rudeness to others. And those others rarely come to the defense of the one who points it out. This is perhaps an excellent example of the extent to which we no longer make it a habit to engage in illocutionary discourse, where we genuinely ask the Other to comply with what seems a reasonable norm to us, but the Other respons only to her own perspective. jeanne
Bass, Sharon Y	Problems with attendance in recent weeks. Good discussion in cafeteria. Hope to see you with substantive contribution soon. Not gradable.
Boykin, Desiree L	Have evidence; will upload it. jeanne
Brown, Shaheen Yomire	Evidence of learning needed.jeanne
Burnett, Raquel Christina	Evidence of learning needed. jeanne
Campos, Maria J	Sorry about sending you the wrong message; could you send me the right number for your messages? jeanne "it all came together, what i had read and listen to in class, we are all part of this world and we all need to respect and be respected. it is hard for this to sometimes to happen because of what is all around us. that being the power of the media and what it does to a society. i enjoyed the semester and also enjoyed the exhibit of naked spaces. it open up my mind and made me see the world differently from what i had been used to. the topics were great beginning with the parking situations at Dominguez,elderly abuse, tuition hikes,politics,women, and more. the one that took my attention was the one where we had to guess the profession of the individuals and then read what they really were. i found myself making the wrong assumptions, but that is my point we need to change our ways of thinking and not judge just by what are first impressions are, but that we need to find out more before we speak or assume something. i enjoyed the class very much and hopefully i will take another class with you. i also learned more about how politics are so powerful and we need to unite in order to be listen to and achieve changes in society. we need more classes like this one in order to inform and educate in order to make a difference in society." Maria Campos. Message No. 2192 Good detailed expression of your learning by giving example of what your wrong predictions made you realize. That was a good project. jeanne "i want to say something about the exhibit of the parking situation that is found at Dominguez. i attended csun back in the 90's the parking situation was not as bad as it is here. i don't know why it is a problem, since land is not an issue. csun even had a shuttle system for students to use. another thing was that csun had also a parking structure like the ones you have in the mall, the ones that have multi levels of parking. this type of structure would benefit Dominguez, it is not like home depot does not give Dominguez money to build it. so my question is why has that not happened??? Maria Campos. Message No. 2203. Actually, we will have some of the answers to your questions when we do the interim report on parking, Maria. The money from home depot comes in contributions to an endowment. With an endowment you spend only the interest earned from the invested money. $500,000 is not enough to earn enough interest to build a parking structure. That doesn't mean that the university should not have set aside other monies for such a structure. More in the report. jeanne
Carlos, Janeth	"Our project consisted of three parts. A poster on the principles of Academic Integrity for Faculty, the building blocks of Academic Integrity and the definition of "cheating" a poster and 30 reports from a 4th grade class. . . . The project was on transforming the dominant discourse that academic integrity is the sole responsibility of the student and all that it entails is plagiarism. Although students have a responsibility to uphold their end of Academic Integrity, so does the faculty. We feel the Faculty at any school has the responsibility to provide an environment and teaching style that promotes learning. Trust and mutual respect in the teacher-student relationship should be paramount. Reading a lecture three weeks in a row and then giving the student a test in not teaching. . . . The building blocks are an example of how faculty and student work together to achieve goals. However, when a block is missing, disregarded or taken out the whole building will collapse. It is important to keep lines of communication open between students and faculty. . . . A class of 4th graders were asked for their thoughts on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism. The original question presented to them was, "What do you think plagiarism is?" They were not given any information, they were just asked to answer to the best of their knowledge. Some students did not know what that word meant, but most students answered the question by saying it was something bad, cheating, copying someone else, and some even said that people who plagiarized could go to jail. After the papers were collected the teacher explained the definition of plagiarism and held a small discussion. This was an interested project because we learned that Academic Integrity starts in Elementary. . . . We also passed out a flyer that contained about 40 quotations on respect. . . . Overall, your classes were a great experience; we have learned that our voices need to be heard in order for us to transform our society. We need to address our concerns and make people aware of issues. We must speak out and demand answers to problems that are disregarded. "Actions speak louder than words". Transform_dom was a great experience. . . . Thanks!" Message No. 2045. This is a wonderful report of your project. And I'm delighted that you managed to cooperate across all four classes. I would like to have you share the materials you used, and your poster (a picture, at least, please) so that we could replicate your experiment at several schools, including CSUDH next semester. I'd also like to suggest some cognitive connections to the three substantive classes you took part in: Agencies: integrity is usually demanded of the client, with a violation of that integrity called fraud, like welfare fraud. But your experiment emphasizes that professional integrity demands the same ethics and honesty of agency workers as of the client. Law: Integrity in this area might suggest that the law or regulations or rules should not be written with solely the professional's perspective in mind, but should attempt some illocutionary understanding of the client. Women and Poverty: The whole matter of integrity ceases to be considered when we who have successfully managed a traditional role in this society assume that we can then superimpose our own perspective on those who have somehow been damaged by the system.
Charles, Dashaun Latwain	Cookie, I've found you. Now I can put measures up. Thanks. jeanne. . . .Oops. I may have another Dashaun. Will check and post. jeanne "Micah is in the process of changing dominant discourse. He is walking in faith and is a determined individual. As he said "through God all things are possible." Two of my younger cousins both males just graduated from Washington Prep. High School in June of this year. My encouragement to everyone is that you can do everything that you put your mind to. That story was incredible and was also very touching. I didn't cry but I can relate to it. As a teenager I attended Crenshaw High School and despite the negativity within the surroundings of the school I remained determined and maintained a 4.0 GPA. I feel like Micah; why make excuses if there are teachers teaching and books, pens and paper then I was going to take advantage of my learning ability. Yeah I was popular but at the same time I had a 4.0. Friends laughed and joked about it, but I was proud. And til this day they still joke. But I look at it like this I have a degree and a good job. Walking in faith and believing in God, everything that I put my mind to do and touch will prosper." Dashaun Charles. Message No. ? Dashaun, you state very well the need for both mythos (believing in yourself and in some form of respect) and logos (just plain hard work with what you've got). Just thought I'd throw this in as a theoretical background for what you're understanding intuitively. jeanne "Hey Jeanne, everyone is relating their project to what they have learned in the class. I relate life to the experience and knowledge of your lectures and website (DEAR HABERMAS). I did two projects; one on the elements of respect and the other on telling authority (the police) what they want to hear. I also made the flyers and posted them, as a way of letting our voice be heard. I just wanted to let you know personally that you have broadened my outlook on life. I now go through day by day recoginizing the acts of dominant discourse which is what we hear throughout society; what has been socially constructed. My actions now seek to look beyond our social construction as a way of learning and understanding the other in regards of being more effectively related (illocutionary discourse). Throughout the semester as a group we have acted onencouraging and motivating others that despite their circumstances they do matter in governance discourse (considering all valid claims and making decisions that effect us all). We have acted on voting in the 2004 election, informed our campus on various perspectives of respect, and also collaborated on changing our societal structures by putting on our exhibit. I give 2 thumbs up to both you and Pat. THANKS!!! Dashaun Charles. Message No. 2198. Dashaun this is such a nice summary of the concepts we focused on this semester, I'm going to post it for those who are still struggling. jeanne
Davis, Renee Elaine	Evidence of learning needed. jeanne
Decter, Renee	"Jenny wrote, thanking me for posting the link to this article. I responded with: I am glad you liked the article, JENNY (got it right!!!). I wonder what we can do about it ... and have some ideas. However, I've lived with racism my whole life (anti-semitism) and know that racism is deep-seated and very difficult, if not impossible, to undo." This part of a thread you can find by typing racism into the Search box. If you start at the top, the Up Thread choice will appear underlined as a hot link, and you can use that to follow the rest of the thread. Great social issue choice.
Douglas, Deirdre	"you asked me to remind you to put my groups project on Obesity up on the website listings of projects. Okay here it is, Sabra Trevilla, Michelle Thompson, Charlie and Deidre Douglas is part of this project." Message No. 1684. The one called Obesity Is No Joke, yes? "My name is Deirdre Douglas I am in your Soc 328 class. Although I have not been able to meet you in class I have been a corresponder on-line since the beginning. I was in the group activity "Obesity", and am now reading the verdict regarding Scott Peterson. I wait to get the response from my colleagues before watching the news most times. I think the news is opinionated anyway. I have enjoyed corresponding during the delegation of presidency and hearing opinions on the propositions it helped me understand what I was voting for. I do feel deflated about the MLK trauma center, but we are one voice amongst many. . . . I thank you professor for the oportunity to be apart of your class and hope to continue to have teachers with your enthusiam at CSUDH. This was my first semester at the University, I transfered from community college. The transform should be introduced to all professors." Deirdre Douglas. habermas.org Deirdre, I think you represent another one of the groups I had not anticipated. Those who are unlikely to plow through the crowd to talk after class and don't know what to say to the professor after you say hello. I was like that in law school. Your waiting to talk to your colleagues about the news tells me that you internalized our work on multiple perspectives and no single truth. I'm sorry I didn't get to talk to you more, but I'm glad the course served your needs. jeanne
Ekeke, Felicia A	A for particpation; but I need your evidence of learning to put up. B until I have the materials. jeanne
Ferster, Kristina Louise	"THIS IS KRISTINA FERSTER IN SOC 328 AND SOC 367,JEANNE I AGREE WITHYOU ON THAT , MAYBE THEY FEEL THAT THESE CHANDELIERS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN A HUMAN BEING THAT NEEDS HELP, I THINK THAT THEY FEEL THAT IS NOT THERE PROBLEM THAT THEIR ARE HOMLESS PEOLPLE THAT NEEDS SOMEONES HELP, AT LEAST SOME FOOD WILL HELP!!!" Message No.2038 I agree, Kristina. It seems a crazy way to use the world's resources. jeanne
Flournoy, Tara R	Parking Project "Jeanne, I'm unclear about what it says by name as far as the learning record for soc 370. it says A while Waiting for parking evidence? If this is what I learned during the parking project, I learned that through dominant discourse we got the topic of Parking and its problems, out to the student population. We helped raise the question of where is all the money that is being recieved (through the raising of parking passes) because it is'nt going towards making more safe and adequate parking. We even brought up a few solutions of what could be done(multi-level parking structure). We have several names on a petition that was given to you, that we need to take it a step further and get it to the "right" people. . . . Thanks again to you and Pat. Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad y prospero ano nuevo..Jessica L. Graham Yes, Jessica. I have all the papers here on my desk, and will do the interim report and get it to the administration. So I knew you had all completed evidence for your A's. I was just hoping that one of you would pick up on it and answer me as you did. Thank you. I'll put your response up for the group. Once agan, thank goodness for transparent grading and Happy, Happy Holidays. jeanne
Garcia, Armando Rafael	When Arnold was running for election he promised to protect K-12 but made no mention of the state and community colleges. Message #496; Seemed an appropriate piece of evidence to tack up underagencies. good that you are going back tothe facts of what was said in election; Respect and Music Project.
Garfiaz, Veronica	Know that I have evidence somewhere. Will hunt for it. B until I find it. jeanne
Goldsberry, Bryan Demond	"Jeanne i realize that you are super busy. just wanted to make sure that you received my messege about my project. my project was on respect, mine was the one on the US soldiers. jeanne the pleasure has been all mine, and i can honestly say in this one semester i think ive learned more, especially about discourse, than i've learned in my entire college experience. Bryan Goldsberry. Message No.2355 I recall your project, Bryan. You might want to send me a picture so that I can include it in the online gallery. I hope the learning about dicourse will stick with you. It's pretty useful stuff. jeanne "WOW this semester has really been an eye opener. ive been blessed to have you for multiple classes. ive learned to think at an higher level and that there is no absolute truth or one way of thinking. i've learned to examine issues from several different perspectives. For example my project on respecting our troops, i used to get upset to hear people speak negatively against the war because my little brother was in iraq for the 15 months. i can now see and i tried to convey it in my project that you CAN support our troops without supporting the war or dubya for that matter. Jeanne you've showed me how to get active and that i have the power to create change and you wouldnt believe the amount of people who are going thought the same thing with loved ones serving in iraq. thank you for giving me the strength to get active and develop dialog with other. thank Jeanne, Bryan Goldsberry" Message No. 2196. Thank you for sending me the message number, Bryan. I am particularly pleased that you have seen you way clear to support of the troops as a separate social issue from the political and economic decisions that led to the war itself. That's an important issue, and one that I hope your project helped people to see. jeanne
Green, Deiandra I	"In your class I have learned that respect is the Key of Life. We as a society should respect one another. In your women and poverty class I have completely understood how a woman in poverty can lack self respect and only the strong through the storm will make it through. Women in society are stronger now than ever,but the lack of self respect in the African American culture is killing us slowly. My project was on self respect amongst African American women. HIV in black women is on the rise; they are at the top of the list. In recent studies it shows that 70% of reported HIV cases were black women. Black women are too trusting, iving in poverty, and or uneducated. I am a black woman, and I was once young, and I have done things I'm not proud of. But I went out thereand educated myself about sex and the effects of not protecting yourself, because if you don't respect your body how can you want somebody else to?" Deiandra Green. Message No. 2162 Deiandra, I remember your project, and my surprise that it dealt rather plain forwardly with sex and sexuality. It seems to me that you were echoing the words of another student who said, "The exhibit let us express what we felt without having to say a word or hit anybody over the head with it." This is certainly an aspect of the exhibit that does meet one of our needs, but one that I had not been aware of. I'm glad you brought me to awareness. jeanne I would also like to point out to you that many of our agencies, DPSS, schools, AFDC, Welfare to Work, deal specifically with this issue of problems faced by minority women. I would like you to consider one specific aspect of agency relations that you have understood more effectively through the Soc 328 class. jeanne
Hammond, Marietta	"We titled our exhibit BEAUTY. . . We are working on an exhibit, which expresses that we are all beautiful. Most of the research on race, showed how race mostly serves to label people. We realized it was a social construct, which holds no scientific merit. There are too many variances in humans geographically, culturally as well as phenotype. We learned that by fitting people into nice categories has only caused more problems in our society. It has caused many problems and misunderstandings. Many people have different definitions of race. Not many people know the true meaning of this word. As humans we are 99% alike. Yet Anthropologist have not done enough to educate the public on these similarities and rather there is a focus on the differences. We felt that an exhibit on the similarities is the best way to remind us that it’s really about the human race." Message No. 1648. Good project. Look forward to seeing it. Maybe you could fit in New Skin, too.
Harmon, Charles Dwayne	Confusing with Charles Wilson. C until I hear from you. jeanne
Hernandez, Alberto Adrian	Know that I have some evidence oof learning. Will hunt for it. B+ until I find it. jeanne
Jackson, Ontreal O	No evidence of learning. F until I hear otherwise. jeanne
James, Carly Rhianna	"Just to continue this discussion; I want to bring up that a majority of our soldiers are young men. I recently talked to an American soldier who explained to me his main objective in Iraq was to follow orders and stay alive. These soldiers are doing what they are told. From what I've collected by listening to this young soldier and talking with my dad(he is a Vietnam Vet) staying alive and following orders was what was most important. Though I can see what Hao is saying, culture differences is something US soldiers continually come in contact with, but my question is are they trained to be sensitive to those needs? I do believe it is necessarry, I'm not saying I disagree with that. I just think that it is the last thing on their minds." Message 1514 Good to have this comparison to what some of our own soldiers are telling us. "I wanted to address an issue I have come across around campus. With the end of the semester coming closer I've been utilizing our library frequently. I believe I've dealt with a disrespect I'm not sure how to handle. Going to the library use to be a place I could go with silence. It seems to me gone are those days. I consistently go to our library to study quietly and come in contact with people who are talking. I mean talking not even whispering. I've been on both the 3rd and 4th floors where people just talk and talk. It is very frustrating because I get sidetracked very easy. I want to say something but I'm not sure how to approach it. Any suggestions or anyone else have this problem? Am I being disrespected or am I overreacting?" Message No. 1622. The whole library is being disrespected. Silence, in a place designated for silence, is essential to the mission for which the place was set aside. . . . May I suggest a sign-up sheet at the exhibit for those who would appreciate silence in the library during study times, especially as exams approach. Maybe sometimes people are working on projects, but the library could set aside space for that. After the gallery exhibit we could present the sign-up sheet to the library, and perhaps they would be willing to re-emphasize the importance of silence. . . . jeanne This is how projects are conceived. From silencing to united action that can change the dominant discourse of acceptance of talking. "I titled my project: United We Stand, Divided We Fall. This is just a summary of HOW I FEEL. My art piece, I hope at least, showed that. Thank you for all of your inspiration and help in opening my eyes in so many ways. Pertaining to the respect and the library noiseIwill be contacting the dean of the library once finals are over. Once again, thank you for a great semester. Following is my explanation of my project which I did tape onto the art): United We Stand, Divided We Fall: United States of Canada? Jesusland? Is this the way our country is? It seems the rest of the world along with numerous people in our country sure think so. Why does that have to be? Our country is more divided than ever. There is a huge bridge between individuals within our country, George W. Bush, and the world. How do we fix it? Americans all have issues, some more different than others. In my opinion in the end we all want the same things: happiness, strong family, good values, to get along with one another, peace, forgiveness, empathy, compassion, love, care, equality. Is Rodney King so off base in saying, “Can’t we all just get along?” Individuals need to come together, look past our differences and realize that we are all in this together. My project is a symbol of everyone coming together. Crossing the bridge between our president, the world and us. Understanding that there is a huge gap between our country and joining all individuals throughout all cultures to move forward. These little people represent the issues, I believe, to be what we generally want from each other. They are a rainbow of people that when brought together share similarities besides being American. Changing attitudes is a long hard battle, but if we can look past the differences and look for the similarities we can hold hands together and realize we are all humans. We live in a country where we take what we have for granted. Lets back up our name, “United States of America” and really be a united nation instead of a divided one." Message No, 2061. It was a delightful project, Carly, and I'm glad that we could add it to Michael Griffin's old personification of Bush to make it more real. I think you're right. I think it's time we unite to meet the goals our forefathers and mothers established.
Johnson, Alteresa	I am aware of your presence and some reaction; but need to work with you to measure your learning. need more evidence of learning. B until I hear from you. jeanne
Lane, Adrian Denise	"This exhibit (which one?) really effected me the most. This topic hit home with me and my family. The weekend before Thanksgiving 2004, I received a phone call that my cousin was killed by a drunk driver. My cousin was 26 years of age and had a son who is 6 years of age. I was reading the articles, and thought for a quick moment, I wished she could have just lost a limb, but that was me being selfish. The reason I say I was being selfish is that at least she would still be here. Getting back to the subject, as a driver responsibility needs to be taken. The woman that killed my cousin had a very high alcohol level. Her license was suspended, and she had no insurance. She was later released from jail and said she was sorry for our loss. Why is it that the driver always seems to walk away from these scenes, but the victims either dies or suffers from injuries???" Message No. 2115. Adrian, I was surprised at the number of you who were touched by the project on drunk driving. You raise some important questions about the issue? Why does the victim suffer, and the perpetrator walk away unharmed? This is like the question that asks if God exists, how can He let such unjust things happen. And we have no answers to that, which is why we tend to expect God to intercede in favor of the innocent. Your comment also points out how extensive the harm is when entire families are torn apart through such senseless actions. We'll explore this issue more next semester when we discuss religion. "I read the article in the la times in regards to the doctor who was leaving trails of trauma. The article pointed out how this doctor was very neglectful, and his colleagues were aware of it. However, the doctor's colleagues used their power to make a change within their agency. The nurses and doctors reported his sloppy work, but despite their effort to make change, their voices went unheard or ignored. This doctor made so many mistakes that immediate attention should have been given. I also noticed that the article seemed to be pointing out his neglectfulness as a means for another reason for the trauma center to be closed. Despite the picture that was drawn, I still do not believe that the center should be closed. I still think that starting from the top, that is adminstration needs to be revised and staff qualifications need to be reviewed throughly. I also believe that staff need to trained and tested periodically in order to continue being certified." Message No. 2117. I agree with you, Adrian. We need the trauma center. But we also need answerability (the right to have our voices heard) and accountability (the right to demand discipline and competence from those in charge)." "Hello, Jeanne This is Adrian Lane. I emailed once before in regards to my emails going who knows where. I had been checking to see if my learning outcome was posted, but it's not. I would like to resend the information. My learning experience was quite different from any other course. I had been so used to covering several chapters at one time and being tested, and feeling very overwhelmed at the end. Would you believe by the end of the class all that information was retained just for that semester. In the Soc-328, I'm still fully aware of the reading and lectures that took place in the class room. The exhibits are so vivid in my mind. The exhibits such as the parking dilema, war/soilders, domestic violence, elderly abuse and the one that hit home for me, drunk drivers. These images spoke so loudly. Anyone that visited the Naked Space was able to relate to all of the exhits displayed. The information given from the classroom to the naked space is still so fresh in my mind. I left your class with a sense of deep respect. I go out in society with a different view of people and situations. I analyze what I hear and see in the media form. I now know where to start when it comes to change, and that starts within me. I now know that the power lies within me. You have taught me that I can seek change within any agency by making my self heard. I would like to say Thank You and Pat for the experience. You and Pat are a great team, keep up the great work. Jeanne I will never forget this class. This was best class I've had since I've been at CSDH. I will encourage other students to take your class, to experience the learning outcome that I received. So once again, Jeanne Thanks. Adrian, your messages were here on 328. I think the visual aspect to the model makes a tremendous difference, too. Jeanne
Lauron, Regina	"I will be working with Renee Decter, from your SOC 328 class on her project regarding racism. We've exchanged phn numbers already to get organized." Message1501 OK, At some point you need to give me enough of your response to all this that I can use some of it to illustrate your learning on the shared collaborative learning records. Dominant discourse calls our attention to the negative experiences in society that an immigrant faces in schools, workplace and other social gatherings. As an immigrant (illegal or not) the minoritywill always be looked at differently and judged by the jealous elite in society who think the immigrant should be limited to what jobs they should have or what postitions they can hold in the professional world. They don't mind if one of their "own" is at the top of his game at a big prosperous company, but when the child or relative of some minority person comes along and takes their spot right out from under him/her, things get very awkward and it becomes so evident that those "visible social stigmas" (as per Jeanne's words, ie: eye/hair color, built, gender, ethnicity) are the only aspects considered into whether or not he/she is deserving of such high positions. Not once will they ever consider the fact that it could have been the person's education and expertise that pushed them to the top. Most of the time, people fail to see beyond those visible social stigmas that are presented on the outside. Dominant discourse gives us a chance to bring up such topics that are rarely ever brought up and discussed because we have learned to accept things the way they are. It's more convenient to just let things go on as they are, but I've realized alot of situations in life can't be taken lightly. The exhibit gave us a chance to express our feelings and thoughts on a range of topics we aren't accustomed to elaborate on as much." Message No. 2069 Good explanation of your learning, Regina. There's one catch I need you to correct. You are mixing up the terms dominant discourse with illocutionary and governance discourse. Dominant discourse is what you hear all around you, what everyone says is so. What we did this semester was to look beyond this communal "knowingness" to discover that illocutionary discourse (discourse aimed at understanding who the Other is and where she's comng from) let's us relate to others more effectively, and having understood the Other, we can be much more effective in making our voices heard and having them matter in governance disscourse (discourse in which we attempt to consider all validity claims and make decisions that affect us all.). Please reflect to me that you understand these terms now, and see how they inter-relate to one another. jeanne "i was wondering where i'd be able to pick up my exhibit project. i did the one on Immigration, and by the way did you receive my reply for the learning record on my understanding of the different types of discourse out there and how they inter-relate to one another? ok, hope it didn't get lost in the shuffle = ).. i will be on campus on Thursday but not today (tues) because i work today. Ok, have good rest of the day" Regina Lauron. Message No. 2206. Yes, it is relevant to the class, Regina. As we begin illocutionary discourse, we discover that we have more things in common than in difference. And that is the source of our empowerment. See, sometimes your instincts to write are smarter than your theory application. Trust mythos as well as logos. jeanne "'Illocutionary discourse'- yes Jeanne, I do remember that! As I was putting together my project for the Exhibit ( the one about Immigration ), I read and learned alot of things related to what I view as this "invisible prejudice" of proffessinal minorities in the workplace. Before I was introduced to your method of teaching, I was completely oblivious to certain behavior and characteristics some people project to others not like themselves (ie: race ethnicity or even gender sometimes) which happen to convey a sense of jealousy and superiority towards the other. This "other" is who I'd call the victim. A victim to other people's whims and taunts just for being a little different from them. Illocutionary discourse helped me to understand why that type of behavior is manifested in some and not in others. Once we get to know the person and their background, we become more understanding of their actions, although I think most of the time they are unaware of how malicious their mindset can be of others. It seems as if those "visible social stigmas" they see in others are supposed to justify their actions and behavior. Dominant dicourse has helped me to understand those people who boggle my mind sometimes. I have a personal story that relates to this subject, however I think that it may be a little too long to tell you over transform_dom , but maybe I'll try to condense it onto one little simple paragraph as best as possible.Possible later today. I hope you're doing well. Thanks for helping me to "dig deeper" into my thought process and help bring out ideas i couldn't express otherwise. Thanks to both You & Pat!" Regina. Message No. 2312. Very good description of what this process looks like in real life Regina. jeanne.
Lee, May	"Hi Jeanne, We are writing to you to let you know that although we really haven't had a chance to speak to you in person often, we have been keeping up to date with all of your dominant discourses as well as class discussions and arguments on transform_dom. . . . We spoke to you in person about a month ago in your office regarding our project we were going to be presenting in your exhibit. At that time you were suffering the loss of your dear cat but we were able to have a good conversation about petitions that were going to go around for saving the King Drew Trauma Center. It is sad to see that we are living in a place where everything we really need is being taken away and that what we have to say or what we feel seems not to be of much importance to authorities and the people with power .. . . Jeanne, this is why we decided to set up a poster board on the Three Strikes Law Reform not being passed. Here we are trying to express the cruelty and the unfairness of the punishment being imposed on those who do not deserve such punishment. Not all the prisoners serving this sentence are truly being charged for a third "violent" or "serious" offense. . . . We were trying to get this project in to you today Tues. 11/30/2004 on time for the naked space exhibit but unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we were not all able to make it in together to present our project to you. We will however, make it in tomorrow for the second day of the exhibit. We hope that you can still take in our project and add it in to your exhibit. We hope everything went well today at the exhibit and that there was enough parking for all your visitors. We plan to see you and speak to you tomorrow. . . . Sincerely, Maria Aguiar, Sheila Louison, May Lee. Soc 328". I'm sorry for my original mistake. What happened was that your report came in before the exhibit, and I found no way to go back for such reports by name. A tech error I'll correct by next semester. Thank you for understanding. I'll have the grade officially changed as soon as I can contact someone at school. jeanne
Loney, Barbara L	Working with Elio, yes? Spanish project on Martin Luther King Hospital.
Lopez, Elio	Working with Barbara, yes? Spanish project on Martin Luther King Hospital.
Louison, Sheila	"Hi Jeanne, We are writing to you to let you know that although we really haven't had a chance to speak to you in person often, we have been keeping up to date with all of your dominant discourses as well as class discussions and arguments on transform_dom. . . . We spoke to you in person about a month ago in your office regarding our project we were going to be presenting in your exhibit. At that time you were suffering the loss of your dear cat but we were able to have a good conversation about petitions that were going to go around for saving the King Drew Trauma Center. It is sad to see that we are living in a place where everything we really need is being taken away and that what we have to say or what we feel seems not to be of much importance to authorities and the people with power .. . . Jeanne, this is why we decided to set up a poster board on the Three Strikes Law Reform not being passed. Here we are trying to express the cruelty and the unfairness of the punishment being imposed on those who do not deserve such punishment. Not all the prisoners serving this sentence are truly being charged for a third "violent" or "serious" offense. . . . We were trying to get this project in to you today Tues. 11/30/2004 on time for the naked space exhibit but unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we were not all able to make it in together to present our project to you. We will however, make it in tomorrow for the second day of the exhibit. We hope that you can still take in our project and add it in to your exhibit. We hope everything went well today at the exhibit and that there was enough parking for all your visitors. We plan to see you and speak to you tomorrow. . . . Sincerely, Maria Aguiar, Sheila Louison, May Lee. Soc 328". I'm sorry for my original mistake. What happened was that your report came in before the exhibit, and I found no way to go back for such reports by name. A tech error I'll correct by next semester. Thank you for understanding. I'll have the grade officially changed as soon as I can contact someone at school. jeanne>
McElroy, Veldafern	Val, is it Vel instead of Val? I've been saying Val all semester. Sorry, jeanne
Miramontes, Maribel	"I would love to do something like this...unfortunately body image is the cause of many emotional downfalls for MANY people. Count me in." Message No. 1539. I'm delighted to see all this interest in body image. It's time we raised this consciousness again. jeanne "Jeanne… After four years of attending CSUDH, the exhibit was actually the first and only school event I took part in, and I must thank you for that…I’ll tell you why…I came to CSUDH straight out of high school and it was a complete change for me…I got a scholarship here so I decided to stay in L.A., financially it just suited my family better…meanwhile most of my friends were going away to school…In high school, I was involved in EVERYTHING…from sports, to student government, to cheerleading…and I loved it…but for some reason, when I came here…it just didn’t feel the same…so I just did what many students here do…come to class, get good grades, and leave…that’s it…I’d go hang out with my buddies at other local colleges…When this exhibit came around I was actually excited to be a part of it because it was for such a good cause…for the betterment of the student body…that’s how I saw it…It was informational, politically correct and incorrect , it was artistic, it was free lance, it was open, it showed the power of our freedom of speech, it taught tolerance and respect, showed appreciation, depicted diversity and the beauty of culture, it emphasized the importance of community involvement and making your voice heard and so much more…everything that we learned in class…it was literally an event organized by the students (thanks to Jeanne and Pat) for the students…no politics involved…that’s just awesome…I’ve never experienced anything like that on this campus…so a huge THANK YOU to Jeanne and Pat…I just wish more professors pushed for these sort of things…well at least the one’s I’ve had over the years…Thank you for making my last year memorable and definitely WORTHWHILE…My project for the exhibit was entitled, “The World Is Not Distorted, So Why Not Walk Hand in Hand?” I wanted to portray the importance of acceptance and respect for all human kind…People should help one another and set aside all racial, cultural, and economical barriers and differences to make this world a better place to live in…Thanks again! Happy Holidays! Best of luck to those of you graduating… Maribel Miramontes. Message No.2193. Maribel, you remind me of the experience I had in the '60s teaching at Long Beach's Jordan High School. I taught French, and the district taught it with an awful boring text. So I taught my kids to speak real French and together we wrote a play in French and performed it for the school and parents. We had a wonderful time, and the kids spoke some real French. Doing things together helps to make us a community. Between transform_dom and the exhibit, we felt a lot of that in these classes. I hope we can keep the community going. Tranform_dom and Dear Habermas will always be up to share. And we'll do an exhibit every semester. This is your community, too. Don't forget to stay in touch. jeanne
Mondragon, Alicia	"Hi Jeanne, I've emailed this message to your habermas email address but you still haven't responded so i'm sending it to you again. . . . I just wanted to let you know that the exhibit was great. Maribel Miramontes and I did a poster board entitled "The World is Not Distorted, So Why Not Walk Hand in Hand?" I really liked all of the art work there. I especially liked the arts and craft section with the snowflakes. I was only able to go on Tues. because I had to work on Wed.. I was emailing you with EEK to let you know what I did in your class. During the Presidential Campaign, I talked to people in the Spanish community. I email you with a bad experience I had with my aunt. She didn't want to be informed and told me that she only wanted to vote for Bush because he fit her image of a president. I also commented to you about obesity early on in the semester. I commented on how it can be hard to eat healthy food since it can cost so much more than unhealthy food (Big Macs are a $1 at my local McDonald while a salad costs $5). You posted that up on the Dearhabermas website (I was so proud). I learn so much in your class. Tranform was such a good tool. I was better able to express myself there. Through it, I learned from my classmates and students in your other classes. What I liked about your class is that you allowed us to choose what we wanted to learn. In other courses, the teacher tells you want he or she wants you to know. I also learn how to listen to the other opinions even though they are different from mine. This class was great! Thanks, Alicia Mondragon " Mesage No. 2240
Moore, Murjani Seneica-Kena	Need evidence of learning. F until I hear from you. jeanne
Morris, Patricia N	Need evidence of learning. F until I hear from you. jeanne
Nettles, Carol A	Proud of the work you've done with the community, and glad that we had the time to talk on Wednesday. But I need evidence of your learning. B until I hear from you. jeanne
Norick, Kathleen M	Have info. will get up. jeanne
Ok, Videth	"Though I've been quite busy, I try my best with keeping up with the reading and checking on trans.dom.discourse. I learned that it is crucial that we should understand the politics and economics that go on in our lives. I once considered myself apolitical; one with a mindset that I there is no difference who becomes President of the US. I took this class because I want to be more aware of how the world is affected by the laws and policies that dictate our lives. I have friends who are liberal, and all the time they make fun of me for being too consertive. Though I have many liberal views. I do not support many of Bush's views on domestic and international issues. I am a democratic-green party all the way. We all deserve to make the choices that will affect our lives. I now see this country with narrowly defined choices. After the election I see how selfish many people are. Of course we have different opinions on things. In the areas of abortion and same sex-marriage (the majority ruled against it). This country's democratic ideals are contradictory. We live in a society where laws totally deny such basic rights. A lot of people do not realize that voting for banning the same sex marriage act means they are denying another person's right to choose who they wish to be with. The people who vote for it are basically refusing another person's right, while the people who votes against it are only trying to protect their rights. (Something doesn't scan here. I think maybe you got for and againast mixed up. jeanne) I just don't get it. Others are trying to decide another person's life. One should have the control to their own destiny. Sometimes I hate myself, because my eyes were only opened when my life was affected economically and politcally. I work for the special department in Jordan High school as a college aide for four years. Every single year, I worry if I will still have a job, because if Bush's strict policies on education. Also being gay affects my life tremendously. Being oppressed opens up my eyes to other forms of oppressions. Concerning individual and collective rights, oppressions are institutionalized in the health, legal, and educational systems. racism, sexism, ageism, classism, heterosexism--all hatred that exists in this country. I learned that we can produce change. Reading the text helped alot in understanding the power the lies within social structures...the institutions and the lawmakers. The voice of the people I believe is more powerful than they are. With this new knowledge, I believe that the first step is to educate others and then take action. The quote that never fails that we can make a difference by various others: Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. -James Baldwin Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. - Joel Barker Change occurs when one becomes what she is, not when she tries to become what she is not. -Ruth P. Freedman You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Ghandi To change and to improve are two different things. -German proverb I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -G. C. Lichtenberg If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. -Gail Sheehy http://www.quotationbook.com/change.html I hope that we can come together and escape from the dark circle of humanity." Message No. 2083. Videth, this comes about as close to an essay as one can safely get with me. I like your quotes, and I like what you have to say about our need to control how others live their lives. You say you gained a lot by reading the text. Which text was that? Surely not Bolman and Deal. That doesn't sound right. My problem is that as I read this, I don't see how it comes from our course. Could you please enlighten me?? jeanne
Peinado, Irma	Irma, will get to this soon. I'm catching up slowly, but I haven't forgotten you. jeanne
Pena, Nancy Carmen	thread discussion on outsourcing; issue of overtime and member of transspan since it was formed, have encouraged people to go to this group and discuss issues that concern them (ex) the 2004 election. Conducted a project with Jenny Silva and myself on transforming the Hispanic community.petition-signing; message #488; thanks, Nancy, now we're getting the record up. Message # 754, which I answered on transform_dom. Don't be discouraged. The transformation of dominant discourse is the impossible, and it may take a little while. Reference to an author I heard on KPFK the otehr day, but I forgot his name. jeanne "Hi Jeanne, I just wanted to tell you how grateful I am to you for teaching me so much in class. I enjoyed so much this class like any other, and I am serious. I also wanted to thank you for the site you gave on the GRE practice test. They helped me a lot. Another thing that I would like to mention to you is the exhibit, I had so much stuff to do, like study for the GRE, Finals and application deadlines that I finally got a chance to tell you how much I enjoyed the Exhibit. What I gained from soc 328 and also the naked spaceexhibit is an exposure to the reality of issues that I usually hear about but had never place an actual human value to. Many pieces touched me, especially the piece that dealt with drinking and driving and the fact that so many had been affect by this tragic occurrence which is so easily prevented. DON"t DRINK AND DRIVE, SO EASY RIGHT, JEANNE, BUT SOME OF US JUST FORGET IT! The experience with the project that Jenny and I did before the elections really brought the other person in me. Making the Hispanic community more aware of the issues in hand not only the elections was a great experience that I would never forget. Nancy, I'm so glad to know the academic support files help you guys, even when I'm not aware of it. It was a busy semester. I was ever so pleased with our reaching out to the Spanish community and hope we can continue to do that. And the drunk driving really does depend on our changing the dominant discourse that says it's ok. That will take some time. But lots of people at the exhibit understood, and may move a little closer to supporting not drinking when driving. Your group did a wonderful job this semester.jeanne
Person, Malika Nicole	Thank you for your patience in repeating your name. "I just wanted to remind you that I helped on the last day of the exhibit as my project since I did not turn in one because it did not turn out right." I would still like evidence of your learning, Malika. Hi Jeanne, Here's the messages I was able to find that I sent on transform_dom, #596, #597, and #602. I also wrote messages in regards to the issues of respect, if there were no language barriers, and the closing of the King Drew Trauma Center which were done on transform@lists.csudh.edu. I don't know if you want me to send them to you cause a few of them are pretty long but I can if you want me to. I also participated in Andrea Richie's petition to the King Drew Trauma Center and I had others sign, which I turned in to Andrea. We have covered many subjects during this course and overall I have learned that there are ways to battle against the dominant discourse rather than feeling that I always have to accept their ways. The topics I was most interested in was respect and the election discussions. Those two are basic fundamentals of forming our society on macro levels. I also was interested in the closing of the King Drew Trama Center because it really has a great effect on all of us who stay in Los Angeles County at any point in time. Although I wasn't able to complete my project for the naked space exhibit I did have the chance to learn from others exhibits. There were so many but the ones that stand out most to me are the African paintings, the maze of the trauma center, the obesity, and the George Bush figurine. Well I hope this all shows you what I've learned in your course. Please let me know. . . . Thank You, Malika Person. Soc 328 Thanks for documenting your work for me, Malika.
Piz, Celia	Beautiful work on the election with the Spanish families and community. Excellent job, and I learned a lot from it, too. You were brave to under take it.Just wanted to remind you that I Celia Piz, worked on the Drunk Driving Project with Jenny Silva, and Alex Pineda. In our project we addressed the dangers in drunk driving, along with statistics on deaths, and accidents. We also included information on how families become victims too. We provided a hands on activity, where people remove pictures of wrecked cars, and underneath uncover a picture of a girl laid out in the pavement who was hurt do to drunk driving. This points out how even if one tries to remove the wreck, what is done can never be undone. There are so many innocent lives that are taken do to drunk driving. We also addressed the laws that come into play when drinking under the influence. In addition, we provided copies of Alcohol free drink recipes, tips on how to approach friends who have been drinking, and tips for children who find themselves in a vehicle with someone who has been drinking. I really enjoyed putting this project together. I hope it helped people become more aware of the dangers in drunk driving. . . . Through my experience in your classes I learned that in order to transform our society, one has to bring people to conscious awareness of issues that bother us in our community, share the harms of these issues, express our ideas and concerns through actions and words. Through your courses we had the opportunity to do this through collaborate learning. Transform_dom made this easier. Thanks for this opportunity it was a great experience." Message No. 2062. I am very pleased that you managed to work together and do such a great job on the project. I am also delighted that we have plans to take this project into the schools to let students play the games and talk about the concept of frozen words and frozen actions that we can't later undo, in both Spanish and English.
Quesada, Steve	Looking forward to some material on how to share learning effectively with our young children. "Thank you for teaching this semester I enjoyed learning in your classes. You were very influential on me and I truly appreciate that." Message No.2046. I really am glad that you enjoyed learning this semester, Steve. But, again, we need to look more deeply into that. Why did you enjoy learning, what made you feel good, since you weren't really expecting to enjoy it? What worked? What made you feel pressured and stressed? Could you know counsel your son more effectively about how to enjoy learning? What influenced you? How could the agency or institution that is the school be more effectively influential in your life?
Reyes, Jose L	Respect project. Thank you for taking over the Respect table in the vendor section. That gave us good experience. jeanne
Richie, Andrea	Under the provisions of the proposition 66 everyone will not be able to be resentenced. I have read over the actual proposition and you must read the document to fully understand the proposition. It will not allow those convicted of rape, murderer or child molestation out of jail. mesage 495; I'm impressed with your study of the proposition, Andrea. very litereate explanation; and solid participation with this and with the MLK protest; These commercials we see on tv and hear on the radio are just another scare tactic. They want to put fear in the people so that they vote in the politicians favor. Prop 66 will allow those who have been convicted of non violent acts to be resentenced not retried. message 495; impressed with your analysis of the scare tactic; good work; Not all of those convicted under the three strikes law were previously convicted for two violent felonies. Many of those serving 25 to life were previously convicted for posession of drugs, shoplifting or burglary (nonviolent). message # 505; fast on the draw there, Andrea. i knew that, but was side tracked by putting up evidence of learning for records. You caught it on the fly. Good thinking and analysis. Have you thought about law school?
Rincon, Ana M	Thanks to you and Marietta for coming by to arrange your project, and for offering to take charge of the PTE forms. jeanne
Robinson, Carla	Need evidence of learning. F until I hear from you. jeanne "DEAR JEANNE. My name is Carla Robinson a student from your Sociology 328 class. I received a letter grade of an "F" from you and wondered why i didn't deserve a better grade when i attended class, turned in a project for the exibit, and attended the respect sign up project. I also spoke to you in person in your office. I just need a clear explaination to why that grade that i didn't deserve such bad grade. PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK ASAP, I REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. CARLA ROBINSON" habermas.org Carla, I just checked habermas.org e-mail for any messages from you. And I can't check transform_dom by name. That's what's going on. The learning records have been going up since Thanksgiving, and somehow I don't have any messages from you. I didn't have a record for names on projects, so I wouldn't know about your project, unless you made sure that I had that information, preferably over transform_dom. Why don't you try sending it to me? That's why it said "F until I hear from you." Or did you look it up on learning records???? jeanne
Robinson, Charlie	Thanks for the spate of e-mails you got to me, even when Eudora was misbehaving. Help me find some quiet time either during the gallery exhibit or afterwards to work with you on putting up the record of your learning. "Obesity Project, This Is Not a joke. Message No. 1684." Is this you project, Charles, or is this a different one?
Robinson, Lenora	It was very sweet of you to come by last week, even though you were sick. And even sweeter of you to agree to go home and not give the virus to me. I'm well. It worked. We'll get to the computer stuff when you're well. Hope you were well for the holidays. jeanne Beautiful painting for exhibit. Will help you with the technology after Winter Break. jeanne
Rudolph, I'yesha R	Good comments and understanding on voting. "First, i wanted to say having this transform was a great idea!!! It gives us students a forum to be able to express our feelings not only in Jeanne's class, but also online! Since most of us college students are moving toward the web! I have learned some new things being part of SOC 328 and being on the transform from other classes. I have taken action within myself and have begun to change my body. All this has came from discussions on obesity and especailly from the project i saw at the exhbit. I voted for the 1st time thanks to all you guys! All the encouragement and thought and ideas on voting was great! Talking about present issues from MLK to hip-hop was WONDERFUL! I had a great semester! . . . Jeanne, Continue to use the TRANSFORM for all your classes in the future! I will continue to drop by, even though i will have graduated!" Mesage No. 2064. I'yesha, I am so glad we discovered all the possibilities of Transform, and that you are finding ways to use sociology in the real world out there and in here. This makes all the hard work worth it. And be sure to stop by transform now and then for continued encouragement and support. jeanne
Salazar, Juana	Thank you for the number of times you reminded me of your name. You were very gracious about my problem of connecting names with faces. I'd still like some evidence of learning to upload. jeanne
Sanchez, Cindy	"I can't begin to say how grateful I am to be in your class. I have learned a lot from you and thanks to you I have found the courage to do things within my community. When the class first began you introduced the class and talked about voincing our thoughts and ideas when there was change or improvement needed. So I did just that. For a while I had been thinking about going to talk to the coomander at my city police station because at the corner of my street there is a auto shop were they sell all kinds of car accesories and a lot of young kids go there and show-off their race cars. Well when they leave the place they go racing down my street (residential street) at very high speeds. I was concerned for the children that live on my street as well as for the cars parked on the street because these individuals could have easily lost control of the car and cause a major accident. After attending your class I finally found the courage to do something about it. I was ready to put up a fight and go door to door for signatures if I had to. I went to the police station various times and nothing was happening until the last individual I met with. He was willing to help me out. He went and talked to the owner of the auto shop and advised him to talk to his customers. Well that really didn't help, until this person was there almost every other day(mainly because I continued to bug him). Finally he got the owner to put up a sign that said "No rigth turn into Crafton" (which is the street i live on) and finally the speed racers have come to a near stop. I still see the occasional racer, but not as much as before. . . . Thanks to your class I now know that I can do things and make a difference. Thank you Jeanne." Message No. 1546. Empowerment feels good, doesn't it? jeanne "Jeanne, you are awesome! You really told him what he needed to hear(about his grade). It's amazing to see that people will not show up all semester long, but will want to show up a wwek before and try to get a passing grade. What are people thinking??? (I guess they are not). I recall you saying that there would be at least one person doing that, and it didn't fail you. Any way, thanks for the great experience and Happy Holidays!" -Cindy Sanchez. Message No. 2298. Let's face it, he did us favor by illustrating a real social problem at the school - allowing that kind of behavior. This is certainly one of the advantages of transparent grading, such as we were able to have with transform_dom. Now, maybe he'll come in and make a serious effort to redeem himself, though it may take some doing this late in the game. Remember illocutionary discourse. We don't know him; we can't know how or why this happened to him. Good learning material, though. jeanne
Sepulveda, Evelyn	"HI Jeanne! You asked me to e-mail you with "eekk" today so that you can post up what I did for the class. I worked with Jose on the puzzle piece for the art gallery project (For SOC 328) and i also did a proposition project (for SOC 370). I already foward the pictures to you again, since you told me that you lost it, but just incase you are not able to view them here is the link where you can see them. The project was an absolute success. There were many people that came to our table to talk to us about all the propositions that were on the ballots. The great part about it is that we had all the information in Spanish." Message: Yes, Evelyn, you did get excellent results on that field project. jeanne.IN REGARDS TO THE LIBRARY ISSUE, NOT ONLY THE LOCAL LIBRARIES ARE AN ISSUE BUT OUR OWN CAMPUS LIBRARY. WE HAVE CERTAIN FLOORS AND WITHIN ALL FLOORS THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVING SIDE TALK. INDIVIDUALS HAVING CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS, CHIPS BAGS RATTLING, GROUP DISCUSSIONS,ETC. AT TIMES WHEN WE TRY TO BRING IT TO THEIR ATTENTION THEY GET OFFENDED AND WANT TO RESPOND WITH AN ATTITUDE. SO IN REALITY, OUR OWN LIBRARY CAN'T BE A PLACE TO STUDY. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE PUBLISHING OF BOOKS AND KEEPING UPDATED MATERIAL. THEY HAVE SO MANY OLD RESOURSES YOU CAN'T EVEN DO A RESEARCH PAPER WITH CURRENT INFORMATION OR STATISTICS. SO WE NEED TO WORK ON OUR OWN CAMPUS LIBRARY. WHAT SHOULD WE DO? Message No. 2170. What we should do is try illocutionary discourse. We put hte library quiet issue on some flyers we passed out, and the Dean of the Library has responded with a willingness to help us correct it. See! We can transform the dominant discourse. jeanne "HEY, JEANNE, THIS IS EVELYN. MARLEENA AND I ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM ALICIA FACED ABOUT E-MAILING YOU AND WAITING ON A RESPONSE. BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO RE-EMAIL IT TO YOU. WELL OUR PROJECT FOR THE NAKED SPACE WAS STEREOTYPING PEOPLE. WE HAD POSTER BOARDS WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE THEIR WORK CLOTHES. WE HAD DIFFERENT LABELS OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND EACH PERSON WHO VISITED THE TABLE WERE ABLE TO PLACE A LABEL ON EACH. WE ALSO HAD THE ANSWER POSTER BOARD WHICH DESCRIBED THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR JOB TITLE. PEOPLE ENJOYED AND SAW IT INTERESTING HOW WE OFTEN CHARACTERIZE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE OUTSIDE. "NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER"- WELL JEANNE, THIS EXHIBIT WAS WONDERFUL DUE TO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS DISPLAYED. IT WAS A GREAT WAY OF DISPLAYING ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH DAILY. . . . THANKS, EVELYN AND MARLEENA" Thank you for re-e-mailing it. 300 of you take kind of a long time to think deeply about your comments and respond appropriately. It's like writing 300 letters. I liked your exhibit. Maybe you could bring it back for some of our traveling exhibits to schools in the area next semester. It's like a game, and students would enjoy the interactivity, and then be able to talk about stereotyping and discrimination, and become more aware of it. jeanne "JEANNE, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED IN CLASS WAS A GREAT TOPIC TO BE TALKED ABOUT AND HELPED EVERYONE TO SEE THE TOPIC IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. IT HELPED ME TO NOT JUDGE A SITUATION IN A PARTICULAR MANNER UNTIL OBSERVING IT CORRECTLY.-------THANKS----" Evelyn Sepulveda. Message No.2245 I'm delighted to know that, Evelyn. It's so important that we learn to listen to one another in good faith. There's empowerment in illocutionary discourse. jeanne "JEANNE I AGREE WITH DARCY-----YOUR CLASS WAS GREAT ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CLASS DISCUSSIONS AND THE PARTICIPATION OF EVERYONE." Evelyn. Message No.2283. Thanks to all of you. jeanne and Pat. "JEANNE---I BUMPED INTO ONE OF MY OLD CLASMATES I STARTED SCHOOL WITH WHILE EXITING THE EXHIBIT WE HAD. THIS CLASSMATE TOLD ME SHE WOULD ALWAYS SEE THE MEMOS ALL AROUND CAMPUS ABOUT "NAKED SPACE" BUT NEVER BOTHERED TO COME BY AND CHECK IT OUT.THIS SEMESTER I INVITED HER TO COME SEE IT AND SHE ENJOYED IT. SHE SAID IT HAD ALOT OF INFORMATION DISPLAYED THAT AT TIMES PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO ACCEPT AS A PROBLEM IN SOCIETY. SHE PICKED UP INFORMATION AND PASSED IT ON TO SOME OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS. SHE REGRETS NOT STOPPING IN TO THE PAST EVENTS. AS FOR MYSELF I ENJOYED IT AND AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS AN ART CLASS." Evelyn. Message No. 2285 I am so glad that we have begun to reach out to other students and their families. That's how community is built. And, of course, I can't live without art. jeanne
Silva, Jenny	good set up of community work on spanish translations for voting; "The experience with the project that Jenny and I did before the elections really brought the other person in me. Making the Hispanic community more aware of the issues in hand not only the elections was a great experience that I would never forget. Nancy Pena. Message No. ? "I was ever so pleased with our reaching out to the Spanish community and hope we can continue to do that. And the drunk driving really does depend on our changing the dominant discourse that says it's ok. That will take some time. But lots of people at the exhibit understood, and may move a little closer to supporting not drinking when driving. Your group did a wonderful job this semester. jeanne Hi! Jeanne, Throughout this semester I as well as my fellow students have learned a lot and are grateful for all your teaching. One of the most important things that we had in class was the opportunity to communicate through transform_dom & transspan. Several of my classmates had the opportunity to join both groups and were able to communicate freely by expressing each of our personal ideas in both languages (English & Spanish). I also had the opportunity to share my knowledge to the Latino community. Nancy Pena and me went out to the community to share great information that our Latino community needed to know before the election. We basically went out to the community to share information about the propositions that were going to be in the ballot. . . . Furthermore, I also participated in a project with Celia Piz and Alex Pineda on Drunk Driving. It was a great experience bringing the awareness to our community of the importance of a life. As we all know, drinking and driving is not a good choice. Another very important factor that took in to account in our classes was through collaborative learning, where students had the opportunity to extend their knowledge & learn from each other." Jenny Silva Jenny, I know we had little contact time this semester; the classes were so large. But stay in touch and let's make transspan grow. Alex is going to ask to have the poster on drunk driving in his school to share with young people, and in Spanish! And I've already put up a lecture on changing discourse on the social construction of reality. jeanne
Simons, Stephanie	solid participation in class; completion over Internet as agreed;
Simpson, Michelle Marie	Particularly active in class."I spoke to Sabra Trevilla today and she informed me that she mentioned to you that I was in her group. However, she told you Michelle Thompson. My name is Michelle SIMPSON. Sabra got my last name wrong. Also Charlie Robinson is in our group." Message No. 1744. Changing the names to match reality. this is the project on Obesity Is No Joke, yes? "Hi Jeanne, I know it may not be my business, but I agree with what you said. You are a good instructor and you have been very understanding in regards to peoples schedules. I think if this student would have talked to you he would have been fine. Well anyway, I want to wish you and Pat a Merry Chrismas and Happy New Year." Michelle Simpson. Message No. 2277. Yes, it is your business, Michelle. It's called transparent grading. There are no hidden rules, or hidden work, so that you can look at the material and judge for yourself whether I'm grading fairly. Of course, most of you forgot that I said in the syllabus that you started out with As. And most of you have found ways to let me know that you have learned. And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you from me and Pat. jeanne
Soleimani, Pedram	glad that you found tranform_dom; Have material; will upload it soon. jeanne
Thompson, Kardriner	"Subject: Wonderful art piece! Jeanne, Upon first sight of the colorful art piece regarding the waterbed, I didn't see much in the picture. However, after carefully analyzing the picture I began to see things. I saw the cats running in the picture. I also began to see the actual waterbed. Where was the waterbed located in your house? My mom had the same experience with her waterbed about three year ago. Somehow the bed burst and her bedroom was flooded. This piece make me think of a very chaotic scene, but I assume that there would be chaos if a waterbed were to burst." Astute reading of the painting. Yes, it was chaos, in our upstairs bedroom. Remarkable how much you can tell from one quick little painting, isn't it. The value of visual sociology. . . . Thanks
Trevilla, Sabra Lee	"you asked me to remind you to put my groups project on Obesity up on the website listings of projects. Okay here it is, Sabra Trevilla, Michelle Thompson, Charlie and Deidra Douglas are part of this project." Message No. 1684. This is the one called Obesity Is No Joke, yes? jeanne
Tucker, April Nicole	Need writtne evidence to upload. B+ until I hear from you. jeanne
Urquhar, Daniel C	Need evidence of learning F until I hear from you. jeanne
Videau, Shimeca Lapreal	I'm for prop 66 but you forgot to mention that prisoners that have received a third strike have already been convicted for two other serious or violent crimes. .... Just trying to keep it fair. message #498 important skills in managing discourse exemplified by this statement - good work; frequent posts in response to others on transform_dom; Project includes paintings and poetry reading. "Jeanne, The purpose of my project was to truly depict the beauty of black women. I brought in several paintings relflecting the different angles of Black women. Throughout the history of Black women, society has turned everything beautiful about us, like our hair, skin, nose, figure and made it ugly. As a result, many black women have adopted this false ideology, internalizing this perception, and in essence came to self loathe. One of my paintings illustrated a naked black woman. In this painting, I emphasized her beautiful dark features and her acute curves. I painted it, hoping that women would look at themselves, knowing that somewhere in them, they can love themselves as well. Another painting depicted 3 African women which I call "Sisterhood". This painting reflects the closeness both of African and African American experience since the birth of this country. Another painting illustrates Black women dancing with drums , depicting the celebration of life and self and the deep connection each of us have with GOD. Another painting illustrated a Rasta man. I painted this to show the diversity, strength, and wisdom Blacks carried and still carry in this day. The painting is painted in deep rich colors to depict the deepness and richness of his blood. Another painting was about the transformation from the flesh to the spirit. This transformation is one with many trials and requires a lot of sacrifice. The woman is painted with blood running from her eyes representing the pain and deliverance of surrendering self fully to God. . . . I also brought poems into the exhibit. Each poem represented a darker angle of Black women. These poems were written about depression. It brought the reader in the mind of a woman who is experiencing another side of herself. A side of herself that is dark and hidden and ancient. These poems are about actual women that I know who are black and suffering. I wanted to share these poems to show that it is okay for women to experience depression.It is not a character flaw, or personal weakness, rather it is an illness that does not discriminate, it effects women of all classes, races, gender, and ethnicity. These poems were written by me about actual women. I wrote about their pain and emotions with the intention to help save other women. So, that concludes my project. . . . Jeanne, I am sending you the pictures of the paintings. I loved your class. Thank You . God Bless You." Shimeca Videau. Message No. 2222. Shimeca, I will put up the paintings as soon as I get them on this Fall's Internet Gallery. And I would like the poems to put up also, if that's OK with you. We didn't have a lot of time for the discussion of depression, but I am impressed by the way you have handled it, both artistically and in poetic form. I also note your connection of all this to spirituality, and I would like you to continue this discussion over tranform_dom next semester as we discuss religion as a present social issue. jeanne
Voeur, Marlena Vycheth	"Besides all of the chit chatting and distractions in there, I think one of the biggest problems that our library has are the un-updated resources. Last week I had to go in there to do some research for my poli sci paper. I didn't find any relevant information. Everything in there was from the early to mid nineties. It was very frustrating. This makes me wonder where our school fees go. I mean we pay all these fees every semester but yet our school is so outdated." Marlena Voeur, Mesage No. 2242 I am very pleased to see this discourse continue even as the semester is closed. You are making your voices heard, and I hope that will lead to change in the dominant discourse around here that it's OK to talk in the library, and that our library doesn't need immediate attention for updating. I've added your message to the interim report on the library. jeanne "HEY, JEANNE, THIS IS EVELYN. MARLEENA AND I ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM ALICIA FACED ABOUT E-MAILING YOU AND WAITING ON A RESPONSE. BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO RE-EMAIL IT TO YOU. WELL OUR PROJECT FOR THE NAKED SPACE WAS STEREOTYPING PEOPLE. WE HAD POSTER BOARDS WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE THEIR WORK CLOTHES. WE HAD DIFFERENT LABELS OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND EACH PERSON WHO VISITED THE TABLE WERE ABLE TO PLACE A LABEL ON EACH. WE ALSO HAD THE ANSWER POSTER BOARD WHICH DESCRIBED THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR JOB TITLE. PEOPLE ENJOYED AND SAW IT INTERESTING HOW WE OFTEN CHARACTERIZE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE OUTSIDE. "NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER"- WELL JEANNE, THIS EXHIBIT WAS WONDERFUL DUE TO ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WAS DISPLAYED. IT WAS A GREAT WAY OF DISPLAYING ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH DAILY. . . . THANKS, EVELYN AND MARLEENA" Thank you for re-e-mailing it. 300 of you take kind of a long time to think deeply about your comments and respond appropriately. It's like writing 300 letters. I liked your exhibit. Maybe you could bring it back for some of our traveling exhibits to schools in the area next semester. It's like a game, and students would enjoy the interactivity, and then be able to talk about stereotyping and discrimination, and become more aware of it. jeanne
Walker, Richard L	Freshman, working with Pat.
Wallace, Michelle U	Need evidence of learning. Funtil I hear from you.