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effervescible) wrote2003-04-21 12:27 pm
effervescible) wrote2003-04-21 12:27 pm
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Can I get a stab-stab?
Okay, maybe not stabbing, but I sure would like to thwap my group for contemporary fiction. The backstory: In lieu if a final exam (which I would have preferred, since I got an easy A on the midterm) we're doing 20-25 minute group projects for this class. Fine. The backstory part 2: Becky and I were originally in a group with a bunch of freakjobs who booted us out because we, like, totally wanted them to have coherent arguments and a project that had a point to it. Fer shure. Lawrence, the prof, is cool so he let us join new groups.
My new group...is nice. Enthusiastic, as far as these things go. But so damn vague. When I first met with them, I was told that their basic idea was to quiz the class about certain actions and then compare to the characters and talk about whether theywere realistic or not. Okay. I thought about this and realized I wasn't sure what the point of this was, nor what we were actually going to talk about. They wanted each of us to do a different character fro the books we read. I sent an e-mail asking if we could talk about the project and clarify these things, and apparently it was ignored. Here's a sample of some of their questions:
1. Is it acceptable to use violence to change society?
2. How important to you is the way others see you?
3. How important is it to you to keep in touch with your past?
THIS IS NOT US LEADING A GROUP DISCUSSION. It is a presentation. These questions might be okay to base a presentation on, but it's not like we could just quiz the class on this and then use the results effectively! The good thing is that our class time today is group time. The bad news is that I'm going to have nothing with me when I arrive. I'll throw together some questions and ponderances but it's a bit difficult to have useful material when you don't even know what kind of stuff you need.
God. I hate this. I have other shit I need to be doing. It's not like I can just switch to another group, either. This one doesn't actively suck, even though I'll probably be screwed just the same. And how whiny would I look? Still, I am thisclose to begging Lawrence for sympathy points and wearing a bag over my head to the presentation because I have a feeling I am going to be embarrassed beyond the telling. "Please, class, forgive me for the moronity of this vaguer-than-vague presentation. It wasn't my idea."
My new group...is nice. Enthusiastic, as far as these things go. But so damn vague. When I first met with them, I was told that their basic idea was to quiz the class about certain actions and then compare to the characters and talk about whether theywere realistic or not. Okay. I thought about this and realized I wasn't sure what the point of this was, nor what we were actually going to talk about. They wanted each of us to do a different character fro the books we read. I sent an e-mail asking if we could talk about the project and clarify these things, and apparently it was ignored. Here's a sample of some of their questions:
1. Is it acceptable to use violence to change society?
2. How important to you is the way others see you?
3. How important is it to you to keep in touch with your past?
THIS IS NOT US LEADING A GROUP DISCUSSION. It is a presentation. These questions might be okay to base a presentation on, but it's not like we could just quiz the class on this and then use the results effectively! The good thing is that our class time today is group time. The bad news is that I'm going to have nothing with me when I arrive. I'll throw together some questions and ponderances but it's a bit difficult to have useful material when you don't even know what kind of stuff you need.
God. I hate this. I have other shit I need to be doing. It's not like I can just switch to another group, either. This one doesn't actively suck, even though I'll probably be screwed just the same. And how whiny would I look? Still, I am thisclose to begging Lawrence for sympathy points and wearing a bag over my head to the presentation because I have a feeling I am going to be embarrassed beyond the telling. "Please, class, forgive me for the moronity of this vaguer-than-vague presentation. It wasn't my idea."
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*offers keys to Closet o' Doom*
Might I suggest the broadsword? Then you have an excuse to paint yourself blue while hacking your group to iddy-biddy pieces. *evil grin*