Second city....in the eyes of the first?

The Sunday, April 1, 2007, New York Times reports on a south side slaughterhouse, Chiappetti Lamb and Veal, and the article includes a helpful map to guide the unfamiliar reader--no, not a map showing the location of Chiappetti's relative to, say, the loop, or the lakefront, or O'Hare airport. No, it's a helpful map with a picture of the state of Illinois, with a nice, big star along the northeast boundary to note the city of Chicago. Well, excuuuuuse me! Do readers of the NYT really need to be reminded that Chicago is in the state of Illinois? Do articles about Philadelphia or Atlanta or Boston contain similar condescending graphics to educate the reader who has never visited those cities? I don't usually think too much about how Chicago and the midwest are often "dissed" by all those smart alecks on the east coast, but that was a little too much!

Second City indeed! :)

Coming attractions: Storm's 6th grade humanities: REVISED

Plan is to read several stories from Chinese Folk Tales: An Anthology; translated by Yin-lien C. Chin; Yetta S. Center; Mildred Ross. Paper ISBN: 978-1-56324-800-9. No audio files available; but electronic text files are available in Questia at http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=78510276 (Note: Questia memberships cost $20 per month, $45 per quarter, or $100 per year).

Here's a tentative schedule:

1. The Clever Daughter-in-Law - read in class on Tuesday, April 10
2. Finding a Wife for the River God - read over the weekend of April 14; quiz on Tuesday April 17
3. The White Snake - April 28 weekend
........No story.....CAMP
4. Monkey - May 11 weekend

Students will also begin reading The Examination by Malcolm Bosse. The book is available from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFBD). This project will start around April 11, and students will read about 26 pages per assignment; I don't know the timing or frequency of assignments yet.