A few ways to tell if you are obsessed with LOTR - Page 38

Forkbeard · 11-20-2004, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ethuiliel

You are really hyper in English class when the teacher is repeating the questions for a quiz, so you reply with completely rediculous, LotR-related answers. Like the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales were going to Minas Tirith (THAT was a stupid question anyways.) The author of the Canterbury Tales was inspired by writing from Gondor (actually Italy and France, but who cares?). etc.

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.

Attalus · 11-20-2004, 11:42 AM

Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers.

Elemmírë · 11-20-2004, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Attalus

Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers.

Nearly! Nearly! Nearly! That's the key word...

I like Shakespeare...

and obviously Tolkien...

ethuiliel · 11-20-2004, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Forkbeard

I cares! Stupid questions for a quiz though....I'd have asked better ones.

I know!! hmm... where were they going in the Canterbury Tales? I wonders....

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.

Forkbeard · 11-20-2004, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Attalus

Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers.

All too true...and too often I actually have students who have never read a book before--seriously, have never read a book from cover to cover, not even in high school English. They read ten for my class. And probably still don't finish, but then they have quote identifications on the exams, so if they don't read, they can't identify the quote.

Elemmírë · 11-20-2004, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Forkbeard

All too true...and too often I actually have students who have never read a book before--seriously, have never read a book from cover to cover, not even in high school English. They read ten for my class. And probably still don't finish, but then they have quote identifications on the exams, so if they don't read, they can't identify the quote.

Never read a book before *shudders* I had some friends like that...

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...

Forkbeard · 11-20-2004, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ethuiliel

I know!! hmm... where were they going in the Canterbury Tales? I wonders....

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.

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

ethuiliel · 11-20-2004, 01:37 PM

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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High school memories... in 11th grade, my whole advanced placement English class was addicted to cliffnotes and sparknotes... and this is the top 10%!

*shudders*

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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?

We all complain about them, of course, but normally we don't really hate them. I don't like ones with the REALLY obscure question, or the REALLY obvious ones, (like the one I just mentioned) but they're usually fine. As long as that's not all we do, and not all of our grade. Then again, I'm just one person, I'm not sure how everyone else feels.

Elemmírë · 11-20-2004, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ethuiliel

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.

Hahaha... I did that on an AP exam once... if you guys don't know what those are, they're really big, long tests that don't really count for anything... I was so annoyed that I actually had to be taking this test for which I couldn't even get college credit, that my answers began to turn very sarcastic...

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Originally Posted by ethuiliel

We all complain about them, of course, but normally we don't really hate them. I don't like ones with the REALLY obscure question, or the REALLY obvious ones, (like the one I just mentioned) but they're usually fine. As long as that's not all we do, and not all of our grade. Then again, I'm just one person, I'm not sure how everyone else feels.

I have to agree with ethuiliel... the smaller quizzes really never bothered people in my classes too much, and though there would be complaints about them, nobody I knew really made that much of a deal over them. Now, the bigger tests... such as pointless APs, for example... that was another story.

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?

Attalus · 11-20-2004, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

Nearly! Nearly! Nearly! That's the key word...

I like Shakespeare...

and obviously Tolkien...

LOL, I know, that's why I put it in. I'll bet you know lots of your so-called peers that wouldn't read a book to save their lives. My older boy, 18, used to count the pages remaining in the books he would read, but I stopped that by making fun of it. Now he is reading Conrad and of course, Tolkien, but then he is made fun of by 'friends' for reading.

Forkbeard · 11-20-2004, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Elemmire

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?

Ok, how about you know you're obsessed with LoTR when your best illustrations of literary techniques are all taken from Tolkien

Attalus · 11-20-2004, 04:51 PM

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.

Elemmírë · 11-20-2004, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Attalus

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.

And you know your whole family is too obsessed if your wife knows... but doesn't care...

Attalus · 11-21-2004, 12:24 PM

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.

Elemmírë · 11-21-2004, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Attalus

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.

Ah... so it is a true story... I thought as much but wasn't going to say anything...

Attalus · 11-21-2004, 02:10 PM

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.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 11-22-2004, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Pippin Took434

2.you name a child or pet after a character

I have had cats named Maedhros, Glorfindel, Thingol, Finrod, Melian and Galadriel

and I have guinea pigs called gimli and aragorn

Last Child of Ungoliant · 11-22-2004, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Attalus

Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers.

Lies, they're all lies!!

i enjoy reading obstentiously[sp.?]

inked · 11-22-2004, 12:53 PM

LCoU,

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.

Attalus · 11-22-2004, 02:53 PM

I understand completely, inked. Teasing teenagers is so much fun.

11-20-2004, 11:42 AM	#742
Attalus Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 1,125	Well, they roll their eyes when you mention Shakespeare, too. Bad literary taste is nearly universal among teenagers. __________________ "What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions are not beyond conjecture." - Sir Thomas Browne, Urn Burial.

11-20-2004, 04:51 PM	#752
Attalus Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 1,125	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. __________________ "What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions are not beyond conjecture." - Sir Thomas Browne, Urn Burial.

11-21-2004, 12:24 PM	#754
Attalus Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 1,125	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. __________________ "What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions are not beyond conjecture." - Sir Thomas Browne, Urn Burial.

11-21-2004, 02:10 PM	#756
Attalus Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 1,125	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. __________________ "What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions are not beyond conjecture." - Sir Thomas Browne, Urn Burial.

11-22-2004, 12:53 PM	#759
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	LCoU, 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. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

11-22-2004, 02:53 PM	#760
Attalus Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: On the Bay of Belfalas Posts: 1,125	I understand completely, inked. Teasing teenagers is so much fun. __________________ "What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions are not beyond conjecture." - Sir Thomas Browne, Urn Burial.

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