Thursday, June 20. 2019

Today's schedule is DCBA

9:05-10:10 am – D Block
10:15-11:10 am – Year End Assembly
11:10-11:20 – AG: Locker clean out and locker return
11:25-12:25 am – C Block
12:25–1:05 pm – Lunch
1:10–2:10 pm – B Block
2:15–3:15 pm – A Block

D Block Law - After today there is just 1 class remaining in the semester, in the learning commons, to complete your civil litigator project. Your major project is due this Friday...so it's nose to the grindstone time; pound out the work and do the best that you can. Good Luck.

C Block Criminology - Today we'll watch an episode of Elementary from season one called "The Deductionist". From IMDb.com:

A convicted killer who is supposed to donate a kidney to his sister ends up killing the surgical staff before escaping. Holmes is forced to work with a profiler (whom he can't stand) because she supposedly can predict what he will do next. 

The "Great Detective" trope is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. In this version (Elementary), Sherlock Holmes was a consultant for Scotland Yard in England, before "hitting bottom" and ending up in rehabilitation. Joan Watson has been hired by Holmes' father to be his sober companion, to help him adjust from rehab back to everyday life. Holmes has come up with an interesting post-rehab regimen to keep himself busy-resuming his role as a consultant, this time for the New York police. Watson finds herself coming along for the ride. Of course the BBC did a modern version where Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) solves crimes through sheer intellect and his Sherlock Scan, but is a (self-proclaimed) "high-functioning sociopath" barely kept in check by his friend Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman).

In both modern versions Holmes has what can only be described as high functioning personality disorders but supreme intellect that assuredly saves the day for the police who clearly can't do their job properly without his help. Hmmm...sound familiar? Remember Dr. Cal Lightman in Lie to Me? 

In Elementary, following the tradition of depictions of Sherlock, his brain literally seems to work differently than other people. He has a lot of common personality traits with Asperger Syndrome - socially awkward and extremely gifted within a certain area (in his case detective work), straightforward and with a lot of brutal honesty, often oblivious to others' feelings but not lacking in empathy. He also has certain physical tics like the way he stands hunched in on himself sometimes, his jerking head movements and the way he grips his hands which are also consistent with someone who has Aspergers or Autism. So he's an insufferably awkward loner of a genius who helps the NYPD solve their crimes.

Remember, my question is how do these shows represent society? "What do these shows reveal about what we think is the reality of crime and the control of crime in North American society"?

B Block Human Geography - After today there is just 1 class remaining in the semester, in the learning commons, to complete your Inquiry project. You will be presenting Tuesday morning and I'll fill you in on times today. Today, consider the questions below in preparation to present your Geo-Inquiry Story to the audience you have selected.

1. Who is the audience for your Geo-Inquiry Story?
2. What method will you use to share your Geo-Inquiry Story with them?
3. How will you grab their attention?
4. What is your pitch? This should be a brief description of what you did, why it is important, and how they can help.
5. How will you use your Geo-Inquiry Story?
6. What are your arguments to influence your audience?
7. What is your call to action? What do you want your audience to do when they leave?

So think about what you're presenting and craft how you wish to tell your inquiry story. I will bring rubrics into the learning commons for you to to see what people will be looking for in your presentation.

A Block Physical Geography - To help with your project/exam on renewable energy:

British Columbia Energy Market Profile: Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Energy Transitions