Kidlit Bloggers

This is one of the blogs that my students and I created for a course on young adult literature. For this particular blog, students weren't required to post and we used the space as a complement to our twice a week sessions. The "Issues of Diversity in Children's and Adolescent Literature" blog shows what it looked like when I had a blog as an instructor and asked students to create and link their own review blogs to the course site.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Gravy Train

It doesn't take a documentary to see what's happening in regards to the media's influence over popular culture in the minds of millions...

it's sad to think of the obsession of material power.

the one thing that is forever real is the individuality of mind...
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."-Ralph Emerson; "Self Reliance"

Pink Floyd's "Have A Cigar" from their album "Wish You Were Here" reflecting the minds of the media and producers

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, you're gonna fly high,
You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try;they're gonna love you.
Well I've always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one's Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.
We're just knocked out.
We heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out,
You owe it to the people. We're so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?
It's a hell of a start, it could be made into a monster
if we all pull together as a team.
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

the Gravy Train... it's all around us... it's up to you to stay true to yourself

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