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The Hazards of Growing Up Painlessly
Today in class we saw the story of Gabby, a little girl who could feel no pain, and we also saw an update a few years on when she was getting ready to enter middle school. This excellent article from the NYT (it’s about 6 years old, so she’s your age now) looks at Ashlyn […]
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AP Seminar: Comparative Analysis Directions & Due Date
September 3, 2019
Presentations will be 5 minutes each plus questions and will take place on 9/11 for A Day and 9/12 for B Day. If you need additional time you will get it but I will be at a workshop on 9/13. That day will not be your additional time. Here are the step by step directions […]
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Protected: AP Psych Unit Three Word Wall and Notes: Sensation & Perception
August 28, 2019
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“See You In Disneyland” Reading
August 27, 2019
2B Seminar, this is for early release day; 2A Seminar, I’ll give you this for homework on Thursday. Please read Michael Sorkin’s “See You In Disneyland” (available here) and answer the following Question 1 analysis:
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Reflective Journal on Collaborative Argument
August 26, 2019
Please post your at least one paragraph reflection in OneNote (there’s a tab in there for reflections now) by the next time I see you, so 8/28 for B day and 8/29 for A day. The reflection on your collaborative argument process should answer these questions: Write a reflection on the process of research, synthesize, […]
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APA References Corrections
August 23, 2019
A day and B day both, please come by and grab your APA references activities in class (or not in-class) on Monday. Several of you guys missed some easily fixable points. Please read my comments and suggestions carefully and make needed corrections. You can turn these corrections into me (as a PAPER COPY this time) […]
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Fatal Familial Insomnia
August 23, 2019
I believe that I’ve mentioned this disorder during class. Fatal Familial Insomnia, or FFI, is a prion disorder of the brain much like mad cow disease. The prions eat away at brain tissue and form small holes in the areas controlling sleep — specifically REM sleep (for more on which area controls what, please reference the […]
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Dr. Astorian's AP Consortium 
September 4, 2019
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