Mon 5 Feb 2007
Dr. G considers himself extremely safe in the classroom. His classes are filled with police officers so if anything went down, they’d totally be on it. Whereas a biology professor might have a lot of students who are handy with a pipette but that skill doesn’t go far in an emergency. I am loathe to think what could happen in a literature theory classroom where the most capable students could only quote Stanley Fish at the source of danger.
On the first day of class this semester, Dr. G had a judge in his class. Impressive. He was a little relieved when the judge dropped the course. The last thing you want when you’re teaching is a judge in the front row judging you.
Dr G. still has to fear the occasional bout of bad student writing, though nothing as terrifying as this has yet crossed his path:
“Our societies flaws and errors are a direct result of our own ignorant contraception’s, and preconceived connotations. Being that there have been no striking increases in overall handgun-associated deaths, or handgun interrelated crime deaths within any diverse subgroups, blacks, females, teenagers and young adults, one is able to deduce that handguns are becoming more and more of a less concern in our society.” (Snagged from Total Drek)
February 6th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Unfortunately, I found this utterly believable and had to shut down my “What exactly is the grammatical problem, and how do I express it in the form of a constructive question” response.
February 7th, 2007 at 10:28 am
are you TRYING to cause us pain here? Ow. Ouchie.
February 9th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Stanley Fish quotes could actually be useful, depending on the nature of the threat.
With some help from the Postmodernism Generator…
February 14th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Tara, you’re much nicer than I am. I just put a squiggly line and write GRAMMAR PROB., REPHRASE in the margin.
Kate, Yes.
Nate, way to bring back the postmodernism generator. I suppose quoting that could create a deep fog of indifference in the room, allowing the innocent to escape undetected.