Message from La Profe: Week 1

Dear Border Crossers,
I apologize for some of the confusion that I inadvertently caused by some of the instructions conveyed for Journal Entry #1A and #1B. Since this is the first time I use an online journal/blog in this class, as well as the first time I have a cohort of graduate students enrolled in the class, I haven't worked out the kinks yet. Here is the clarification:

There will be no handwritten journals in the class, so you DO NOT NEED a Composition Notebook. All your journal entries and extra credit entries, will be written online, on Speedy's Blog. This means that if you haven't added yourself as an author to Speedy's Blog, you need to do so ASAP. You can access the precise instructions for how to do that on the Announcements page of the course website. You can also download the PDF of the instructions directly from that page.

Once you do add yourself as an author, and before you start your first post, you need to create your label. The instructions for this are also on the instructions mentioned above. Please follow the instructions exactly. It's VERY IMPORTANT that you create this label and that you ALWAYS label all your posts in the same way, as this is the only way for me to keep track of your journal entries and give you credit for those journal entries, which are worth collectively 10% of your course grade.

Entries 1A on Speedy Gonzalez and 1B on Lone Ranger are required for everybody. In addition, the graduate students are required to do a 1C entry, which is the summary of the article they found that deals with border issues. Sorry that wasn't clarified on the syllabus. Only graduate students have to find that newspaper article. Undergraduates focus on reading the assigned pages in Ringside Seat to a Revolution and the Treaty of Guadalupe sections that pertain to your group. These will be assigned in class tomorrow.

Don't worry. I'll clarify even further tomorrow. For now, make sure you've added yourself as an author to Speedy's Blog and post your journal entries 1A and 1B.

I will also post an updated syllabus later today.

Hasta mañana,
Profe