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Jason, how would you summarize the problem this essay addresses? What question is it wrestling with?
I didn't read it.
Maryanne, how well would you say the author succeeds in answering this question?
I didn't read it.
Blethbracht the Desolator, why do you think he used that example there instead of a different one? Do you think it's apt?
I didn't read it.
Lilliachrath-She-Demon-of-Anguish, why do you imagine there's this strange little digression before page three? What's the point of that?
I didn't read it.
Shathan-Ur, He-Who-Flees-the-Light, do you think this author could be fairly characterized as a Platonist, or not?
I didn't read it.
And I looked out at their blank, cold faces, met their empty and pitiless gaze, and realized the truth. I was in hell. Hell is today's class, every day, forever.
I feel your pain. I had a similar situation where I asked my class, the day before a debate they had ostensibly been prepping for weeks for, how their work was coming along and was met with blank looks. Not one group had even started. I ended class and said that they had all better spend the rest of the day and night in the library and I wasn't going to move the debate date nor lower my expectations.
ReplyDeleteThe debate sucked, naturally.
The student names are hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI had noticed recently that comments were being moderated, and guess I should have seen the wall-writing. Thanks for all the fish, etc.
I've loved your posts and comments, Prof C.
ReplyDeleteThe closing sentences of this one perfectly match my feeling at the end of CM.
I hate the 'deer in headlights' classes. They have become much more prevalent these past few semesters. One semester I told a class that they bored me to tears, couldn't even give me a nod of the head. I assigned lectures for them to deliver for the rest of the semester...of flunk.
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