The Proceedings of the Friesian School journal website contains many of the essays and reference materials that are used in 
handouts in the philosophy classes of K.L. Ross at Los Angeles Valley College. The following is an index by class of these materials and of syllabi for previous classes. Note that the "Return to Home Page" link in the essays themselves will go to the home page of the journal, not back to this page. The "Back" function of the browser should be used to return here.
The photo shows the "Proceedings of the Friesian School" banner for the 50th anniversary of Valley College hanging outside U.S. Grant High School, from which I graduated in 1967.
Note that a new, 15 week schedule was introduced in the 
semester. 
classes will meet from February 4th to May 23rd, with finals until June 2nd. Classes meet no more than two days a week, so that what was formerly a MWF schedule is now just MW. Syllabi for classes are now posted.
In reading previous syllabi, be advised that regular attendance is no longer taken in classes after the third week. However, attendance will be taken occasionally and randomly, and students with more than one week of absences may be excluded. However, it is the responsibility of students who cease attending class to be sure that they have dropped. Otherwise, those who do not drop and who may not have been excluded will receive an F grade.
Philosophy 14, "Modern Philosophy," is now offered in the Spring as well as Fall Semesters, but Philosophy 30, "Asian Philosophy," only in the Spring. I still wish to offer Philosophy 7, Philosophy of Science (confusingly titled "Inductive Logic"); but the last time I scheduled the class (in Spring 2001), low enrollment required its cancellation. I do not know if this was the result of decline in interest in science, from confusion about the name of the course, or from the requirements that the course may or may not satisfy. In any case, tight budget constraints have prevented offering a class that is likely to be cancelled. This is a serious loss to the curriculum at LA Valley College. Anyone who would like to take this class should let me know, so that I can get some idea of when there might be enought interest to get it scheduled again.
Kelley L. Ross, DrKelley@AOL.com.
(818) 947-2467 (voicemail available -- leave the time as well as number where you can reached)) Anyone who has missed a great many classes needs to return and consult with me about the wisdom of their continuing in the class. Do not just leave messages about it. If you cannot return long enough to speak to me, you should drop the class or request an Incomplete.
Department of Philosophy
Los Angeles Valley College
Van Nuys, CA 91401-4096
A few people may find the format of some pages on this site, with white print on a black background, hard to read -- though there are now very few pages like this. There also may be difficulty printing out pages from the screen, since, if the background is disregarded, the white type will print out as blank pages. These problems can be overcome in the web browser Netscape by opening the "Options" menu, going to "General Preferences...", and then to "Colors." On the "Colors" menu, the default options should be set as desired, and then the box at the bottom of the menu that says, "Always use my colors, overriding document," should be marked. The appearance of the screen can thus be set to taste; and with dark type on a light background, pages will print out normally. Other browsers may make similar provisions for overriding the format of the document, though I have been unable to find such settings on, for instance, the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Most pages not directly linked to the Friesian Home Page are being converted to black on white format, so these difficulties will not always be encountered.
View a copy of the pledge, of December 2, 1975, by which the AFT (American Federation of Teachers) Union promised not to seek an Agency Shop in the Los Angeles Community College District. After the District was unionized, the AFT Union did secure Agency Shop status, which means that non-union teachers involuntarily pay fees to the union. By law, such fees are not supposed to be used for political purposes, without permission of individual members, but the union consistently expresses political preferences in its ordinary communications and activities. The union likes to call the fees a "fair share" of expenses incurred in its legally mandated activities in representing teachers. However, the union has itself engineered those legal mandates; and in representing teachers, the union simply turns teachers into another rent seeking interest group, contributing to the corruption of American politics and education. Proposition 226 was on the ballot for the June 2, 1998, primary election to provide dissident workers with more power against the unions; but, after a massive television campaign of distortion and misdirection, the measure unfortunately lost.
If once they ["our people"] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves.Thomas Jefferson, letter from Paris, 1787
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