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Six for the Money Nominating Authors for a Place on U.S. Currency Jane Austen, according to several reports, is in the running to appear on Great Britains ten-pound note in the near future, replacing Charles Darwin. Hearing about this made the voice in my head go all Veruca Salt-y (But  I want literary figures on  my  currency too! And I want them  nooowwwww!). Those of us in the U.S. have been staring at the same historical figures for a while now, and while I dont generally have a problem with our currencys population (except for Andrew Jackson thats a real head-scratcher), if we accept that a nations currency is one of the ways it shares and endorses the values of its history and culture, it only makes sense to represent different aspects of said culture through those bills and coins. For the bookish among us, that means writers. With that in mind, here are the criteria Im using to determine nominees: The author must be from the U.S. Because currency tends to weigh history heavily, Im only considering authors born before 1950. This will allow living authors to be considered, but only ones whose legacies are fairly well secured. This cuts out a lot of great American authors, admittedly, but it also prevents more faddish representatives from clogging up the discussion. The authors work should represent, in some way (Obviously, this is highly subjective.), a significant contribution to the fabric of American literature. This means that my choices are not simply my favorite American authors, but those whom I judge to represent something crucial as particularly AMERICAN writers. In a close race, I reserve the right to consider the figure currently occupying the given bill, and nominate their literary replacement based upon how well they fit the bill (pun heartily intended). The One Dollar Bill Nominee: Walt Whitman    The most common denomination should be occupied by someone who is quintessentially American and without whom much of what came after wouldve have been either irrevocably different or failed to exist at all. Whitmans  Leaves of Grass pushed the limits of style, subject, and form while capturing a sense of daring independence and spiritual idealism that has continued to serve as a major template for American writers. Has there ever been a more American line than Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large I contain multitudes. The Five Dollar Bill Nominee: Emily Dickinson  A reclusive poet may seem a strange alternative to a larger-than-life American legend whose commanding oratory runs like a spine through the countrys most painful moments, but Dickinsons poetry evinces a quiet courage that stands up admirably against Abraham Lincolns brief, steely addresses. Her spare, simple style pushed the bounds of the typical far enough that for almost seventy years following her death, Dickinsons poems were published in altered form, to conform to more widely accepted poetic standards. Once her originals came to light, Dickinsons place was cemented among the handful of American poets against which all others are measured. The Ten Dollar Bill Nominee: Toni Morrison No American has won the Nobel Prize for Literature since Toni Morrison claimed the award twenty years ago, and she is one of only two American women to win the Nobel and the Pulitzer (the other is Pearl S. Buck). Perhaps no American author has written as profoundly and beautifully about the subjects of race, family, femininity, and their complex roles within our history and culture.  Beloved is not only Morrisons rightly celebrated and best known novel, but possibly the most notable milestone on the American literary landscape from the last quarter of the twentieth century. Plus, to my knowledge, shes never been involved in a duel. The Twenty Dollar Bill Nominee: William Faulkner   Faulkner is to the American South what Dickens is to London, what Joyce is to Dublin. He doesnt so much write about it as inhabit it so that to the rest of the world, his fiction nearly supplants the reality of the place. Through his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Faulkner presents the South, its people, and its problems with the grace and nuance they warrant, all while re-staking the limits of style in American fiction. To my mind, Faulkners is the most powerful, important American voice to emerge from an incredibly fruitful period in this countrys literary history. The Fifty Dollar Bill Nominee: Arthur Miller If theres a shock choice in my selections, this is probably it. Miller is, of course, one of the most famous playwrights ever, so any shock is probably derived from the selection of a playwright at all. But the fifty fits Miller well. Its probably the least common of the bills on this list, and Miller is probably the least read author here. Which, if you  have read him, you recognize as a real shame.  The Crucible  details the cruelty, hypocrisy, and fear woven into the American DNA, while  Death of a Salesman  and All My Sons  deconstruct the American Dream as well as any works this side of Fitzgerald.   The Hundred Dollar Bill Nominee: Mark Twain Twain might deserve to hold Ben Franklins spot on the strength of  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn alone, but he doesnt have to. Few American writers can boast Twains versatility as a satirist, essayist, novelist, and cultural critic. His almost perpetual dissatisfaction with the state of American affairs manifested itself in his sharp critiques of war hawks, slavery, and hypocrites of all political, religious, or social persuasions that still sting more than a hundred years after his death. Add to all that Twains authorship of one of only a few books deserving consideration of the Great American Novel title belt, and weve got our guy. Im sure you all agree with me completely, but if, by chance, anyone has any other nominees they would like to put forth, Im all ears. _________________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, , and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS. So much bookish goodnessall day, every day.

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Jan 02 2020    The audio recording of Teaching Boys and Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day A PDF of handouts that accompany the audio recording A PDF of the game Simile Shenanigans From Year 1 Level C Structure and Style for Students, a video clip of students playing the game The first lesson and handouts to Structure and Style for Students A chance to win one of twelve Structure and Style for Students packages Free shipping Students learn best when they are enjoying themselves. Interjecting humor is one way to accomplish the goal of making learning fun, but it’s not the only way. Games can be a powerful tool to make learning stick. And games are fun to play! Today’s gifts on this eighth day of Christmas will support you as you inject fun into your instruction. First up is the audio recording of one of Andrew Pudewa’s most popular conference talks Teaching Boys and Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day. Many of us have had these sweet but challenging students in our classes. Andrew’s talk will teach you how to make learning relevant and fun for students who need more active instruction. This relevancy carries over from the classroom into the home environment, so this talk will also help you teach life skills to your students. In addition, we are also gifting you a PDF of the game Simile Shenanigans. This game, recommended for Level B and C students, teaches students how to create, share, and discover similes and metaphors, decorations in the Structure and Style method. It’s a fun way to teach this stylistic technique that we think your students will enjoy. The game incorporates several similes and metaphors culled from classic literature. One person is designated as the â€Å"reader.† This person reads the first part of the simile or metaphor, stopping just shy of reading the full sentence and instead providing a list of possible answers. Teams try to come up with the appropriate simile. Points are awarded to the team who answers correctly. Cards are coded red for easier questions, blue for medium difficulty, and purple for the most difficult to answer. It’s a game that is sure to generate your classes’ interest. To make it even easier for you to learn, we are also gifting you a video clip of a Structure and Style for Students class actually playing the game. Played in a classroom environment, it’s a great way to see how much fun the students have with it. We hope you enjoy this day’s gifts, and if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to download the first lesson and handouts to Structure and Style for Students, we hope you will do that as well. And be sure to check back to see what tomorrow’s gifts will be. Merry Christmas! Be sure to enter our daily drawing for a chance to win one of twelve Structure and Style for Students (SSS) packages.  Enter here.    Jennifer Mauser  has always loved reading and writing and received a B.A. in English from the University of Kansas in 1991. Once she and her husband had children, they decided to homeschool, and she put all her training to use in the home. In addition to homeschooling her children, Jennifer teaches IEW classes out of her home, coaches budding writers via  email,  and tutors students who struggle with dyslexia. winners Permalink By grandmareads@gm...Jan02 How are the winners announced? Is there a different winner each day? Log in or register to post comments

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According to DeLuca, Miller, and Wiedemann (1991), â€Å"Some prison facilities use punishment as the main approach, such as Texas. Massachusetts and Connecticut stress rehabilitation, and some facilities use punishment and rehabilitation, such as Michigan. There is currently no prison facility that focuses on incarceration as a short period of punishment followed by a long period of community-based rehabilitation and strict supervision† (para. 6). Rehabilitation wants to educate individuals about the wrong choices that they have made and help encourage these individuals to make better choices in the future. Rehabilitation recognizes that offenders may be victims of social economic conditions, and wants to help offenders learn from their mistakes, with the intention of not committing crimes when they get released. 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According to Logan, and Ga es (1993), â€Å"It may not be worthwhile to debate whether meta-analysis or other research has identified â€Å"what works† by way of prisoner rehabilitation. Engaging in such debate presupposes that effectiveness, or utility, is the crucial issue in discussing the value of rehabilitation in the criminal justice system generally and inside prisons in particular. Underlying the zeal with which meta-analysts claim to have proved scientifically that â€Å"something works after all† is the implicit argument that because rehabilitation can be made more scientific it is therefore both a viable and a desirable alternative to punishment† (para. 4). According to Logan, and Gaes (1993), â€Å"The meta-analysts believe that we turned away from treatment and toward punishment because Martinson and others convinced everyone that nothing works; therefore, convincing people of the opposite should help to turn them back in the â€Å"proper† policy direction† (para. 5). According to Rhine, Smith, and Jackson (1991), [In 1974, Robert Martinson published â€Å"What Works–Questions and Answers about Prison Reform,† an article describing research on the effectiveness of correctional treatment. Martinson made several key points about a massive review of research on correctional treatment. His first point was that the research showed that there was not much good news about rehabilitative programs. Some programs worked, but they were few and far between (para. 1). The second point, which was largely ignored, was that the quality of the program implementation and research was so poor that it was hard to draw many strong conclusions. The nuances of his findings were lost, and the research was presented as showing that correctional treatment programs did not work at rehabilitating criminal offenders. The infamous sound bite that emerged from this was that â€Å"Nothing Works† when it comes to rehabilitation (para. 3). In fact, the actual results said no one approach works with everybody. Despite the fact that the sound bite was an exaggeration, the message carried great influence in legislative and public policy debates and actions. The Nothing Works message swept the political and public policy arenas and correctional programs and practice. Rehabilitation programs and services were greatly reduced from the correctional landscape (para. ). This belief indicated that if offenders could not be rehabilitated then they should be punished and it was time to get tough on crime. Within a relatively short time parole was attacked and the individual approach of indeterminate sentencing, or release by the authority of a parole board was abolished in 16 states (Rhine, Smith, and Jackson, 1991) and some form of determinate sentencing was adopted in all 50 states (Mackenzie, 2000)]. Ac cording to Department of Corrections, (n. d. ), [However, not all hope was lost. A small number of vocal critics of the ‘nothing works’ doctrine actively challenged the assumptions and empirical evidence presented by Martinson and colleagues. Foremost in this debate were a number of North American researchers, including Ted Palmer, Paul Gendreau, Don Andrews and Robert Ross. At the same time as Martinson was announcing that very few things had any effect on recidivism, Palmer (1975) was reanalyzing the same data and finding that more things worked than the original analysis showed (this position was also supported by Thornton’s (1987) reanalysis of a selection of studies used by Lipton and co-workers in 1975). Similarly, Gendreau and Ross (1979) and Ross and Gendreau (1980) were reporting on research that documented positive outcomes, directly countering the argument that nothing worked. Perhaps the most damaging blow to the ‘nothing works’ position was delivered by Robert Martinson himself. In 1979 he wrote a paper which acknowledged errors in the earlier reviews and reported on a number of new studies which demonstrated that some things did work. On the basis of substantial contradictory evidence, Martinson recanted the ‘nothing works’ statements made in his 1974 article] (para. ). Incarceration is for those offenders that have broken the law and as a result they have received imprisonment. It punishes offenders for what they have done wrong and acknowledges the victim by giving them justice for the wrong that has been committed against them by the offender. Incarceration allows the offender to be confined and take some form of initiative to seek help and learn how to change their behavior. If an offender wants to change their life around, they can seek the necessary resources to make those changes. Offenders have to want to change their lives around. If offenders do it simply because they are made to do so then, they will eventually be back in prison. It is about changing the mindset and making a decision to turn away from wrongdoing and make the right decision to make positive choices. Punishment is more effective in combating crime. It helps offenders to understand what they have done wrong and accept accountability and responsibility for their behavior. Punishment is a constructive endeavor, not a destructive endeavor. Punishment is a positive good rather than a negative evil. It requires the right people with the right attitudes. If prison officials are hostile, cruel, and inappropriate towards inmates, it defeats the purpose. Prison officials need to be professional and firm but respectful towards inmates. If inmates are not treated fairly in prison, they will find it hard to understand that it is fair for them to be incarcerated in the first place. In order for inmates to accept their punishment they must understand that it is just, not malicious. The duties and responsibilities of prisons are to manage and handle their facilities to the best of their ability. In closing, it is not the responsibility of prisons to reform, rehabilitate, or reintegrate offenders into society. Each inmate needs to be responsible for their own wellbeing, social correction, and their future conduct. While it may not be an easy task for any inmate, they have to make the decision to change their life around. It has to be there decision; no one can do it for them. They must have the right mindset and be willing to make changes for the better. References Bureau of Justice Assistance. (n. d. ). â€Å"Nothing Works†, Retrieved on September 10, 2012, from, https://www. bja. gov/Publications/APPA_PSN. df Department of Corrections. (n. d. ). 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