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anthraxia

At last....

Mar 10, 2010 11:35

When I went back to Uni, I had a vague fantasy about finding other students as passionate about reading, about books and about history as me. Tutorials were a great disappointment; a room filled to capacity with 20-25 people, and if I was lucky, 1 maybe 2 other people would say something. I found myself not answering a question posed, because I was ( Read more... )

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frankiefan13 March 10 2010, 01:41:44 UTC

It's a pity you and I were never in tutes together. :) I actually contribute, especially in my favourite subjects. Heresy and Witchcraft would have been a lot of fun!

anthraxia March 10 2010, 10:13:58 UTC

Hmmm. You and I need to discuss next semester's subjects!

reverancepavane March 10 2010, 11:58:15 UTC

It's a pity that the really interesting courses such as Power, Love, and Evil occurred after my time.
[Then again, since I knew two-thirds of the lecturers quite well (and vice-versa), I would have gotten a Distinction, High Distinction, and Failure grade just by reputation. Although I was amused that the reading list barely scratched my personal library. ]

quiltingdragon March 10 2010, 02:41:55 UTC

I totally understand how you feel. I had one professor who finally started asking if anyone else EXCEPT me or the other girl (who was also named becky) wanted to discuss what we'd read. It drives me bonkers when people either haven't read the material, don't try to understand it, or just don't care!

Speaking of history, here's something you might find interesting. Mom's been working on our family history for about 20 years now, and she's finally tracked down a whole branch with a connection she made with someone else's charts. By fitting this one person in, she can connect the family all the way back to England, adding that to my varied ancestry.

reverancepavane March 10 2010, 04:28:33 UTC

I have to admit that when I was tutoring and lecturing it took an awful lot of work on my part to get the students to actually actively participate in the discussion and start thinking for themselves. Even when the tutorial consisted of formal role-playing (aka problem-based learning), which required the active participation of the students. [Victory! I was finally been paid to gamemaster!] And my stuff was easy, being application of technical stuff (with no critical analysis required).
But when they did relax enough to emerge from their shell and escape the role that had been drummed into them in high school ("you are here to learn from the teacher; you don't know enough yet to contribute to the discussion") they did blossom and started thinking for themselves.
I can almost guarantee that Emma is really really happy with you lot.
I was so happy when one of them tremulously put forward the suggestion that I was Evil (to the nodding consent of the rest of them) that I had to tell the Rubble. Of course the Rubble's comment was along ( ... )

shellbun March 10 2010, 08:26:31 UTC

Totally understand this hun. I felt the exact same way the first time I attended a regional meeting with my current workplace as a brand new rookie consultant and found a room of people as talkative and willing to discuss things as me. It was so refreshing not being the only one who was willing to speak!

blackdiamond06 March 14 2010, 18:25:43 UTC

The ways various profs have told me to be quiet:

"Let's hear from someone who hasn't spoken today..."

"*name other than mine* what do you think of the question?"

*the "pass over" look, where their gaze just pans right over you*

"Anyone other than Rebecca?"

*a hand held up imperiously* (my favorite!)