But every now and then, the class discussion takes a turn that makes me ask myself (again), "what exactly am I paying for?"
Join me for a few highlights of World Lit. at NWACC
Class discussions/Comments made by other students
-Student: "But WHY would anyone even need the Koran if the Bible already existed so everyone could be Christian? This book is just a load of crap. I didn't read it."
-Teacher: How was this particular assignment more difficult to read than the others we've studied so far?
Correct answer: because it was written in middle English.
Answer given by student: because there was no movie for this one.
-Discussion: how dirty jokes you heard in 7th grade compare and contrast with Boccaccio's Decameron (followed by a bunch of examples of dirty jokes given by students...just in case you've forgotten them)
Student: "So... if we got all these stories because people back then didn't have DVD players or music to entertain themselves when they traveled, then why didn't they just knit? Then they could have had socks. I think I could knit while riding a horse. If I practiced. Yeah. I definitely could."
-Student:"When you say the test is gonna be matching and multiple choice, is that like letters to numbers? or the other way around?" (I think the best part about this is that we have already HAD one test, and he still hasn't figured it out.)
We've also had a few ethics debates...
-"Would you rather be with a beautiful mate that is unfaithful, or have him/her be super totally ugly but love you unconditionally and remain by your side?" (About 99% of the response from class members were leaned toward the first. I guess fidelity is for losers.)-"poor Tiger Woods." (really guys?)
-"poor Paris Hilton." (REALLY guys?!)
And the big topic tonight that ate up 30 minutes, but was actually most relevant what we are reading:
-How to split up a fart into 12 different ways
5 comments:
I feel you! This is exactly why I switched to online courses!!! The professor in the last class I took at NWACC was trying to convince all of us that being married is the worst decision you can make. Because I was the only one in the class that was married we had a debate for 30 minutes....don't worry I won.
That's the difficulty in being a non-trad student. You're a little bit older, a ton more mature, and have your brain on all the time. It is cool that you're there to have the mature comments and perspective. I bet your teacher is grateful to hear what you have to say.
It stinks to be the teacher in those situations, too, where you want to say, "please remove your head from your a$s BEFORE you come to my class." Instead, you must tactfully engage them, even as they say that having a pretty mate who is a lover of many is better than one who is homely.
Oh, and fun (and way geeky) fact: in medieval English dramas, demons farted all the time. That was how one could tell who was evil in the play. Isn't that awesome?
Wow. The big loud exasperated sigh from the back of the class would have been me. Followed by a few "oh really?" and "seriously?" I never could take stupid comments :)
So, you never answered... Is it Letters to numbers or what?
Btw, I regularly am asked what the result of just not doing the work is.when I look at then like I think they're crazy, they usually follow up by asking, "do you think that's bad?"
Community College is a totally different world, isn't it? Can't say I remember any similar discussions at BYU.
Then again, I may be getting too old to remember the details now...
Do you ever watch "Community?" Jimmie loves it.
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