Friday, April 17th--9 pm

Greetings,

for the few students who had to leave class today in section 5 in order to get to their next class, here is a quick explanation of how the film ended:
Ray decides to give herself up to the authorities and  go to jail for the four month sentence due to her smuggling attempt. Lila goes to her mother in law's and takes back her young son to raise. Ray asks Lila to take her place and help care for her two boys while she is in jail. She also gives Lila all the money to purchase the single wide home for now. A tribal policeman visits Troy Jr. and brings the Native American woman with him that Troy deceived with the phone scam. He asks Troy to apologize to her. The film ends with a shot of the single wide rolling down the highway towards Ray's home. 

Below are the assignments for the remaining packets.
Since the in class essay #2 takes place on Monday, Packet 7 is not due until Wednesday.
And a reminder, out of class essay #3 is due Friday.

PACKET 7:

"Why Marriages Fail" by Anne Roiphe
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_49291d2d010003h8.html

"The Good Marriage" (this is an introduction to a full length book)
http://www.ofspirit.com/tw-thegoodmarriage.htm

PACKET 8: 

"Boots to Books: The Rough Road from Combat to College"

(this is a video approximately 14 minutes in length)
https://vimeo.com/5748000

PACKET 9:

"My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant"
by Jose Antonio Vargas
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-undocumented-immigrant.html?_r=0