Kaycee's Log
We started class today with the poem Summer Solstice by Stacie Cassarino. Tommy read his log off of his computer because Mat’s was not working (FSU wi-fi sucks). The daily notecard asked us to fill in the blank: “I’m still a little worried about…” which led into Mat going around the room asking about any last minute concerns for project three. Mat told us to be weary of the time constraints during presentations of project three, since there are a lot of us presenting and not enough time to go into depth about each genre. He expressed the importance of doing the 700-word reflection especially if you have a borderline grade. If you have an A, you can write it flat out, but you still have to do it! The syllabus is not clear on the final reflection but it is basically a breakdown of your process throughout the semester.
For Lexy’s Mini-text presentation she picked a clip from MadTv “iRack,” where the cast was making fun apple products with a spin of political views based on the issues of American sending troops to Iraq. There were a lot of controversial issues among the political community from this video since the US was at war with Iraq. Sheena was up next and she pulled up a spoken word clip of Ernestine Johnson “I am not the average black girl” about the stereotypes and struggles of black women who surprise people for “acting white.” The African Spoken Word highlights personal stories of racisms and struggles in the form of spoken art, which is a huge part of the community. This expanded the political and social aspects of the speakers lives and adds strength and a touching message to the viewers. The general tone derives from frustration and pain and the use of pauses allows the readers to absorb the message while adding dramatic effects to the performance. Sheena talked about how the general black population agrees with Ernestine, where white people have mixed feeling about the spoken word, which you can tell in the comments of this video ( :-( ). Mat pointed out a credibility flaw about spoken word in general because Wikipedia barely touches on the African roots of spoken word.
We started working on project three and we were told after we share our progress we were allowed to leave or stay if we have any questions, comments, or concerns. Many of us stayed and asked mat some questions but the majority of the class dipped around 9 AM.
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