11-20-2004, 02:07 AM | #741 | |
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I cares! Stupid questions for a quiz though....I'd have asked better ones. I had a student on the second day of class this semester roll her eyes and say "Oh God, no" when I mentioned Tolkien....very, very disheartening. |
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11-20-2004, 11:42 AM | #742 |
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Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers.
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11-20-2004, 11:57 AM | #743 | |
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Nearly! Nearly! Nearly! That's the key word... I like Shakespeare... and obviously Tolkien...
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11-20-2004, 12:45 PM | #744 | |
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I remember that... I was very hyper, and very annoyed by the stupidness of the questions. I knew pretty much all of the answers, but I just felt like blurting out wrong ones... not that anyone would believe me, and I didn't do it very loudly.
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11-20-2004, 01:17 PM | #745 | |
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11-20-2004, 01:24 PM | #746 | |
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One I convinced to watch the FotR movie... but she refused to read the book, because she simply didn't like reading... High school memories... in 11th grade, my whole advanced placement English class was addicted to cliffnotes and sparknotes... and this is the top 10%! Of course, quite a few of them were also addicted to cheating...
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11-20-2004, 01:26 PM | #747 | |
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Heehee, I know, I have people who do that too. But then, when you have a pretty good student who gives answers like that on a quiz, chances are they're being a smart ass. As long as I have you, I'm always curious how students feel about things like quizzes...I'm for the most part against what I call "babysitting" teaching methods--like pop quizzes that ask questions like the ones you describe. At the same time, they are designed to see if you did the reading and paid attention in class....what do you as a student think of quizzes (ones better than the one your teacher gave you) and how if you were the teacher would you address the issue of encouraging/forcing the students to do the reading? FB |
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11-20-2004, 01:37 PM | #748 | ||
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I was just REALLY hyper... too much sugar probably, and I was sitting near my (fellow LotR fan) friends. I don't even remember if I actually said it outloud, but I feel like I did. I'm not sure. I normally don't do stuff like that, but I was kinda crazy that day.
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BTW... is there any way to move this part out of the "A few ways to tell you are obsessed with LotR"... before a moderator finds it?
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11-20-2004, 04:51 PM | #752 |
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A good way to tell if you are too obsessed with Tolkien is that your office at work is decorated with drawings of Éowyn and Lúthien instead of your wife and kids.
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11-20-2004, 08:39 PM | #753 | |
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And you know your whole family is too obsessed if your wife knows... but doesn't care...
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11-21-2004, 12:24 PM | #754 |
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Actually, the portraits are on the wall, and the pics of my wife and kids are on my desk. And she knows but gives me trouble about it.
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11-21-2004, 02:10 PM | #756 |
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Well, sorta true. I do have the pictures of my wife and kids. She gripes because there are more fantasy girls than of her. Heh, there is an enlarged one of her taken the year we started dating.
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11-22-2004, 12:53 PM | #759 |
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you enjoy reading obstentiously? I would take that to mean while constipated (obstipation) and very long periods of time (tendentiously) ! Do family members complain about either or both? Don't forget the risks of the same: long term use of Preparation H or Witchazel or Tucks, etc. I know you meant ostentatiously (show off ), but I couldn't resist.
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I understand completely, inked. Teasing teenagers is so much fun.
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