Team Second to None Reporting Thread

[Lori Z]

Welcome to our reporting thread!
Here's a link to the toppler rules and discussion: Think outside your box and expand your mind discussion
Here's a link to our team discussion thread: Team Second to None discussion

REPORTING UPDATE!
After you've finished your book(s), report the name of the book here. Also report if you do the homework so we can keep track of points.

If you decide to go for the bonus points and do the homework you post your homework here: Homework thread You have until Midnight EST on Monday, February 29th to post it.

Second to None Teammates:
Anna UK
Berit
Connie
Delitealex
Jamie
Kelly B
Kerri
Lara
LoriZ
Lynn
Tejas Janet

Go Team and Happy Toppling!!

[Lori Z]

jaxnsmom wrote:
Besides the 10 points for each book read, there will be 10 bonus points for completing the homework. After reading your book I want you to write about some of the points listed, and/or any other relevant points. Not all of the points apply to every situation, and you don’t have to talk about all that do.

The book read

What issue it’s about

What did you learn?

What are the legal, ethical, and moral implications?

Can you see the other side's viewpoint or understand where it comes from? (This doesn’t mean you agree with it)

What causes the issue?

Are there compromises, treatments, or preventative measures?

What actions can be taken to stop/control/prohibit intolerable actions?

As citizens of the world, how much responsibility do we have to do something about inhumane actions? And what kind of actions can we take?

Is having a label helpful for others to understand, or does it give a negative connotation that affects others views?

What leads a person to certain behaviors, and what can be done to help someone caught in the cycle? Is there a way to prevent them?

Who determines what constitutes the issue (like discrimination, sexual harassment or bullying)? Does reporting harassment result in appropriate action being taken, or turn you into a pariah?

Does inappropriate behavior invite inappropriate response?

[Lori Z]

Books Read


Connie - Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 10 pts
Connie - Nineteen Minutes 10 pts
Kerri - Out of the Easy 10 pts
Lara - Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know 10 pts
Lori Z - 600 Hours of Edward 10 pts
Lynn - All the Bright Places 10 pts
Kerri - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 10 pts
Delitealex - Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender 10 pts
Lynn - A Forbidden Rumspringa 10 pts
Anna - Witches, a tale of Scandal, Sorcery and Seduction 10pts
Kerri - All the Bright Places 10 pts
Lori Z - Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave 10 pts
Lynn - A Clean Break 10 pts
Anna - Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II 10 pts
Kerri - Flowers for Algernon 10 pts
Conne - Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia 10 pts
Connie - Inside Out & Back Again 10 pts.
Lynn - A Way Home 10 pts
Tejas Janet - Georges 10 pts
Anna - The Boy in the Dress 10 pts
Connie - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 10 pts
Connie - Not My Father's Son 10 pts
Kerri - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 10pts
Jamie - The Book Thief 10 pts
Kerri - The Memory Palace 10 pts
Lynn - The Girl For Me 10 pts
Anna - I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced 10 pts
Connie - Jihad Academy 10 pts
Jamie - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 10 pts
Kerri - The Children Act 10 pts
Lori Z - Little Bee 10 pts
Delitealex - Butch Is a Noun 10 pts
Lynn - Asking For It 10 pts
Connie - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 10 pts
Connie - We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families 10 pts
Connie - The Children Act 10 pts
Connie - Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy 10 pts
Connie - Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 10 pts
Lynn - Man Into Woman: The First Sex Change 10 pts
Kelly B - Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation 10 pts
Connie - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 10 pts
Connie - Hystera 10 pts
Connie - Hunger 10 pts

[Lori Z]

Homework Completed


Lara - Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know homework 10pts
Kelly B - Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation 10 pts
Lori Z - 600 Hours of Edward 10 pts
Connie - Nineteen Minutes 10 pts
Connie - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives 10 pts
Connie - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 10 pts
Connie - Inside Out & Back Again 10 pts
Connie - Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain 10 pts
Connie - Hystera 10 pts
Lori Z - Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave 10 pts
Connie - Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia 10 pts
Tejas Janet - Georges 10 pts

[jaxnsmom]

Homework doesn't have to be turned in immediately after finishing a book. You have until Monday at midnight EST.

[Ava Catherine]

Finished
1. Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
2. Nineteen Minutes
I'll do the homework later.

[Kerri]

I finished Out of the Easy, no homework yet

[Lara]

I finished Inequality: What Everyone Needs to Know by James K. Galbraith

What issue it’s about: Economic inequality, the history of its study, theories about its causes, and theories about whether it is good or bad

What did you learn? That economic inequality is much more complex to measure and understand than I realized. I also now understand how the Gini score is calculated.

What are the legal, ethical, and moral implications? Societies that have less inequality tend to be richer, but it's not clear which causes which. However, the means to decrease inequality are based in economic policies.

Can you see the other side's viewpoint or understand where it comes from? Some believe that inequality is good, because it is natural and/or because it creates the drive to achieve. I understand why people think that way, but don't agree that it is a good motivator. I do agree that some degree of inequality is going to occur based on varying circumstances over time.

What causes the issue? Heh. That's the real issue. There are many potential causes, but there isn't enough proof for any of them. However, societal structure and economic policies definitely feed into the issue. Dictatorships create a lot of inequality, while communism has little.

As citizens of the world, how much responsibility do we have to do something about inhumane actions? And what kind of actions can we take? This was discussed in the book. However, it isn't realistic to distribute wealth across nations in the manner that Thomas Piketty apparently recommends in his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Is having a label helpful for others to understand, or does it give a negative connotation that affects others views? I think it's helpful to have the label, as it can help raise issues that affect millions of people. However, it isn't well understood outside economic circles.

[Lara]

I just posted my homework on the homework thread too.

[Lori Z]

Way to go, Connie, Kerri & Lara!
I just finished my first book 600 Hours of Edward. No homework yet.

[Lynn]

Finished All the Bright Places

[Kerri]

Finished I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

[Lori Z]

Yay, Lynn & Kerri!!

80 points so far!
Go Team Go!!

[Delitealex]

Finished Read My Lips: A Book of Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender no homework yet

[Lynn]

Finished A Forbidden Rumspringa yesterday

[Anna]

Finished Witches, a tale of Scandal, Sorcery and Seduction

[Kerri]

Finished All the Bright Places

[Lynn]

Finished A Clean Break

[Anna]

Finished Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II

[Kerri]

Finished Flowers for Algernon

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Inside Out & Back Again

[Lynn]

Finished A Way Home

[Tejas Janet]

Finished Georges

[Anna]

Finished The Boy in the Dress

[Ava Catherine]

Finished The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Not My Father's Son

[Kerri]

Finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

[Jamie]

Finished The Book Thief

[Kerri]

finished The Memory Palace

[Lynn]

Finished The Girl For Me

[Anna]

Finished I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Jihad Academy

[Jamie]

Finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

[Kerri]

Finished The Children Act

[Lori Z]

I finished Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave the other day and now finished Little Bee. That will probably be it for me. I'll try to work on the homework this weekend and see what I get done.

Please note If you do the homework, report it in the appropriate thread Homework Thread and make sure to add a message here so we keep track of the points.
Thanks everyone! You all ROCK!!

[Delitealex]

Finished Butch Is a Noun no homework yet

[Lynn]

Finished Asking For It

[Ava Catherine]

Finished The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
and
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

[Ava Catherine]

Finished The Children Act
and
Sons of Mississippi: A Story of Race and Its Legacy

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

[Lynn]

Finished Man Into Woman: The First Sex Change

[[deleted user]]

I finished Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation last night.

Here is a link to my homework https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lara]

I read The Martian, and and off to do my homework now.

[Ava Catherine]

Finished Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,
Hystera,
Hunger

[Lori Z]

So as of now, if I counted correctly, we are at 470 points!






Don't forget we have till Monday at Midnight EST to submit our homework.

[[deleted user]]

Awesome! Congrats everyone!!!!!

[Lynn]

Well done everyone and thanks for keeping track of the reporting / scoring Lori :)

[jaxnsmom]

Lara wrote: "I read The Martian, and and off to do my homework now."

I'm sorry Lara, but the book needs to be about a controversial issue. So unless you can convince me, it shouldn't be included.

[Lori Z]

Lynn wrote: "Well done everyone and thanks for keeping track of the reporting / scoring Lori :)"

My pleasure! It was fun. ☺