Dave Unboxes Something!




The Rutgers Expository Writing class stresses the importance of "unpacking" the prompt-- the students need to really mull over the question being asked and carefully analyze all the implications of the language of the assignment-- and so in honor of the first "unpacking of a prompt," I have made an "unboxing video"-- if you're not aware, these videos are extraordinarily popular (and super-weird) . . . I watched a few to get the tone down . . . I also think this is a good time to celebrate the life and exploits of Henry "Box" Brown, a slave who mailed himself from Virginia to freedom in a small wooden crate-- he endured 27 hours of wagon, steamboat, and train transport before arriving in Pennsylvania, to be "unboxed" by the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee.

3 comments:

Lecky said...

Godfather 4!!

zman said...

Box Brown = Tyrion Lannister

Dave said...

that show has gotten so boring, i can't make it through an episode. they need more dwarves in boxes. and i definitely channeled marlon brando with my unboxing.

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