Message from kdietrick

[Anonymous]

re: footbinding
The students are really fascinated by the whole footbinding ritual. There is an awesome documentary on A & E from time to time interviewing the last of the bound ladies. Good for taping if you can catch it. Also works as a great bridge between ancient vs. modern body modification. The ramifications of it then and now (piercing/tattooes/hair) especially in regards to treatment in the workforce and limitations because of it. Helps the 12 graders to see their near future. Also, how about the Japanese skin museum where they preserve tattooed skin?! Must be bonafide MD or artist (ie;Don Ed Hardy) to enter.

*JAPANESE SKIN SPECIALIST COLLECTS HUMAN TATTOOS FOR TOKYO MUSEUM    1950 magazine article, on two-and-a-half pages, about Dr. Sei-ichi Fukushi, a specialist in skin diseases and considered to be the world authority on tattoos, at that time.  Photographs of the skin of a Japanese gangster mounted on museum doors, members of the Tattoo League in a bathhouse, examples of designs and a Japanese tattooist at work.  Published in Life Magazine, 1950.
Wow- would love to see a copy of it.

re: Compare & contrast essays for the ELA/SPA "low stakes assessment" (LOL) & syandards.
Some kids dig comparing and contrasting Anime to American cartoons. High interest!