Ok.. so now I am in school, and being an old person going to school is really not the greatest. For one thing you are surrounded by kids, and its kinda like you have to really be careful what you say, kids are kids. They don't know what the real world is like yet, and they don't want to hear it from me... but anyway, yah, its interesting. I know I used to think the way they do, and that part is so interesting (frightening) in an observational sorta way.
But anyway, I'm in school. I have this online English class, because I couldn't pass the stupid assess to get past eng1a (fine). I have a problem with critical reading, I think Its an artist thing (hey just one more reminder of that), where when i read something I draw the wrong (so they say) conclusions about it (fine). So thats why I am stuck in eng1a, thanks to my problem with critical reading in the assessment. Actually, Ive been like that forever, I remember having the same difficulties in high school. Smart and easy learner, but easily veering off track with discussion
topics, sometimes in an abstract way in which no one has any idea what I am talking about, and to me its plain as the nose on my front door. But thats ok, I am used to it by now as a semi-adult. Ha!
Anyway, so in this English class... English 1A, and its online, where this teacher has these rules that we have to participate in the forums on three separate days and also that we must participate quite a bit when we do so. So she has all these threads and discussions set up in addition to our normal work, for those three days we would normally be in a traditional setting class. Which is fine - was - fine, until well until im tired of being in this traditional class setting without the teacher. Seriously. Where is she? She doesn't join in any of the discussions, not even so much as a smiley face - she doesn't tell anyone their grades (all the other classes do) - she doesn't even say ok, yah I received everyones homework, and you are all doing ok.. nothing just nothing. Even then I was fine with it.. a little annoyed, but fine. Until Oprah.
I'm researching our paper on Malika Oufkir's Stolen Lives book, and I come across the Oprah stuff (the teacher had to know we would see it eventually, but just didn't care). Almost all of the discussion questions and even some of the essay topics were taken from the Oprah reader's club. Ugh.. I am immediately put off by the topic and the class. Especially in light of the three days and participate traditional class setting, yes everyone participate but ME, traditional class setting.
So yah.. there we go... Its just yah. Community college, but still... am I over-reacting? No idea...
But anyway, even before all this...I don't need to participate in class, traditional or not. I can sit there and listen and learn. But if the topic is interesting enough maybe I will participate ya know? I usually do participate, but not if the teacher is uninterested too. It's almost midterms and thats when she is going to give us feedback, I guess. Nothing up to this point - not even our grades on papers or in the class.
Ok.. so thats all for now... *goes back to painting*
Bye.
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I'm 30 and people here still don't believe me *laughs*. We need older (and wiser) people to put the kids in place these days-especially in the graphics classes blaugh