Hi Friends:
Many of your were on the call with me yesterday. Here is a brief re-cap of where we are in terms of upcoming assignments and our shift to online learning:
- Recalibration Period, March 27th – April 1st. As you are probably aware, the CUNY Chancellor has announced that we are pausing our online learning temporarily while the various CUNY colleges work to make sure that all students have the ability to access online instruction.
- NO MIDTERM. In light of this announcement, I have decided that it doesn’t make sense to give you a midterm exam next week, as I had planned. This does mean, however, that your final exam will cover the entire semester’s worth of material, not just the second half of the course.
- Check-In. As part of this recalibration effort, I need to hear from those of you who were not on either of the two zoom calls we’ve had. Please take a minute to send me an email and let me know how you are, what’s been going on with you during this crazy time, and what issues and concerns you have about moving forward in this course. This would be the right time to share with me any limiting factors – like familial obligations, health issues, technology problems, etc…. It’s important that I hear from you!
- Moving Forward. Even though instruction is paused, you may want to continue with your reading. Next on our agenda is Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. I will post an Ibsen-related assignment for you next week. In the meantime, thank you to those of you who have already posted your Frederick Douglass assignments. Don’t forget that I have also posted an assignment related to the Harriet Jacobs reading. You may have to scroll down a bit on the blog to find it.
Because of the “recalibration period,” we will not be having a class zoom call on Wednesday as planned, but I will leave that hour open for a drop-in office hour, so log on and say hello! Please take good care of yourselves and your loved ones during this very challenging time!!!
Take care,
Professor Sylvor
