i guess it shows parents don't look at the classes their spawn are taking... or if they know they are taking trash like this, they deserve to have them live in their basement for he rest of their lives
Posted on 06/08/2013 8:48:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Actually, from an academic standpoint, some of those courses could be very enlightening if taught right. The Harry Potter one and the one on invented languages in particular. Sure, the example subject material is a bit mainstream, but the underlying theme is worth exploring. With the HP course, they are looking at the implication s of “history is written by the winner”, and the language course hopefully explores how languages develop.
They should post next to it how much money each one of these class’s is costing in tuition. Also what degree they apply to.
Most of them look silly, but #2, 5, and 6 actually sound interesting.
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i guess it shows parents don't look at the classes their spawn are taking... or if they know they are taking trash like this, they deserve to have them live in their basement for he rest of their lives
That’s the problem; they’re usually open electives, so the students learn about the Entymology of the Far Side instead of Chemistry, or Arguing with Judge Judy instead of Philosophy. Otherwise, I’d agree with Post #2: for someone studying linguistics, a course about invented languages might be an offbeat capstone course.
And that nightmare of showing up for your final exam naked comes back again.
Confirmed: All but one that linked to a listing was a 100-level course.
When I went to the U of Washington in the ‘70s, this type of course was offered in an Alternate University run by the student association. Minimal fee, and no college credit. I took a couple of the courses for FUN.
Several of these courses look like they could be FUN. But for official credit, I think not!
Our 2nd will be joining her brother at a private U this fall. Our speech is similar until we get to the “because” part. Ours is “because there are four more coming behind you and you don’t have the time and we don’t have the money to waste.” (No long vacation for us.)
Most of these class if done right have more value than any thing in a ________studies course. Take “Oh, Look, a Chicken!”. Many people here could learn something about writing while distracted. If you read post they lose track. Many schools have tracks to run on. My college had squirrels in the trees. Hey look a red car.
Actually, a lot of them sound like courses that are trying to use popular culture as a hook to draw beginning students into studying something they might not otherwise consider studying. As long as the approach to the actual subject is solid, I have no problem with such courses being offered as intro level courses in any discipline, at any institution of higher education.
On the other hand, some of them sound like post-modernist dreck.
21. Dear Leader revisits Mans World, without teleprompter he chokes on Mr. Microphone.
#6 is actually an interesting-sounding, and possibly informative one. Of course, I’m in computer science and have a soft spot for language [and construction thereof].
Student who sent e-mail needs to learn how to speak grammar.
Concur. The “Inventing a language...” could be very much on point depending upon the major - and the seriousness with which it was taught.
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