The Shred Room II (with extra youth)

HughesJB4 wrote: June wrote: James wrote: Well yes but even the best parents in the world cannot easily stop who their precious son(s) or daughter(s) hangs about with. There's a few people who were in my year at secondary school who were high achievers.  Indeed, one or two even went to Oxford University. Yet they never wore their tie correctly (and their uniform was never right either).  It was always a little stumpy thing, frayed at the bottom and not tight to the neck. Then move on 12 or so years... I check out Friends Reunited notice said individuals doing well fore themselves but notice they have typed out everything in "text speak". ARGH! I have no time for such idiotic irrelevances. As for me.  Well I did average at school (I under-achieved actually; I was capable of doing better) but I always wore my uniform correctly and never buckled to peer pressure. I also try to write/type correctly at all times.  Yes, even when text-messaging. I guess I have never been like my peers.  I am proud of that fact too.   Didn't you say you wanted to write for a living?   Typing properly would obviously have to be a main priority for you.   My mom used to make us correct and recopy telephone messages and grocery lists (that was in French, of course) if we made spelling errors. I completely resented her for that then, but now I understand how annoying it is to read a text with errors in it.   I find poor spelling even more annoying now because since my students as such terrible spellers in French, most of them can't use the French-English dictionnaries  (simple things like cuir/cuire, but sometimes much worse) liek srsly? Urgh, yeah, I hate msn sometimes, because I have to ask people what their sentences mean because they leave out half the letters from words. appparently,  nm=nothing much But nm could also be easily misinterpreted as =not much or = now masturbating.

What's up dude?

My worse class/teacher ever: Sociology 101.

James wrote: Oh he didn't go off on a tangent... he just couldn't communicate with the class. I also had a Saudi Arabian guy (who happens to have the same name as a member of Al Quaida (sp.)) teaching us elements of (Computing) Project Management and he was sometimes hard to understand... not only that but he was a little strict and when you asked him for help he was less than willing to be of assistance. Yet a guy who taught us at College (who wasn't always the best at teaching) at least did sit down with some of us after class and explain it.  I'm glad he did too.  It certainly made me respect him more.

I've generally had some good teachers so far, so I can't complain too much.

Just an occasional okay one, and then there's this one.

MovingPictures07 wrote: James wrote: It is Business Law though, what do you expect?  I'd fall asleep just thinking about how boring that subject sounds... Well, I don't expect her to make it exciting even, I just want to LEARN and not do all of the learning by just reading the book on my own. We don't even do anything in class. Besides, at least the subject matter is a little interesting for me. Could be better for sure, could be worse, but man.

I agree 100%, especially with the bolded part. I think it would also be more interesting if getting on tangents didn't make her babble on and waste an entire class period.

James wrote: It is Business Law though, what do you expect?  I'd fall asleep just thinking about how boring that subject sounds...

Well, I don't expect her to make it exciting even, I just want to LEARN and not do all of the learning by just reading the book on my own. We don't even do anything in class.

Besides, at least the subject matter is a little interesting for me. Could be better for sure, could be worse, but man.

James wrote: Ah, that reminds me of Shakin' Stevens at Uni. He may well have knew his subject but all he did was sit there shaking and mumbling (well, not really mumbling, just not expressing himself well; he was boring!).  That's the problem with University lecturers, they're often really bad at teaching.  At least school level teachers know what they're doing (in most cases). Yes, his surname was Stevens too, just to make it that little bit more ironic.

Yeah, similar problem here.

She seems to be knowledgeable, but she starts the class by saying we're going to cover something... and then goes off on a tangent for the remaining 50 minutes. It's really odd and just makes things confusing.

HughesJB4 wrote: I had a math teacher who couldn't teach. That alone took me from being an A average at math, to dropping the class altogether and wanting to do the subject again because that teacher made the experience frustrating beyond what you could imagine, so I certainly know how it feels to have a teacher who sucks monkey balls at their job.

Fortunately, I'm really good at teaching myself.

I can't imagine what it's like for students who aren't as good at that in this class. It's suicide.

At least she isn't a tough grader. The only thing is that we just don't learn as much, obviously.

I had a math teacher who couldn't teach.
That alone took me from being an A average at math, to dropping the class altogether and wanting to do the subject again because that teacher made the experience frustrating beyond what you could imagine, so I certainly know how it feels to have a teacher who sucks monkey balls at their job.

The Sex 101 class, is that the one that sucks?

Well yes but even the best parents in the world cannot easily stop who their precious son(s) or daughter(s) hangs about with.

There's a few people who were in my year at secondary school who were high achievers.  Indeed, one or two even went to Oxford University.

Yet they never wore their tie correctly (and their uniform was never right either).  It was always a little stumpy thing, frayed at the bottom and not tight to the neck.

Then move on 12 or so years... I check out Friends Reunited notice said individuals doing well fore themselves but notice they have typed out everything in "text speak".

ARGH!

I have no time for such idiotic irrelevances.

As for me.  Well I did average at school (I under-achieved actually; I was capable of doing better) but I always wore my uniform correctly and never buckled to peer pressure.

I also try to write/type correctly at all times.  Yes, even when text-messaging.

I guess I have never been like my peers.  I am proud of that fact too.


Edited by James - January 29 2009 at 19:19