Oil in Iran

It was amazing to me that Iran has the second or third largest oil reserve in the world. That reserve is about ten percent of the worlds oil, but that is the only thing that Iran's economy is based on. Iran exports the oil because it does not have any domestic refineries and that is putting Iran into turmoil. It is sad because Iran has the possibility of being a superpower, but it lacks a few links in the chain when it comes to uniting the nation in order to do so.

Iran Assignment

Hi Everyone: (Due Wednesday, October 8th)

Please go to this link and listen to the short clips on different aspects of Iranian culture. There are ten different short audio streams. Listen to them all and please post a response on two of the audio streams you thought were interesting. Also, please read through your classmates responses, and respond to one of their postings. The aim here is to engage in an online discussion about what you learned.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/iran/iran_country.shtml

ALSO...

Please watch this interview with Azar Nafisi on her book. Its about 15 minutes long. We will discuss it on class on Wednesday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M02xYwKAJIM

In Class Theory Exercise

Hi Everyone:

It looks like all of our people are not on board for blog participation. So, those of you who have taken the time to read through some of the theory will be a little ahead. That's alright. We can still "talk theory" and work on an exercise in class for Wednesday. We can also revisit some of the theory stuff and talk about the next essay over the next couple days. For those of you that are just logging on, go ahead and read through the theory assignment. See you tomorrow!

Micaela

Critical Theory Resource

Hi Class:

For Wednesday, I would like you to read through the content on this site so that you have a preliminary understanding of critical theory. This will help you all to develop stronger theses which will in turn naturally guide the direction of your essays. Please take notes and be prepared to discuss in class. We will be doing a thesis development exercise utilizing these theories.

~Micaela

http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm

Cool Resource and Entertainment...

I dont know about you guys, but I listen to a lot of music. Every so often, I get sick of music and like to listen to the audio streams from this site for something new. Its a pretty cool resource and free too!
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Chris McCandless Video

Hi Everyone:

I found an interesting montage on Chris McCandless. Check it out. Find a couple on your own if you can...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-d8q6qDTKQ

Related Sites and Blogs

Some of the Related Sites and Blogs have a few bugs and I am working on them. You can get around most of them easily by doing a little bobbing and weaving. If you have time and are interested, you can browse around the sites. We will address them each directly later in the course.