Thursday, January 17, 2008

Writers' Strike

Me [noticing a look of thoughtful struggle on Mike's face as students worked on campaign commercials for or against Odysseus as president]: Can I help you brainstorm some ideas, Mike?

Mike: Nah... I'm just respecting the writers' strike.

That's what I get for starting class by showing a short clip from Jon Stewart's Daily Show as a reminder of yesterday's discussion of persuasive techniques. I think I've created current event/media comedy monsters...

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