Blog Purpose and Rules

Welcome,

Thank you for participating in what will be an in-depth view of the current state of the social sciences (history, anthropology, psychology, economics, current events and government), as well as a look at the foundations and ideology that helped each study transcend from past to present.

The purpose of this blog is to provide an educational resource for past students and instructional material for current students in my classes. I hope you will find the information and instruction to be thorough and thought-provoking.

For current students, I will use this blog to keep you up-to-date on the reading schedule and provide you specific questions to consider while reading. Throughout the course of the semester, there will be many opportunities for you to ask questions about the short and long-term implications of each study and, hopefully, your alternate perspective will provide insight for all students in the course.

While I appreciate and encourage your enthusiasm and participation, the following guidelines should give you a framework for how you should conduct yourself while blogging and corresponding with others:

1. Only members of my current social science classes may participate on this blog.

2. Please remember to ALWAYS be respectful to other students while blogging or commenting on a specific blog.

3. Stay on task...we will often discuss controversial issues surrounding government and current affairs, but I would like you to make sure comments are relevant to the topic we are discussing in the text or lecture.

4. Keep it clean...under no circumstance will profanity or profane language be tolerated here.

5. HAVE FUN! The purpose of this blog is to allow you MORE time to delve into your studies. Learning and debating topics and ideas is certainly a fine facet of living in a democracy.