Yael and Zev Paradise Now blog

Yael Kaplan and Zev Faintuch

Paradise Now Blog
This segment of Abu-Assad’s Paradise Now begins with the attack being postponed because Said is MIA (missing in action). When Said returns to the West Bank, he checks the hideout to find Khaled and the others; but it is completely empty. The two friends go searching for one another but keep missing each other. Interestingly enough, everyone they meet comments on their suit. However, Said’s mother is the only one who finds the suits suspicious. She knows something is up.

While Khaled is driving, a car dangerously passes him and he curses the driver. It is somewhat odd how he is suddenly so concerned about his life when hours ago he was willingly and almost even excitedly ready to end his life by blowing himself up. We also see Khaled complain about removing the tape from his chest. How could someone complain about such a minute task but not even think twice about ending their life?

While Suha and Said are in the video store, a martyr video is playing on one of the televisions. The cashier tells them that he has martyr and collaborator videos for rent and purchase. He also tells them that the collaborator videos are more expensive because they are in higher demand. This reflects the Palestinian society (in the movie): people would rather see punishment than self sacrifice (even if the sacrifice is on their behalf). Interestingly enough, this means that the culture values the perpetuation violence, even killing their own people, more then they value the martyrs who kill themselves in order to the struggle.

Next we see the scene where Suha and Said argue over logic and ethics behind using terrorism as a means to achieve the Palestinian goal of freedom. Many interesting points are raised and the theme of who is left behind is further explored. Suha says that martyrdom is not sacrifice, but rather, revenge. Said says that he would “rather have a paradise in his head then live in hell”, which is ironic because we previously see him sitting down and appreciating his surroundings.

Said constantly spews propaganda that has no doubt, been repeated so many times to him that it has become truth. He goes on to say that conflict the is the only option: “there is no freedom without struggle”. By saying this, Said is saying that the Palestinians are disempowered.eHHHHhh Suha, however, thinks that because the Israeli army is very strong, the Palestinians should empower themselves by making their struggle into a moral war. This clash between the two acts a magnifying glass for us: we see clearly two aspects of the Palestinian side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Sharna & Amy Blog

Sharna: Whoah, why are they sitting and looking out on the city beside a broken down car with goats walking around it?
Amy: I think it is because they want us to think that everything is normal.
Sharna: Oh! So we don’t see them as evil people?
Amy: Precisely. They are chillin with nature, and have no cares, no work, and nothing to do.
Sharna: I totally didn’t see it coming that they are going to be suicide bombers… They were so normal
Amy: Me neither. I don’t think that the girl Said likes likes it very much.
Sharna: No. She doesn’t. It’s because her dad died blowing himself up. He is Said’s hero.
Amy: Yeah. It’s sad. She said she doesn’t care that he died as a hero, because she would rather him be alive.
Sharna: That’s really sad. They don’t really think about their family after they go through with the plan.
Amy: I know. I can’t imagine how the family would feel.
Sharna: Wait why would Said go to her at 4 in the morning to drop off the keys?
Amy: Probably because he couldn’t face saying goodbye to her. He likes her so much and he didn’t think that she would answer the door.
Sharna: Oh yeah. And if she was there, he probably wanted to talk about her father.
Amy: Too bad she didn’t like that very much. She thinks there are other ways to deal with the situation with Israel other than blowing themselves up.
Sharna: He thinks that it’s god’s will. He wants to keep the cause alive.
Amy: That’s ironic- “keeping the cause alive” means killing himself.
Sharna: Good call. How weird was seeing them give their statements?
Amy: Yeah. So weird. Khaled was reading off of a paper.
Sharna: Yeah. But then it wasn’t recording it so he did it a second time… And started talking about water filters?
Amy: Yeah. I think he realized what he was doing the second time. His fantasy was broken.
Sharna: I guess so. I think it was really weird that the others were eating pita casually while he was giving his last words.
Amy: I know! So weird! But I guess it’s because it’s their job. They do it every day.
Sharna: You’re right. But that’s so weird. Said and Khaled are about to kill themselves and they are just nonchalantly eating.
Amy: Yeah. I didn’t like when they were sending the boys off either.
Sharna: Me neither. They were completely chill with sending the boys off to their deaths. And when they asked what would happen if they were to die the guy completely couldn’t look them in the eyes.
Amy: I know.
Sharna: It’s because they really don’t know what happens. They know what they want to happen, that an angle comes and picks them up and flies them to heaven, but have no idea that it will… And if it doesn’t...is it a waste?
Amy: Yeah! Said seems really nervous about it. But it seems like Khaled just wants to be like James Bond.
Sharna: It’s like he thinks it’s a game.
Amy: Did you notice that the guy making the bombs had no hands.
Sharna: Yes! Sketchy.
Amy: Oh! You know what I realized. When they are eating it’s totally representing the last supper!
Sharna: Yeah! Oh also, even though the guys are hotter when they are clean shaven, it’s like they are losing all their character and are turning into robots to complete this task.
Amy: Yeah! It’s so sad when they get separated.
Sharna: I know! And when Khaled gets the bombs taken off of him and complains about the tape being ripped off.
Amy: And the guy’s just like: “oh well we never planned on taking it off”
Sharna: Weird! I totally thought that Said was going to go through with setting off his bomb!
Amy: Me too! Until he saw the kid on the bus…
Sharna: Yeah! He probably realized that this innocent child is not his enemy.
Amy: Probably. Well I hope that they reunite and don’t go through with their plan.
Sharna: Me too! And realize that they should be handling the situation in a different way.
Amy: I hope it works out!
Sharna: Same! I can’t wait to watch more! Oh and by the way.. how pretty is the girl Said likes?! She reminds me of that girl from the story book....you know the one.... whats her name...
Amy: CINDERELLA

Sweet Mud Post - Yael Kaplan

Yael KaplanSweet Mud Blog - November 9, 2009

During today’s class, we plunged further into kibbutz life from the 1970’s with the movie Sweet Mud. What makes this movie interesting is how it does not depict a normal, familiar picture of what kibbutz life may have been like. This movie shows a very different vision of kibbutz life with unusual, and even bestial residents, whose priorities are very out of place.

Dvir, a young boy living on the kibbutz with his mother and older brother, is the protagonist of the film. In this part of the movie, Maya, a new girl from France, joins Dvir’s class. When the teacher asks the students whose parents would like to host Maya, everyone raises their hands. The teacher does not choose Dvir, and when he asks why he was not chosen, a boy remarks, “Because you don’t have a father”. This leads to fight between the two boys after class. After school, we meet Dvir’s mother Miri, and brother Eyal. We get a sense that Miri does not always know what is going on and that she is not 100% mentally stable when she walks out of her room in only her underwear to welcome new volunteers to the kibbutz. A few scenes later, Dvir and his mother are having a picnic by themselves and we are shown the relationship between the two. Dvir is shown comforting his mother when normally the mother should be comforting the son. In class, we discussed how Dvir has missed out on his childhood because he must take care of his mother. He is forced to grow up much faster than an average boy his age and has lost his childhood innocence along with it. I found it unusual to see Dvir taking care of his mother much more than his older brother is. In my mind, the older son should be responsible for the well being of the mother, it is not fair to give Dvir that kind of responsibility.

During a weekly meeting addressing issues and concerns about the kibbutz, Miri asks the members of the kibbutz if her boyfriend Stephan, a Judo Champion from Switzerland, could stay at the kibbutz for a few weeks. The kibbutz votes in favour of Miri before bringing up the topic of fixing their ambulance which has an oil leak. This is one of the many priority problems found on this kibbutz. When we are finally introduced to Miri’s boyfriend, Stephan, we meet an old man over the age of 60. This was a shock to the members of the kibbutz, including Dvir and Eyal, as well as the audience. However, the relationship between Stephan and Miri proves to be genuine and full of love. Dvir quickly warms up to Stephan as does the audience. In class, we discussed how even though Stephan is the same age as Miri’s father, their relationship is one of the only normal things on the kibbutz. They fill each others needs and Stephan is willing to give up everything for Miri, and offer to come live on the kibbutz with her and her family. When Stephan sees Avraham, a member of the kibbutz, about to hit Dvir, he grabs the Avraham’s arm and breaks it. Stephan is then forced to leave the kibbutz immediately, having to part from Miri and Dvir. It is outrageous that Stephan was banished for protecting Dvir. I find it interesting how Avraham, who has most likely known Dvir since he was born, would attempt to strike the boy and how Stephan, who has only known Dvir for a couple weeks, would risk his well being to protect him. When Stephan has to board the bus to leave the kibbutz, Dvir holds onto him and pleads for him to stay.

Once Stephan leaves, Miri becomes depressed and begins drinking. Dvir’s older brother has also left the kibbutz to join the army, which leaves Dvir with even more responsibility to take care of his mother. One night, Dvir and Maya go to the kitchen freezer to steel popsicles. Whilst in the freezer, Dvir trips over his dog. After telling his mother about finding his dog dead in the freezer and also telling her “she not a not a mother, she is a wreck!”, Miri goes after Avraham who has constantly been threatening to hurt Dvir’s dog. Miri corners Avraham in the barn with a pitchfork when the head of the kibbutz stops her and she is then sent to the hospital. When she returns, she tells Dvir she is completely healed.

In the last few scenes, Dvir asks his grandfather what happened to his father. His grandfather replies with “it was her fault”, referring to Miri. This is the most information Dvir has received about his father. Earlier in the film, Dvir asks his brother what happened to their father and the only response he gets is “it was an accident.” I’m very eager to watch the end of the film and find out what happened to Dvir’s father.

Zev Faintuch Blog entry - Not wanted on the voyage

In this class, we began by discussing the second segment of Timothy Findley’s Not Wanted on a Voyage. One of our major discussions concerned Noah Noyes. In the first section of the novel, we are introduced to Noah. He is a cold, gruff, calculating, pragmatic old man who does not treat his wife and kids very well (from our 21st century point of view). In addition, he can’t hear the animals talk which is one his major character flaws. Right off the bat, this section sheds a new light on Noah. At first the reader doesn’t connect to Noah because he isn’t that nice a person; he isn’t a warm and cuddly. When Noah decides to make the biggest sacrifice ever, and burn alive his animals, he crosses the threshold in the readers mind from being Noah the cold hearted hero, to Noah the blood-thirsty, animal-murdering, Michael Vick -like antagonist: “All her cattle-all her sheep-all her horses- all the dogs and their cries being driven towards cremation in the name of God (Findley, 119).” Moreover, to perpetuate this idea of Noah being the “bad guy” Findley uses harsh diction to describe him and his actions. An example of this is when Findley says “… he raised himself from the holocaust below (Findley, 120)”, equating Mr. Noyes to Hitler.

This section contrasts Mr. and Mrs. Noyes. Up until this point in the novel, Mrs. Noyes is somewhat of an nondescript character. She is motherly, she loves her children and animals, she drinks - escapes her sorrows with gin and like most wives - , she sometimes disagrees with her husband (but never circumvents his authority or takes action against him). Contrary to her husband, Mrs. Noyes crosses the threshold in our mind from being a powerless, subdued housewife to a heroine. She risks her life on several accounts in this section: she runs into the inferno to save her cat, disobeys Noah and Yaweh by entering the orchard and eating from it (no women, children or animals allowed), she almost drowns to save Emma’s handicapped sibling and in doing so, moves far away from the ark- increasing her chances of getting left behind. Furthermore, Mrs. Noyes openly expresses her disdain towards Noah: “I will kill him(Findley 119)!”
Moreover, she is viewed by the reader as the BCE’s Rosa Parks, when she, a woman defies the word of G-d and word of husband by entering the orchard (an allusion to the Garden of Eden) and eats.

We also managed to conclude our viewing of Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi thriller, “Blade Runner”. Our viewing began as Deckard enters Sebastian’s apartment in search for a dangerous replicant. The replicant hides among the living figurines and dolls, thereby dehumanising her by equating her with the toys.

The last scene is a Western-like showdown between Deckard and his nemesis, Roy, on a rooftop. This last scene drives home the fundamental question posed by the movie: what is a human? Ironically, in this scene, Roy is portrayed as being more human than Deckard. When he realizes that his life is almost over, Roy cries, showing us his humanity. On the other hand, Deckard does not behave like a human. He doesn’t show emotion, he fights through the pain of having a hand full of broken figures and doesn’t speak. Roy, sticks a nail though his hand to give himself pain, so he feels more “alive”. In addition, Roy saves Deckard’s life, showing us his compassion -the most human of traits. Furthermore, in his famous speech, Roy talks nostalgically about his memories-one of the fundamental aspects of humanity: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6D_QfsmUY



From this scene, and the movie as whole, we can say that a human is a being that has physical and emotional feelings and memories than help define one’s personality. Yes, the replicants are human, just like you and me.

Shea Blog

Class Repsonse #1
Shea Garber September 16, 2009
In our first class of Jewish Film and Literature, we watched the beginning of the animated documentary film Waltz with Bazir. The film, released in 2008 and written and directed by Israeli Ari Folman, deals with the everyday struggle within soldiers, specifically himself, by post-tramatic stress. While the immidiate effect of war and violence is broadcasted day to day by our newspapers, televisions and computers, not enough light is shed upon the mental aspect of war and the toll it takes upon a soldier of war. Waltz with Bazir is an account by Ari Foldman, depicting his own tale of everyday struggle linked to his actions during the First Lebanon War of 1982.

In the film’s first moments, a fast-paced, intense scene depicts 26 skinny, angry dogs taking the streets of Israel by storm, frightening many Israeli bystanders, until the reach the balcony of a aparment building. As the dogs look up into the balcony, a bodiless man, only his sad face emerged from the shadows of his apartment, turns to face the dogs. The dogs call for the man, Boaz, as the film shifts to a new scene of the same man in a bar with another man. Boaz is revealed to be a former soldier of Israel during the First Lebanon War, who was ordered to kill the guard dogs of each village the Israeli army would enter looking for enemies of the state. Boaz reveals that he has had this same dream of being haunted by the 26 dogs he killed in the army to his friend, who shows discontent and confusion towards Boaz’s grief. After telling Boaz a memory so old could not haunt a man and leaving, this friend has flashback to his time in the army and its affect.

We discussed as a class the effects of memory. Should one block out a harmful, yet revealing memory to restrict pain? Or should one embrace the same memory in order to better know one self? I believe that suppressing such drastic memories is unhealthy to a man, and that he should discover the depths of such memories in order to have better peace within himself. Bottling up emotions and memories almost always does more harm than good, and as we dive deeper into the film and its themes, we will see the effects of revisiting the actions of man years after the fact.

Sari Blog

Sari
In this last section of Waltz with Bashir, we had just finished watching the scene with the waltz, and discussed the irony of dancing such a calm, peaceful dance, during such crude, and ugly times. At this point, Ari still can’t remember anything. He is continuing to have the same halucination of himself, and the other young soldiers on the beach, and is even more frustrated after Carmi refuses to believe that he was ever on the beach, claiming Ari’s vision to be false. Ari now feels like he has reached a dead end, since nobody is giving him the answers that he wants. We are soon introduced to the Phalangists, a Christian militia, that stems from Lebanon, who have sided with the Israeli government.

Their leader Bashir Gemayel, was elected President of Lebanon, but while giving a speech at the Phalangist headquarters in East Beirut, chaos broke out, and Gemayel was killed by a massive explosive charge. The group or person behind the murder is still unknown, but without any evidence, Phalangist troops entered Palestinian refugee camps, Sabra and Shatila, and simply shot everyone, for a number of days, until the Israeli army finally stepped in, and put a stop to the horrors that were going on. In the movie we see powerful images of bodies, of men, women, and even children, lying lifeless in the streets, some alone, while in some areas, bodies were piled high.

After the Israeli army stopped the shootings, Bashir finally remembers the massacre, and being surrounded by crying women in the streets. The video ends with real clips, of the camps after the massacre, to better illustrate the terror and make everything seem more legitimate, and real. It is still not known how many victims were killed, but there is a count of an estimated 3000 deaths.

When the final scene of the movie arrived, we were taken on an emotional ride through the camp, after the massacre had ended. The images of bodies in the streets, reminded me a lot images from the Holocaust. It amazed me that after we as Jews had been through such a terrible genocide that the Israeli army could have such allies, and not be putting a stop to everything that they were doing. Though they finally did put a stop to all that was going on in the camps, it left me confused about why they could not have done anything sooner.

Amy Blog

After reading the first 50 pages of Not wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley we discussed the significance of each character. The members of Dr. Noyes’ family and the animals each bring a different aspect to the novel, which we get a strong sense of even though they are not fully developed.

The novel begins with Dr. Noyes receiving a message notifying him that Yaweh will be visiting with the next 48 hours. Mrs. Noyes is a typical obedient wife, whose husband puts G-ds commands in front of his families, and she prepares for the visit as Noah instructed. Her cat, Mottyl, accompanies her while she relaxes in her rocking chair and escapes with a bottle of alcohol.

We observe the story from Mottyl’s point of view many times, which gives the readers an understanding of the animals’ sufferings. Animals have a stronger instinct for sensing trouble and change; they are acting abnormal because they sense a presence around them. The wolves are acting abnormal; they will not drink and continue to howl boisterously since their master, Japeth, is now blue.
When Japeth came back from his walk down the road he returned blue, which was a shock to his wife, Emma. She is an 11-year old girl who refuses to have sex with her husband much to his dislike. She represents the innocence of children and does not desire to be corrupted. Hams innocence is also taken away when Dr. Noyes insists he performs the sacrifice, during which Ham injures himself. Shems emotional standpoint is unclear at this point, he is the strong brother and known as the Ox. Hannah is Shems wife and we do not get a good sense of her personality either. As the novel continues I am looking forward to seeing each of the characters develop.

Sharna Blog

Waltz With Bashir Blog EntrySharna Nelko
In our most recent class, we continued to watch the movie Waltz with Bashir. As the plot begins to unfold, we see Ari‘s memories surface. He talks to his army friends to see what they remember in hopes that they will trigger his memories. This in fact does happen, and he starts to recollect what he did during the war. Many of the stories include people removing themselves from the situations that they were in. There were parties and party boats to distract from the massacres, hallucinations, games, and dancing in the middle of a battlefield.
There had to be an explanation for all of the soldiers’ behavior. During class discussion, we came to the conclusion that the soldiers were involved in these odd activities because they were attempting to distance themselves from the situations that they were in. They partied and played games to distract from the fact that they were killing people and could themselves die at any moment. Had they thought about everything that they were doing, they would have been driven to insanity. If they detached themselves from what they were doing, it could not bother them. Perhaps the reason that Ari does not remember parts of the war is because he was psychologically removed from it. He also may not have wanted to remember what happened, until now.
A story that one of his friends relates to him includes the friend being on a “party boat”, falling asleep out of fear of being a soldier, and hallucinating. During the hallucination or dream, he sees a very large woman come out of the water who then draws him into the water with her. This woman is much larger than him, and she swims away from the boat while he is holding onto her. During discussion, we discussed that this was not a sexual reference at all, but evidence that this man was very scared, and longing for a motherly figure to rescue him from what was just about to happen. After he is far away from the ship, he sees it explode. This is another example of someone wanting to distance oneself from what is going on and not wanting to participate in it.
Another situation is where one of his friends is involved in a battle. This man gets up from where he is ‘safe’ and begins to shoot at all of the buildings above him. The interesting part of this scene is that while he is shooting, he is dancing at the same time. He is dancing a waltz, and there is classical music playing in the background of all of the shooting. This man seems crazy to be doing that, but he is simply escaping from the reality of his situation. We also discussed how it was particularly interesting to see such an elegant thing like the waltz present in such a crude and violent situation like war.
The plot is unfolding and the movie is beginning to get very interesting. It is remarkable that after hearing his friends share their stories Ari suddenly remembers what happened to him. It is also amazing that these soldiers were able to repress the disturbing memories. I speak on behalf of everyone in the class when I say that we cannot wait to see what Ari remembers next.

Zev Blog

Jewish Film and Literature
October 14th 2009

Sir Michael Philip “Mick” Jagger once sang:
“Pleased to meet youHope you guess my nameBut what’s puzzling youIs the nature of my game”
(Rolling Stones. Sympathy For the Devil)
These lyrics from the song Sympathy for the Devil concisely sum up the discussion held in class about pages fifty to one hundred in Timothy Findley’s Not Wanted on the Voyage. True the discussion was held in more depth and detail with multiple opinions being stated but the gist of the argument falls along the same lines as the songs message. That is to say, Lucifer (or Lucy in the novel) is not always the evil greedy menace and danger that western society has painted him (or her) to be. A point was made about how there is a need to question the preconceived notions that we hold about the devil and to analyze where these notions come from. Mr. Kaplan brought up the case of modern religion as we know it, being conceived and shaped during the downfall of the Roman Empire. As a result characters such as the devil began to take on characteristics that would keep people obedient, and willing to go to church, or pay the tithe. This devil has horns, prods people with his trident, and tortures sinning souls for eternality in the fiery depths of hell. It was mentioned that this view of hell as personified by Satan, is deeply removed from the original Jewish view of purgatory, which is in fact a place to remove ones sins so that their soul can rest in “heaven”. It is clear that this novel begs the question why the view changed to such a negative image, and if this image makes sense to those with logical, modern viewpoints.

Usually Lucifer is the antagonist in biblical stories; however Timothy Findley has cleverly chosen a biblical story in which Yahweh appears to be the antagonist and so Lucifer, in fulfilling his role as the antithesis to the holy of holies comes out as the hero of humanity. In these pages it hints that Lucy is there to try and prevent the destruction that she/he knows is imminent. When this was discussed in class it came up that in order for Lucy to be the opposite of Yahweh but still good, it has to mean that the Yahweh of the novel has very different qualities from the G-d portrayed in religion. Yahweh has a human appearance, and he appears to not be omnipotent, or omnipresent, or omniscient but rather a cranky old boss who is tired of constantly being merciful and decides to go on a meaner streak. This can mean two things, it could be that G-d of religion and Timothy Findley’s Yahweh are completely inequitable, or it could be that the image of Yahweh is meant to defy tradition and offer a radically different viewpoint on what so many take for granted. This is a bold question in an era of unquestioning faith.

Other topics that were brought into discussion included the use of dragons and faeries as an example of balance in nature, the mighty dragon brought down by seizures induced by the slightest of creature. Mr. Kaplan hinted that this may or may not be a recurring theme or motif within the novel. So far the dragon example and the balance between Lucifer and Michael Archangelis appear to be among the illustrations of this idea.
The final thing that was discussed was the story of Japheth turning blue and what that meant symbolically. Sharna kindly pointed out that it represented his emotional scarring, and that the stain being permanent signified his own loss of innocence being permanent. Other discussion sprang up about when stealing is immoral and when it is moral. It was said that stealing can be moral in situations where one is not harming others by doing so (i.e. Robin Hood). Thus even if it is said that the Ruffian King was only eating humans as a last resort, he is still extremely immoral and evil because his directions harm others in the most serious and literal meaning of the word. Finally discussion on the book and its controversial view has begun to pick up, and have made the book easier to digest and interpret.

Jewish Film and Lit outline

a) Course Description:
This course is about:
· Film form – and the production of meaning
· Spectator response
· Digital Editing and composition

Film FormThis requires a study of two particular aspects:1. MACRO: narrative and genre2. MICRO: mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound.Spectator StudyThe emphasis is on:
a) Your awareness of your competences in working with the conventions of narrative film and genre in order to make meaning
b) The exploration of the spectator’s personal identity in responding to a film.

Be prepared to work hard and use time wisely in order to guarantee success in attaining a credit. Let’s work together to ensure this goal is met.

b) Content
Curricular Objectives:

This course will be divided into 4 major projects. Each project will be accompanied by a required skill set mini unit (eg: sound, lighting, axis, etc).
i) Axis Project
ii) Twin Movie
iii) Fight/Action Scene
iv) Final Creative film
v) Participation





c) Assessment and Evaluation
Each unit will reflect the evaluation worth in proportion to the unit size and difficulty.

Major assessment will be derived from 4 areas:
a) 4 major projects/films
b) Course Work and assignments
c) Quizzes
d) Participation


Participation: Class attendance will be taken and participation recorded. To receive full marks for this element requires 100% attendance (medical absence excluded), active participation in each class attended, active participation that consistently demonstrates prior preparation, and active participation in group assignments.

Late assignments will NOT be accepted. Instead, students will be provided with 3 late coupons. Each coupon will represent ONE late (school day) that the assignment is not submitted during the designated class period. Late assignments submitted without a coupon will be reviewed and commented upon, but will receive a mark of ZERO.

No one gets hurt:
1) Respect people, their views, opinions, choices, and property
2) Racism and racist comments/jokes, sexism and sexist comments/jokes will NOT be tolerated!


Plagiarism: Please be advised that any aspect of an assignment that is plagiarized will mean a zero on the entire assignment, and there are no exceptions to this. Should you be unfamiliar with the plagiarism rules, please see me as soon as possible. Repeated acts of plagiarism may result in suspension or expulsion.


Books and Film Equipment: Materials received in class are the property of the school. Please return all books and equipment to the teacher only. Lost or broken equipment will need to be replaced at the expense of the students. Failure to return a text without a replacement will result in a freeze on the student’s borrowing ability.