Laga, I was at the University of Oregon. We were all leftists.
Lorne: Once the word spreads you beat up an innocent old man, well, the truly terrible will think twice before going toe-to-toe with our Avenging Angel. Spike: Yes. The geriatric community will be soiling their nappies when they hear you're on the case. Bravo.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
Tamara - Mar 12, 2008 7:47:41 am PDT #312 of 4535
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
P.M. Marc - Mar 12, 2008 8:07:06 am PDT #313 of 4535
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
My college didn't have grades. Also, it felt like an intellectual regression from my IB classes for the first year. And with no grades, where the hell was the fun in competing with your friends to see who did better and could in-your-face it?
To this day, I have no idea why everyone thought Evergreen was such a great school for me. I tried explaining that I need a structure to rebel against and lines to skirt outside, but did anyone listen to me? Nooooooooooo.
Eh. At least I don't have loan debt. And I got a husband and eventually, a great kid, out of it.
msbelle - Mar 12, 2008 8:17:07 am PDT #314 of 4535
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
where the hell was the fun in competing with your friends to see who did better and could in-your-face it?
wants to send this to parenting author I just read who proclaims competition EVIL.
le nubian - Mar 12, 2008 8:32:57 am PDT #315 of 4535
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
PM, I went to a college without grades (not evergreen) and I *loved* it. I absolutely thrived outside the competitive bullshit that had become part and parcel of my high school experience.
Narrative evaluations were a trip.
CaBil - Mar 12, 2008 8:34:28 am PDT #316 of 4535
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Ms Havisham went to Bennington College, where there was no grades per se, and found it not very useful.
Kevin - Mar 12, 2008 8:35:07 am PDT #317 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
When I went through schooling in the UK, I never cared about my grades. Like, at all. I left with pretty shitty grades, and it never held me back in the slightest in work life.
Jackal - Mar 12, 2008 11:08:35 am PDT #318 of 4535
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
I have an education related thing. And it's thread relevant. I'm very pleased by this.
A few weeks ago as part of my non-teaching job, I was asked to teach a lesson about Drive to a bunch of 17 year olds. Today the essays came in. Choice quotes of greatness:
"Drive was made by Fox however as it had a cast of unknowns it was not made by a big company."
"Both sexes are used so it is multiracial."
"At the beginning there is a montage of black and white pictures in sepia." "It could be classed as a TV drama because it's on TV and is a drama, but this would be a bit vague but overtly this is true."
From this I deduce that I rock as a teacher.
Kevin - Mar 12, 2008 11:11:56 am PDT #319 of 4535
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Those are brilliant. It's like something people would say on Extras.
Pix - Mar 12, 2008 8:38:00 pm PDT #320 of 4535
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Oh Jackal! I feel your pain. Did you see my gem from a few months ago?
When asked about her grammatical ability, one of my students wrote the following: ”I am very good on grammatical concepts. I spent years learning it, so it enjoys me to use it in my writing.”
Not sure whether to laugh or cry, I shared this gem with one of my colleagues. He emailed back a single line. It read, “That was the most funingly thing I have been reading since three or more days from then.”
So no worries. We both rock.
Jackal - Mar 13, 2008 2:37:01 am PDT #321 of 4535
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
On the plus side, at least your student has confidence in their ability or lack thereof.