These are all upper-level English classes. What I've found is there are two types of English majors: the ones who do all the reading and writing but can't be bothered to say anything in class for whatever reason, and the ones who slack off on the legwork but still try to say what they can during class. It's weird. You can have two classes with the exact same people and one professor is able to get them talking while another is not. The reason is the professor wants to have a discussion but is providing more of a lecture. I have two classes this semester which are 30 people are less, they're actually in the same classroom (on a campus of 40,000 people) at different times on the same days. In one, the professor has a set of points for discussion where he goes from one to the next, and at each one he just kind of introduces whatever it is he wants to talk about and leaves it to the class for discussion. In the other, the prof so far has been speaking more on a theoretical level and not so much talking about the text itself. Me, I can go on and on about theories of literature so I can engage in that sort of a discussion, but it strikes me that most people are more inclined to talk when it's abouta specific piece of text rather than sort of abstract concepts of writing in general. So in this second class, the only times I've noticed a whole buncha people talking is when the prof first shows a piece of text and then the class comments. It pisses me off though; English majors shouldu be able to talk about broad concepts. Hell, that's exactly why I'm an English major, because on the one hand you can do the traditional "what does this piece of text mean" thing but you can also do the sort of more broad reasoning about concepts of how language and writing works. Oh well, freakin idiots, the damn title of the class is Literary Theory of the Romantic Period, what did they think they were getting themselves into?

 

im that guy you never see the first 5 weeks of a course, then ask you if theres a midterm anytime soon.

then you see me on the day the midterm is given..

the next time u see me is when something is due, but only in the beginning of the class to turn it in

then you see me taking the final

you ask me how i did, and I say I aced the course--and i thank you for letting me know when the midterm was and letting me get a copy of your syllabus.

 

The people I hate were mentioned briefly earlier...the ones that talk constantly. I mean, I don't mind if you lean over and make a comment, crack a joke, ask a question to the person next to you...but for fawk's sake, at least whisper it!! I hate the people that just carry on a conversation at an almost normal volume, especially in smaller classes. How dense do you have to be to not realize that you're practically talking over the prof.?

 

well when you sit in the back of class and make dirt bike sounds and fart sounds..and then throw tortilla shells at graduation.....it's no wonder that guy told you guys to grow up..you were after all "college students" then :chuckles:

But seriously, there's funny people then there's the people who think theyre funny. People, especially the people who think theyre funny, need to learn the difference. h:

Yea, because she's just going to go digging around and when she finds something say "OH OH OH!! I FOUND T-REX" :slap:

She's quiet intelligent. Don't question that.

 

i never questioned that, i'm just saying in general.. yyou guys every think that you might be the stupid one, i know i am :af:

 

My Art-1 class has one of these people, the first day he asked is this a studio class. Hmm maybe the course description was not a clue or the stadium seating that it was not.


ps this class has a ton of hot women compared to my Human sexuality Phy-5 class which is 95% :barf:

 

I used to be that guy but I hated being a crutch for the entire class.

 

Eh. In my classes we're all too scared to be smart asses.

 

we don't doubt that.

 

:rofl:

mike i know how you feel, i was that person in my lit class. I felt like i was in high school all over again.