Let's get sensuous, put on some airs. Let's drink Kailuas and sit bored on the stairs.
Rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. You CAN'T USE Y0UR NAME for the boy/girl name question.
Your Name: Jordan
1. Famous Music Artist: John Entwistle (for the win)
2. 4 letter word: jedi ^_^
3. Street name: Johnson
4. Color: jade
5. Gifts/presents: jammies (as in, pajamas)
6. Transportation: Jeep
10. Things in a Souvenir Shop: jackets
11. Boy Name: James
12. Girl Name: Julia
13. Movie Title: Josie and the Pussycats
14. Alcoholic drink: Jamaican rum
15. Occupations: Janitor
16. Flowers: Jasmine
17. Celebrities: Johnathan Rhys Meyers
18. Magazine: Jive
19. US city: Jamestown, VA
20. Pro Sports Teams: oh my god... I'm not even going to try
21. Something Found in a kitchen: jars
22. Reason for Being Late: Just got out of the hospital
23. Something You Throw Away: junk
24. Things You Shout: Just leave me alone!
25. Cartoon character: Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
Also, one of my professors sent this out, and I thought I'd share:
POINT OF VIEW
Hemlock Available in the Faculty Lounge
By THOMAS CUSHMAN
This class on philosophy was really good, Professor Socrates is sooooo smart, I want
to be just like him when I graduate (except not so short). I was amazed at how he
could take just about any argument and prove it wrong.
I would advise him, though, that he doesn't know everything, and one time he even
said in class that the wise man is someone who knows that he knows little (Prof.
Socrates, how about that sexist language!?). I don't think he even realizes at times
that he contradicts himself. But I see that he is just eager to share his vast
knowledge with us, so I really think it is more a sin of enthusiasm than anything
else.
I liked most of the meetings, except when Thrasymachus came. He was completely
arrogant, and I really resented his male rage and his point of view. I guess I kind
of liked him, though, because he stood up to Prof. Socrates, but I think he is
against peace and justice and has no place in the modern university.
Also, the course could use more women (hint: Prof. Socrates, maybe next time you
could have your wife Xanthippe come in and we can ask questions about your home life!
Does she resent the fact that you spend so much time with your students?). All in
all, though, I highly recommend both the course and the instructor.
Socrates is a real drag, I don't know how in hell he ever got tenure. He makes
students feel bad by criticizing them all the time. He pretends like he's teaching
them, but he's really ramming his ideas down student's throtes. He's always taking
over the conversation and hardly lets anyone get a word in.
He's sooo arrogant. One time in class this guy comes in with some real good
perspectives and Socrates just kept shooting him down. Anything the guy said Socrates
just thought he was better than him.
He always keeps talking about these figures in a cave, like they really have anything
to do with the real world. Give me a break! I spend serious money for my education
and I need something I can use in the real world, not some b.s. about shadows and
imaginary trolls who live in caves.
He also talks a lot about things we haven't read for class and expects us to read all
the readings on the syllabus even if we don't discuss them in class and that really
bugs me. Students' only have so much time and I didn't pay him to torture me with all
that extra crap.
If you want to get anxious and depressed, take his course. Otherwise, steer clear of
him! (Oh yeah, his grading is really subjective, he doesn't give any formal exams or
papers so its hard to know where you stand in the class and when you try to talk to
him about grades he just gets all agitated and changes the topic.)
For someone who is always challenging conventional wisdom (if I heard that term one
more time I was going to die), Professor Socrates' ideal republic is pretty darn
static. I mean there is absolutely no room to move there in terms of intellectual
development and social change.
Also, I was taking this course on queer theory and one of the central concepts was
"phallocentricism" and I was actually glad to have taken Socrates because he
is a living, breathing phallocentrist!
Also, I believe this Republic that Prof. Socrates wants to design - as if anyone
really wants to let this dreadful little man design an entire city - is nothing but a
plan for a hegemonic, masculinist empire that will dominate all of Greece and enforce
its own values and beliefs on the diverse communities of our multicultural society.
I was warned about this man by my adviser in women's studies. I don't see that
anything other than white male patriarchy can explain his omnipresence in the agora
and it certainly is evident that he contributes nothing to a multicultural learning
environment. In fact, his whole search for the Truth is evidence of his denial of the
virtual infinitude of epistemic realities (that term wasn't from queer theory, but
from French lit, but it was amazing to see how applicable it was to queer theory).
One thing in his defense is that he was much more positive toward gay and lesbian
people. Actually, there was this one guy in class, Phaedroh or something like that,
who Socrates was always looking at and one day they both didn't come to class and
they disappeared for the whole day. I'm quite sure that something is going on there
and that the professor is abusing his power over this student.
I learned a lot in this class, a lot of things I never knew before. From what I heard
from other students, Professor Socrates is kind of weird, and at first I agreed with
them, but then I figured out what he was up to. He showed us that the answers to some
really important questions already are in our minds.
I really like how he says that he is not so much a teacher, but a facilitator. That
works for me because I really dislike the way most professors just read their
lectures and have us write them all down and just regurgitate them back on tests and
papers. We need more professors like Professor Socrates who are willing to challenge
students by presenting materials in new and exciting ways.
I actually came out of this class with more questions than answers, which bothered me
and made me uncomfortable in the beginning, but Professor Socrates made me realize
that that's what learning is all about. I think it is the only class I ever took
which made me feel like a different person afterward. I would highly recommend this
class to students who want to try a different way of learning.
I don't know why all the people are so pissed at Professor Socrates! They say he's
corrupting us, but it's really them that are corrupt. I know some people resent his
aggressive style, but that's part of the dialectic. Kudos to you, Professor Socrates,
you've really changed my way of thinking! Socs rocks!!
My first thought about this class was: this guy is really ugly. Then I thought, well,
he's just a little hard on the eyes. Finally, I came to see that he was kind of cute.
Before I used to judge everyone based on first impressions, but I learned that their
outward appearances can be seen in different ways through different lenses.
I learned a lot in this class, especially about justice. I always thought that
justice was just punishing people for doing things against the law and stuff. I was
really blown away by the idea that justice means doing people no harm (and thanks to
Prof. Socrates, I now know that the people you think are your enemies might be your
friends and vice versa, I applied that to the people in my dorm and he was absolutely
right).
An excellent class over all. One thing I could suggest is that he take a little more
care about his personal appearance, because as we all know, first impressions are
lasting impressions.
Socrates is bias and prejudice and a racist and a sexist and a homophobe. He stole
his ideas from the African people and won't even talk to them now. Someone said that
maybe he was part African, but there is noooooo way.
In other news, NYC was fabulous, and I'm still exhausted. Also, have way too much to do but have somehow managed to write fiction. Praise god.
Your Name: Jordan
1. Famous Music Artist: John Entwistle (for the win)
2. 4 letter word: jedi ^_^
3. Street name: Johnson
4. Color: jade
5. Gifts/presents: jammies (as in, pajamas)
6. Transportation: Jeep
10. Things in a Souvenir Shop: jackets
11. Boy Name: James
12. Girl Name: Julia
13. Movie Title: Josie and the Pussycats
14. Alcoholic drink: Jamaican rum
15. Occupations: Janitor
16. Flowers: Jasmine
17. Celebrities: Johnathan Rhys Meyers
18. Magazine: Jive
19. US city: Jamestown, VA
20. Pro Sports Teams: oh my god... I'm not even going to try
21. Something Found in a kitchen: jars
22. Reason for Being Late: Just got out of the hospital
23. Something You Throw Away: junk
24. Things You Shout: Just leave me alone!
25. Cartoon character: Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)
Also, one of my professors sent this out, and I thought I'd share:
POINT OF VIEW
Hemlock Available in the Faculty Lounge
By THOMAS CUSHMAN
This class on philosophy was really good, Professor Socrates is sooooo smart, I want
to be just like him when I graduate (except not so short). I was amazed at how he
could take just about any argument and prove it wrong.
I would advise him, though, that he doesn't know everything, and one time he even
said in class that the wise man is someone who knows that he knows little (Prof.
Socrates, how about that sexist language!?). I don't think he even realizes at times
that he contradicts himself. But I see that he is just eager to share his vast
knowledge with us, so I really think it is more a sin of enthusiasm than anything
else.
I liked most of the meetings, except when Thrasymachus came. He was completely
arrogant, and I really resented his male rage and his point of view. I guess I kind
of liked him, though, because he stood up to Prof. Socrates, but I think he is
against peace and justice and has no place in the modern university.
Also, the course could use more women (hint: Prof. Socrates, maybe next time you
could have your wife Xanthippe come in and we can ask questions about your home life!
Does she resent the fact that you spend so much time with your students?). All in
all, though, I highly recommend both the course and the instructor.
Socrates is a real drag, I don't know how in hell he ever got tenure. He makes
students feel bad by criticizing them all the time. He pretends like he's teaching
them, but he's really ramming his ideas down student's throtes. He's always taking
over the conversation and hardly lets anyone get a word in.
He's sooo arrogant. One time in class this guy comes in with some real good
perspectives and Socrates just kept shooting him down. Anything the guy said Socrates
just thought he was better than him.
He always keeps talking about these figures in a cave, like they really have anything
to do with the real world. Give me a break! I spend serious money for my education
and I need something I can use in the real world, not some b.s. about shadows and
imaginary trolls who live in caves.
He also talks a lot about things we haven't read for class and expects us to read all
the readings on the syllabus even if we don't discuss them in class and that really
bugs me. Students' only have so much time and I didn't pay him to torture me with all
that extra crap.
If you want to get anxious and depressed, take his course. Otherwise, steer clear of
him! (Oh yeah, his grading is really subjective, he doesn't give any formal exams or
papers so its hard to know where you stand in the class and when you try to talk to
him about grades he just gets all agitated and changes the topic.)
For someone who is always challenging conventional wisdom (if I heard that term one
more time I was going to die), Professor Socrates' ideal republic is pretty darn
static. I mean there is absolutely no room to move there in terms of intellectual
development and social change.
Also, I was taking this course on queer theory and one of the central concepts was
"phallocentricism" and I was actually glad to have taken Socrates because he
is a living, breathing phallocentrist!
Also, I believe this Republic that Prof. Socrates wants to design - as if anyone
really wants to let this dreadful little man design an entire city - is nothing but a
plan for a hegemonic, masculinist empire that will dominate all of Greece and enforce
its own values and beliefs on the diverse communities of our multicultural society.
I was warned about this man by my adviser in women's studies. I don't see that
anything other than white male patriarchy can explain his omnipresence in the agora
and it certainly is evident that he contributes nothing to a multicultural learning
environment. In fact, his whole search for the Truth is evidence of his denial of the
virtual infinitude of epistemic realities (that term wasn't from queer theory, but
from French lit, but it was amazing to see how applicable it was to queer theory).
One thing in his defense is that he was much more positive toward gay and lesbian
people. Actually, there was this one guy in class, Phaedroh or something like that,
who Socrates was always looking at and one day they both didn't come to class and
they disappeared for the whole day. I'm quite sure that something is going on there
and that the professor is abusing his power over this student.
I learned a lot in this class, a lot of things I never knew before. From what I heard
from other students, Professor Socrates is kind of weird, and at first I agreed with
them, but then I figured out what he was up to. He showed us that the answers to some
really important questions already are in our minds.
I really like how he says that he is not so much a teacher, but a facilitator. That
works for me because I really dislike the way most professors just read their
lectures and have us write them all down and just regurgitate them back on tests and
papers. We need more professors like Professor Socrates who are willing to challenge
students by presenting materials in new and exciting ways.
I actually came out of this class with more questions than answers, which bothered me
and made me uncomfortable in the beginning, but Professor Socrates made me realize
that that's what learning is all about. I think it is the only class I ever took
which made me feel like a different person afterward. I would highly recommend this
class to students who want to try a different way of learning.
I don't know why all the people are so pissed at Professor Socrates! They say he's
corrupting us, but it's really them that are corrupt. I know some people resent his
aggressive style, but that's part of the dialectic. Kudos to you, Professor Socrates,
you've really changed my way of thinking! Socs rocks!!
My first thought about this class was: this guy is really ugly. Then I thought, well,
he's just a little hard on the eyes. Finally, I came to see that he was kind of cute.
Before I used to judge everyone based on first impressions, but I learned that their
outward appearances can be seen in different ways through different lenses.
I learned a lot in this class, especially about justice. I always thought that
justice was just punishing people for doing things against the law and stuff. I was
really blown away by the idea that justice means doing people no harm (and thanks to
Prof. Socrates, I now know that the people you think are your enemies might be your
friends and vice versa, I applied that to the people in my dorm and he was absolutely
right).
An excellent class over all. One thing I could suggest is that he take a little more
care about his personal appearance, because as we all know, first impressions are
lasting impressions.
Socrates is bias and prejudice and a racist and a sexist and a homophobe. He stole
his ideas from the African people and won't even talk to them now. Someone said that
maybe he was part African, but there is noooooo way.
In other news, NYC was fabulous, and I'm still exhausted. Also, have way too much to do but have somehow managed to write fiction. Praise god.