Posted by alexandra_k on October 19, 2013, at 20:39:49
In reply to Re: i hate myself, posted by alexandra_k on October 19, 2013, at 20:17:34
i just don't understand...
the best lectures i had were ones that were derived from the textbook. 50 minutes of lecture (followed by 10 minute break - perhaps repeat for a second hour). something exciting needs to happen at the 20 minute mark.
that is the way attention works.
clear ppt slides. so the students can:
- read the txt before class
- read the ppt before class
- listen in class and add notes to the ppt
- reread the ppt (with notes) after class
- reread the txt after class- revise txt and ppt before exam
- earn their A+
not:
- be told there isn't a txt / be told there is a txt but not be able to access the txt / be given the txt but have no place quiet to read the txt
- be given rushed ppt notes handed out in class to fill 10 minutes of class time
- not be able to hear anything the lecture says in class. spend the time puzzling over why the ppt notes don't make any sense and why the freaks can't manage to bring appropriate stationary or turn up on time or leave you the hell alone since the tutor is half assedly trying to teach
- be given hand drawn (traced if you are lucky) outlines of bones / bony landmarks that bear dubious relation to artist rendering / photos
- puzzle some more over why the lecture notes are so confusing
- find an appropriate txt in the library that covers the content that the lecturer is clearly aiming for
- not be able to read said txt because the students are running around the library squealing and poking and smiling and looking and kicking each other
- everyone gets their B in virtue of showing up for the test because people are equal didn't you know??degrees are earned either way.
shudder.
if you introduce group work then you can get the good students hauling the illiterate students through. the good students will do the work because they care about their grade. everyone gets a B+ or perhaps you give the ones who actually did the work an A-. NOt more than that. You woudln't want them getting a big head for the fact that they are the productive working ones. Everybody is equal didnt you know? Teamwork it is called. Pro-sociality. Everybody pulling together.
And those who balk have poor social skills. Clearly. Something is wrong with you you selfish bitch that you won't stay with us and do our work for us and look after us and lose yourself in us...
Shudder.
Is this why people shoot up schools?
It is hard to say how much is stereotyped because that is the way tv goes... But I do think that US students are much more stereotypical than Australiasian students. There are roles... Jock. Nerd. Emo. Etc. I remembered being surprised at that. At the start of the semester I was pretty sure I saw 'people' but nearer the end I was starting to see 'people in a social group / role'. We have that at high school. I thought University was an end to it... Wasn't in the US, though. There was a ... Reassortment or something from high school, though...
Is this why people shoot up schools?
I think there is something to be said for homeschooling. Depending on who you are, of course. Kids can be horrible and there is a sense in just leaving them to it to sort it out... And teh bullies get their way. And things that we surely don't actually value as a society (e.g., might is right) prevail.
I feel sick. The sooner I get away from here the sooner I'll be back to feeling sad for the kids who don't really have a chance. Instead of mad at those same kids for not giving me a chance.
I am grateful that things worked for me. Somewhere... Somehow... I think it was that I had a relationship (that I shouldn't have) with my High School teacher. It gave me a shot at Uni so I had confidence I could do it. I had quiet during the day. During the evening. Then having my own self contained space...
Here...
I've realized that my new place is going to feel cramped. And I don't understand how it can be appropriately ventilated. I don't understand how the bathroom can be ventilated because it doesn't have an outside wall / window... I thought that building restrictions dictated 2 doors between the toilet and the kitchen but clearly that isn't the case with studios... Please oh please oh please let the construction be relatively solid / let me get something like a corner with less neighbours etc etc etc.
I suspect it will be like my last place... Will take a couple years till I get one of the habitable rooms...
sigh.
why did they have to put the university in the city?
why can't the students who show that they are capable of utilizing quiet study space effectively be considered to have earned the right to utilize quiet study space effectively?
oh yeah. it is called 'graduate student study space'.
people don't really do second degrees or whatever anymore. or perhaps they never did. not without financial indepdendence.
what am i - crazy?
yes.
clearly.
what the hell else am i supposed to do?
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