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tenlittlebullets) wrote2004-06-07 09:46 pm
tenlittlebullets) wrote2004-06-07 09:46 pm
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Dear Programming Teacher,
Some programs just aren't meant to be object-oriented. Forcing them to be so really isn't practical. Forcing me to rewrite my final-exam program the night before it's due because I don't have a separate class for data that can easily be represented as an array of boolean variables is just stupid.
Dear Russian Teacher,
Enough with the review already. Even I'm sick of the genitive case by now.
Dear Government Teacher,
You are a psycho. Kindly stop flying off the handle and harassing random people. And before you scream at me that I'm going to bring the class average down because I'm not taking notes, I'd advise looking at my test scores and considering that if not taking notes has earned me the highest grades in the class so far, maybe you should forbid note-taking.
Dear English Teacher,
Yes, we understand the symbolism of Lord of the Flies and 1984. Yes, we understand how they are related. Please, talk about something else.
Dear Biology Teacher,
You are really cool. Do not change your teaching style, and fuck the idiots who want you to slow down the class because their brains can't absorb simple information. Thank you for actually treating the class like intelligent human beings, which seems to be more than most other teachers are capable of.
Dear Chorus Director,
If I was going back to this school next year, your irrational restructuring of our program would alarm me greatly. You're a great teacher and a great director, but the arrangement of the groups next year is just plain screwed up.
Dear Algebra Teacher,
Although I can't fathom why you recommended me for rapid-learner precalculus, seeing as math is my worst subject, I'm flattered. However, I'm going to fulfil my math requirement at Simon's Rock with computer courses, sorry. Linux is more interesting than logarithms.
Dear All Teachers,
WE NEED LESS GODDAMN REVIEW WORK. I am up to my ears in it. Please, for the love of all that's good and decent, stop already.
...yeah.
Been flipping through the course catalog for Simon's Rock. So many great linguistics courses. Aside from a wide array of foreign languages--French, Spanish, Latin, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian--they also have classes for Gothic and early Germanic languages, development and history of the English language, and a bunch of other cool stuff. And their music department... chorus, four levels of theory, plus individual classes for each major period of music (I believe the classes offered are medieval, Renaissance, early Baroque, late Baroque, classical, romantic, and modern). LOVE. And did I mention the basic lit requirement starts out with classical works instead of the 20th century American drivel they shove down our throats in high school? Sophocles and Plato and Dante, oh my.
But the language stuff? Historical linguistics, particularly Germanic? I'm starting to feel like a little kid in the world's biggest playground. If I had to pick my major right now it would be some combination of historical linguistics and German studies.
I'm starting to seriously think I need some sort of "geek" icon.
Some programs just aren't meant to be object-oriented. Forcing them to be so really isn't practical. Forcing me to rewrite my final-exam program the night before it's due because I don't have a separate class for data that can easily be represented as an array of boolean variables is just stupid.
Dear Russian Teacher,
Enough with the review already. Even I'm sick of the genitive case by now.
Dear Government Teacher,
You are a psycho. Kindly stop flying off the handle and harassing random people. And before you scream at me that I'm going to bring the class average down because I'm not taking notes, I'd advise looking at my test scores and considering that if not taking notes has earned me the highest grades in the class so far, maybe you should forbid note-taking.
Dear English Teacher,
Yes, we understand the symbolism of Lord of the Flies and 1984. Yes, we understand how they are related. Please, talk about something else.
Dear Biology Teacher,
You are really cool. Do not change your teaching style, and fuck the idiots who want you to slow down the class because their brains can't absorb simple information. Thank you for actually treating the class like intelligent human beings, which seems to be more than most other teachers are capable of.
Dear Chorus Director,
If I was going back to this school next year, your irrational restructuring of our program would alarm me greatly. You're a great teacher and a great director, but the arrangement of the groups next year is just plain screwed up.
Dear Algebra Teacher,
Although I can't fathom why you recommended me for rapid-learner precalculus, seeing as math is my worst subject, I'm flattered. However, I'm going to fulfil my math requirement at Simon's Rock with computer courses, sorry. Linux is more interesting than logarithms.
Dear All Teachers,
WE NEED LESS GODDAMN REVIEW WORK. I am up to my ears in it. Please, for the love of all that's good and decent, stop already.
...yeah.
Been flipping through the course catalog for Simon's Rock. So many great linguistics courses. Aside from a wide array of foreign languages--French, Spanish, Latin, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian--they also have classes for Gothic and early Germanic languages, development and history of the English language, and a bunch of other cool stuff. And their music department... chorus, four levels of theory, plus individual classes for each major period of music (I believe the classes offered are medieval, Renaissance, early Baroque, late Baroque, classical, romantic, and modern). LOVE. And did I mention the basic lit requirement starts out with classical works instead of the 20th century American drivel they shove down our throats in high school? Sophocles and Plato and Dante, oh my.
But the language stuff? Historical linguistics, particularly Germanic? I'm starting to feel like a little kid in the world's biggest playground. If I had to pick my major right now it would be some combination of historical linguistics and German studies.
I'm starting to seriously think I need some sort of "geek" icon.