How's your hand after all that knowledge you shared?

We've all been there. 

Whoa... how are you doing? 

Well, there you go. That DBQ is in the books. How do you feel like it went? I'm not saying it was a pleasant experience, but we hope you realize that you were more prepared than you gave yourself credit. 

I'm pretty sure I heard someone say this today.

Hopefully the right things.

Now, comes the long, slow, life destroying process of us grading all of these bad boys. Yee haw! WE. ARE. SO. EXCITED.

EVERY TEACHER EVER,

What's on tap this week?

So, now you've put that essay behind you, what's coming up? Good news! More writing!

• Tomorrow we're doing SAQ #2. We hope that you've done your revision of SAQ #1. After that, we'll spend some time looking at scholasticism in medieval Europe. 
• Thursday you're illuminated manuscript is due. We are looking forward to seeing your amazing work. Once those are in it's VIKING TIME! Oh heck yeah!
  
  
• Friday is Medieval Faire work day. Be thinking about what you'd like to get accomplished then. The Faire will be here in no time!

Soundtrack of the Week

What did you think of The Boss's track from yesterday? Good stuff, eh? 

We shall continue on with socially conscious playlist for the week. maybe you'll find both some songs and some causes that speak to you. Who says making the world better can't be fun too?

I love, love, love today's song. The Talking Heads are one of the most important bands of the last several decades. They practically invented the genre of what's known as "Art Rock." With dissonant tones, changing rhythms, and influences taken from world music, they created new sounds that pushed the boundaries of what rock music could and should be. In addition, they careful crafted a visual style all their own through their use of a brand new, at the time, medium, the music video!

This track is entitled "Nothing But Flowers" from their fantastic album, Naked. It is a call for a greater focus on environmental issues, but, instead of doing things the usual way, it is sung from the 1st person point of view of a man lamenting the loss of his beautiful industrial world. He sits in a new Eden and laments of long gone highways and Pizza Huts. It is just so darn clever. Give it a close listen; I think you'll dig it. 

Here is "Nothing But Flowers."