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In Defense of All Things Pop pt. 1
My mind has been in a state of existential crisis and I have Diane Ravitch to blame. In her book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, she details the government’s failure to...
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In defense of all things pop pt. 2
Justification Before we can define popular culture, perhaps we should consider the purpose of the high school English classroom. Our education system is defined by practicality and so long as a...
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In defense of all things pop pt. 3
The Pop Culture Classroom Up to this point, my arguments have remained in the realm of purely theoretical justifications for the inclusion of pop culture in the classroom. While the intentions of...
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In defense of all things pop pt. 4
Apprehensive teachers There are many who are hesitant to use popular culture in the classroom. White and Walker explain that: “Some teachers simply refuse to recognize the importance of popular...
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The Great Jay-Z Gatsby
Follow me down the rabbit hole on this one. This may be the musings of a mad man poisoned by too much pop culture, and if so, I apologize, but it has worked for Quentin Tarantino and Chuck Klosterman...
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Apocalyptic musings on my 26th birthday
"I guess the world didn't end yesterday." "Didn't it?" Surely I’m not telling you something you don’t already know, but Saturday was supposed to be the end of the world. Thankfully, that didn’t occur...
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Why it’s difficult to make Captain America cool
In recent years, I’ve discovered that patriotism seems to be a touchy subject. America has its share of problems (whether they are “fair” in that share is another conversation entirely), but even...
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The Theory of B
I’ve never watched Forest Gump. I’ve never watched Saving Private Ryan. I’ll probably never watch Slumdog Millionaire. It wasn’t until I was 23 that I saw Fight Club. But I could watch Troll 2 every...
View ArticleHealthcare Constitutional – internet explodes
I don’t really get political on here because this site was originally designed to be a pop culture haven, but I’ve written so much on healthcare today that I feel it necessary to put all of my writing...
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Why we need Ann Coulter
You’re furious about Ann Coulter’s attacks on futbol/soccer right now, aren’t you? Trust me, I am too. I’ve never really been a soccer fan but only because I’ve never gotten into the rhythm of the...
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