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Comment on English 201: Grades Are Updated in Desire to Learn by David McGuiness

David McGuiness — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:26 +0000

That would be nice if you could email them to me. David

Comment on English 201: Grades Are Updated in Desire to Learn by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:57:35 +0000

Hi David,

Would you like for me to just email them to you?

Comment on English 201: Grades Are Updated in Desire to Learn by David McGuiness

David McGuiness — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:39:11 +0000

I went to d2l but could not navigate to my grades.

Comment on All Classes: Email Problems by BreAnn Nelson

BreAnn Nelson — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:02 +0000

Mrs. Olson

Yesteday my computer crapped out on me and I had to take it to get fixed.. I know this sounds like on of those excusses but it really did happen.. I was wondering if i could possible get to turn my essay in to turnitin.com? Please.

Thank You,
BreAnn Nelson

Comment on English 101: Horror and Humor by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:49 +0000

Hi Paul,

Which Halloween are you planning on using for your project? The original?

Comment on English 101: Horror and Humor by Paul Wojton

Paul Wojton — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:44:40 +0000

Help

I need some advice on how to start my paper if I’m going to use the movie Halloween. I don’t see it being a twist between horror and comedy so what should I use as a thesis statement

Comment on Writing Prompts by Casey Kutil

Casey Kutil — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:10:27 +0000

i cant find your link to what we talketabout in class today. I would enjoy there only being one more essay w the combined criteria of both the essays.

Comment on English 101: “The Life and Death of a Pumpkin” by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:53:16 +0000

Ha! I think it is really clever!

Comment on English 101: “The Life and Death of a Pumpkin” by Marty

Marty — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:18:04 +0000

That movie made me have scary dreams!!! HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME WATCH THAT!!! lol

Comment on English 101: Reminders from Class on Wednesday, October 14 by Karlee Laber

Karlee Laber — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:54:36 +0000

Nevermind I figured it out

Comment on English 101: Reminders from Class on Wednesday, October 14 by Karlee Laber

Karlee Laber — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:51:35 +0000

Where can we find the questions that we are suppose to put on our drafts for class?

Comment on All Classes: No Class for the Rest of the Week. by Amanda Gudgel

Amanda Gudgel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:56:27 +0000

Professor Olson,

Hope you get well soon!

Comment on All Classes: No Class for the Rest of the Week. by Alison Harkness

Alison Harkness — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:12:01 +0000

Professor Olson,

Get well soon!

Comment on All Classes: About Class Cancellations This Week by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:46:59 +0000

Hi Joey,

Don’t worry about making up Friday: we won’t be having class.

Thanks!
AO

Comment on All Classes: About Class Cancellations This Week by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:46:30 +0000

Hi Casey,

The first draft is not due on Friday still. We’re going to have to push things back because there would be now way that I could keep up with the work.

I just posted about class, and you can see that here: http://adairolson.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/all-classes-no-class-for-the-rest-of-the-week/.

Thanks!
AO

Comment on All Classes: About Class Cancellations This Week by Joey Painter

Joey Painter — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:14:47 +0000

Mrs. Olson,
Since I am going to be gone friday would you rather me send you my notes from the reading or do the exercises at the end of the chapter? I am in your English 101 class at 9:00 am. Thank You!

Get well soon!!

Comment on All Classes: About Class Cancellations This Week by Casey Kutil

Casey Kutil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:46:48 +0000

Hey Mrs Olson… First off I hope you get well soon. But the reason for this e-mail is to just confirm that the 1st draft for essay #2 is still due Friday… Correct? This is for your 101 class @ 8:00am. If im wrong pleas let me know.

Thnx- Get well soon

Comment on English 101: How’s that first paper coming along? by Heather Boche

Heather Boche — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:17:00 +0000

All that I will tell is that it is about a group of football players and one lone outcast on Halloween night.

Comment on English 101: How’s that first paper coming along? by Heather Boche

Heather Boche — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:15:45 +0000

I’m not telling! Its a surprise!

Comment on English 101: How’s that first paper coming along? by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:44:40 +0000

Oh now I’m curious! What’s going to happen on Halloween?!

Comment on English 101: How’s that first paper coming along? by Heather Boche

Heather Boche — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:40:05 +0000

Halloween is just the day that the story is set on. Also, I am writing the story from an outside point of view, not really one of the characters points of view.

Comment on English 101: How’s that first paper coming along? by Mrs. Olson

Mrs. Olson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Hi Heather,

Of course you can: there’s no real limit other than it needs to be a narrative and deal with some element of the horror that we’ve discussed in class.

How do you plan to use Halloween in your story?

Comment on English 101: How’s that first paper coming along? by Heather Boche

Heather Boche — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:15:05 +0000

Can we write the story based on a certain day? Like can we use Halloween in our story?

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Sarah Pogany

Sarah Pogany — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:11:15 +0000

I don’t believe that any of the stories we have read so far have really described what Noel Carroll says is horror. All of the stories have a frightening twist or eerie feeling but nothing that is truly out of the ordinary. Getting trapped in a vault with dead bodies would definitely scare the average person, but not the way Noel Carroll describes horror. When George was in the vault and had fallen into the coffin it could have been interpreted two different ways. Let us take it the way they try to make us believe it happened. There isn’t anything out of the ordinary by getting pierced by wood and nails.

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Dalton Beyer

Dalton Beyer — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:49:39 +0000

Noel Carroll defiines horror as something out of the normalor out of category and also something that is threatening. Out of our reading thus far, I would have to say that “In the Vault” would classify under his definition. The reasoning is that the main character, George, is locked in a vault with several dead bodies. While trying to escape, one body comes to life and injures George’s ankles. This definatly is not normal and is horrifying. As for the other short stories we have read, I do not find them horrifying. “The Yellow Wallpaper” does not fit his definition becuase there is no threat from someone that is mentally ill and it is also not abnormal that she is ill. When reading the others, still, I do not feel threatened by the suspense that is taking place within the story. With Noel Carroll’s definition, I can only say that “In the Vault” will fit into his perception of horror.

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Kari Rogers

Kari Rogers — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:58:43 +0000

Out of all the short stories we have read so far, I think that there is only one that fits Carroll’s definition of horrifying. His definition incorporates two separate things. It has to be abnormal from everyday life and it has to be at least a little bit of a threat to you. “In The Vault” accomplishes both of these. The most horrifying part of it all was when the dead body came to live and destroyed the undertakers Achilles tendons. The dead body coming to life was the abnormal part of Carroll’s definition of horrifying. The danger came from the injury that was inflicted. An injury that bad can cause permanent damage. This was the only story that struck me as being in anyway horrifying by the definition of Noel Carroll.

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Christine Ivey

Christine Ivey — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:46:12 +0000

I think that “In the Vault” is Noel Carroll horrifying.I don’t believe there was any supernatural or ghosts in the story,but if I were trapped in a vault with dead bodies and that smell,I would be horrified!That’s very unwholesome.The first real scare is when the door slams shut,”For the long-neglected latch was obviously broken,leaving the careless undertaker trapped in the vault,a victim to of his own oversight.”This part makes me cringe!There also another part I find frighting.”for no sooner was his full bulk again upon it than the rotting lid gave way,jouncing him two feet down on the surface which even he didn’t care to imagine.Maddened by the sound,or by the stench,which billowed forth even to the open air”.That would not only be horrifying but revolting!

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Danielle Hertel

Danielle Hertel — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:44:44 +0000

After reading “Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and “In the Vault,” I believe that only one of these stories fits Carroll’s definition of horror. In “In the Vault,” George Birch is trying to escape the vault after being locked in. During Birch’s escape, a dead man grabs his ankles. If an individual is dead, they should not be moving, let alone grabbing someone by the ankles. Because a dead individual performs this action, I would consider it “not normal,” therefore supporting Carroll’s definition of horror. The other stories do not fit Carroll’s definition because I did not feel threatened while reading the story. All in all, the only story I feel that fits Carroll’s definition of horror is “In the Vault.”

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Aarika Kowaleski

Aarika Kowaleski — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:54 +0000

Noell Carroll defines horror as something that is not normal and the stories we have read thus far in class have been far beyond normal. The story, “In the Vault”, is a perfect example of art-horror because something abnormal happens to a human being. George Birch was injured by something the reader is unaware of and the incident is not normal because we are left to believe he was alone in the vault. In all the stories we, the reader, have read, we have been in suspense and have pictured ourselves in the story and that is why the stories we have read fit Noell Carroll’s definition of horror.

Comment on English 101: Notes From Class on Mon., Sept. 14 by Nicole DeJong

Nicole DeJong — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:46:36 +0000

Thus far, I believe only one of the short stories we have read would fit in the category of horrific. According to Noel Carroll, two elements are required for it to be a horror. It must be both threatening and impure. Asaph Sawyer from In the Vault exhibits both of these qualities. He proved himself to be very threatening when he seriously injured Birch’s achilles tendons. Also, he can be considered impure because he is dead.