A bitch then a babble:
So this semester is by far the busiest I have ever had. I was hoping for it to be a little less exciting so I could try to live my life for once, but its gonna really be a struggle to do both. Its funny cause I'm actually on campus a lot less this semester, but I have one mixed mode (half online) and one online class.
Which brings me to my "bitch." UCF refuses to teach their students in person. Also, this online American Literature class assigns so much work that I have two options: become a reclusive insomniac or half-ass everything. So of course I do the latter and my education suffers. Just to give you an example, we have weekly modules due at midnight on Wednesdays. Last weeks, we were assigned two short stories (about 10-25 pages each) and The Great Gatsby (170+ pages) to read and write 4 comparative essays (1 page). I can't be expected to read an entire novel in a one week period! I'm sorry but fuck that. Luckily I torrented the audio for it and listened to it while driving/working out so I was able to read it (so to speak) after all. Online classes just aren't for me. If they are for you, GREAT more power to ya. But I should not be pickled into taking two of them! BUT w/e I'm dealing with that, it just seems like I'm spending more time looking at a pc and not having any intellectual discussion about all the work I am assigned.
BUT wait! There's more. My Learning Theories and Assessment class is run by an older gentlemen who rambles on about useless/irrelevant/uninteresting "facts of life" that have nothing to do with the course and the class is 2hrs and 50mins long. I sit there and I die a little inside each week. And its not cause I'm bored or uninterested really, its cause this course is supposed to be essential to my future as an educator and I'm told its a big part of what I'll be assessed on for my certification, but we don't even address the book! He has laid out a syllabus but doesn't even address the chapters assigned or assignments due. No one in the clas pays attention; they all sit on their laptops/draw on scratch paper/or hold their own conversations and he doesn't notice because he just likes to hear himself talk! I really REALLY think he might be losing it, at times he doesn't seem all there. Its like ANTI-LEARNING. I wonder if there is anyway I can report this or speak to someone, because I seem to be the only one bothered by anti-learning and I just paid almost 500 dollars for this. !!!
...Sorry.
In other news:
I'm turning 21! In three days! I'm going out to PULSE Saturday after midnight (officially Feb 7th) and having a grand ol' time. This all makes me wonder: Am I starting a new chapter in my life, or is it just another part of this run on sentence? We'll just have to wait and see.
~John~
Which brings me to my "bitch." UCF refuses to teach their students in person. Also, this online American Literature class assigns so much work that I have two options: become a reclusive insomniac or half-ass everything. So of course I do the latter and my education suffers. Just to give you an example, we have weekly modules due at midnight on Wednesdays. Last weeks, we were assigned two short stories (about 10-25 pages each) and The Great Gatsby (170+ pages) to read and write 4 comparative essays (1 page). I can't be expected to read an entire novel in a one week period! I'm sorry but fuck that. Luckily I torrented the audio for it and listened to it while driving/working out so I was able to read it (so to speak) after all. Online classes just aren't for me. If they are for you, GREAT more power to ya. But I should not be pickled into taking two of them! BUT w/e I'm dealing with that, it just seems like I'm spending more time looking at a pc and not having any intellectual discussion about all the work I am assigned.
BUT wait! There's more. My Learning Theories and Assessment class is run by an older gentlemen who rambles on about useless/irrelevant/uninteresting "facts of life" that have nothing to do with the course and the class is 2hrs and 50mins long. I sit there and I die a little inside each week. And its not cause I'm bored or uninterested really, its cause this course is supposed to be essential to my future as an educator and I'm told its a big part of what I'll be assessed on for my certification, but we don't even address the book! He has laid out a syllabus but doesn't even address the chapters assigned or assignments due. No one in the clas pays attention; they all sit on their laptops/draw on scratch paper/or hold their own conversations and he doesn't notice because he just likes to hear himself talk! I really REALLY think he might be losing it, at times he doesn't seem all there. Its like ANTI-LEARNING. I wonder if there is anyway I can report this or speak to someone, because I seem to be the only one bothered by anti-learning and I just paid almost 500 dollars for this. !!!
...Sorry.
In other news:
I'm turning 21! In three days! I'm going out to PULSE Saturday after midnight (officially Feb 7th) and having a grand ol' time. This all makes me wonder: Am I starting a new chapter in my life, or is it just another part of this run on sentence? We'll just have to wait and see.
~John~