Re: teachers
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In a message dated 1/31/2002 1:28:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
science. Some of you may not have seen this - but at the college where I
teach they give a workshop in "humor in the classroom" (which is a GOOD thing
- I'm the queen of the bad puns during my lectures - so don't get me wrong,
I'm not opposed to laughter). But there are all these teachers who just stuck
in some little "act" - maybe that's better than that the word "trick" -- and
the result is just annoying if you're there to learn something from them.
I meant things that have absolutely nothing to do with the class - at least
the teacher isn't connecting them in any way -- (I'm sure we could come up
with "connections"). There is an English teacher who pretends to have a flea
circus in a little box and every so often she picks up the box and gives some
running commentary on what the fleas are doing. She just thinks she's
hilarious and that that is "using humor in the classroom." I know another
instructor who teaches nursing courses where I teach who blows bubbles in
class - she has this little bubble thing that you squeeze and some creature
pops up and it is the bubble wand and you blow through it to make bubbles.
She does that every time somebody answers a question correctly. These are
adult college students in these classes and it isn't really funny - they are
mostly insulted. Maybe what I'm complaining about is just that the attempt at
humor is stuck in so unnaturally -- when they get "taught" that they should
use humor in the classroom, they can't carry it off and it is just annoying.
--pam
--pam
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[email protected] writes:
> << I'm like this,too. I do like high-energy teachers -- but not those thatNah - that's not what I meant by "tricks" -- tricks in a science class are
> have
> "tricks" that they pull out in order to be more entertaining. >>
>
> I only like the tricks, none of the other stuff.
>
> (Well, that might be an exaggeration, but give me a physics teacher who
> will
> propelhimself across the room on a cart using a fire extingisher, and I
> remember it for life.)
science. Some of you may not have seen this - but at the college where I
teach they give a workshop in "humor in the classroom" (which is a GOOD thing
- I'm the queen of the bad puns during my lectures - so don't get me wrong,
I'm not opposed to laughter). But there are all these teachers who just stuck
in some little "act" - maybe that's better than that the word "trick" -- and
the result is just annoying if you're there to learn something from them.
I meant things that have absolutely nothing to do with the class - at least
the teacher isn't connecting them in any way -- (I'm sure we could come up
with "connections"). There is an English teacher who pretends to have a flea
circus in a little box and every so often she picks up the box and gives some
running commentary on what the fleas are doing. She just thinks she's
hilarious and that that is "using humor in the classroom." I know another
instructor who teaches nursing courses where I teach who blows bubbles in
class - she has this little bubble thing that you squeeze and some creature
pops up and it is the bubble wand and you blow through it to make bubbles.
She does that every time somebody answers a question correctly. These are
adult college students in these classes and it isn't really funny - they are
mostly insulted. Maybe what I'm complaining about is just that the attempt at
humor is stuck in so unnaturally -- when they get "taught" that they should
use humor in the classroom, they can't carry it off and it is just annoying.
--pam
--pam
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In a message dated 2/1/02 9:11:11 AM, PSoroosh@... writes:
<< There is an English teacher who pretends to have a flea
circus in a little box and every so often she picks up the box and gives some
running commentary on what the fleas are doing. She just thinks she's
hilarious and that that is "using humor in the classroom." >>
OH! Flea circuses and bubbles would have irritated me even as a kid.
I meant surprising, visually memorable schtick. (I don't know of a word in
English, which must be why we've adopted the Yiddish for it.) Anything that
just sounds like droning on and people taking notes scares me. Even those
who can learn from lectures and love to take artsy notes are getting
brain-numbness from those.
I don't know how people who've actually lived through lectures and
note-taking can claim TV as the prime culprit in mind-numbification.
I want sparkly bubbly INTELLIGENT people who are saying/doing/showing things
that I will take home and think about, which are accessed in more than one wa
y in my head, which can easily meld into my own idea-cooker. I would rather
see a live butterfly than hear someone tell me they saw one once, and sketch
the outline on a whiteboard, I don't care HOW well they draw, or what pretty
colors they use.
Sandra
<< There is an English teacher who pretends to have a flea
circus in a little box and every so often she picks up the box and gives some
running commentary on what the fleas are doing. She just thinks she's
hilarious and that that is "using humor in the classroom." >>
OH! Flea circuses and bubbles would have irritated me even as a kid.
I meant surprising, visually memorable schtick. (I don't know of a word in
English, which must be why we've adopted the Yiddish for it.) Anything that
just sounds like droning on and people taking notes scares me. Even those
who can learn from lectures and love to take artsy notes are getting
brain-numbness from those.
I don't know how people who've actually lived through lectures and
note-taking can claim TV as the prime culprit in mind-numbification.
I want sparkly bubbly INTELLIGENT people who are saying/doing/showing things
that I will take home and think about, which are accessed in more than one wa
y in my head, which can easily meld into my own idea-cooker. I would rather
see a live butterfly than hear someone tell me they saw one once, and sketch
the outline on a whiteboard, I don't care HOW well they draw, or what pretty
colors they use.
Sandra
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:42:36 EST SandraDodd@... writes:
acid-base solution until it was neutral and then drank it... that was
memorable.
Dar
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> I meant surprising, visually memorable schtick. (I don't know of aword in
> English, which must be why we've adopted the Yiddish for it.)Anything that
> just sounds like droning on and people taking notes scares me. Eventhose
> who can learn from lectures and love to take artsy notes are gettingChemistry class is good for that. I had a teacher who titrated an
acid-base solution until it was neutral and then drank it... that was
memorable.
Dar
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Alan & Brenda Leonard
2/20/03 01:01:
teachers.
It was the math teachers I didn't like. Especially the one my 2nd year of
high school that would explain things again, slowly, like you were really
dense, when you asked questions.
brenda
> Of all the teachers people hate, they hated their English teachers the worst.Really? Maybe that's why you don't scare me. <g> I liked my English
>
teachers.
It was the math teachers I didn't like. Especially the one my 2nd year of
high school that would explain things again, slowly, like you were really
dense, when you asked questions.
brenda
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In a message dated 2/20/2003 4:53:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
abtleo@... writes:
words, just more S-L-O-W-L-Y.
~Kelly
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abtleo@... writes:
> It was the math teachers I didn't like. Especially the one my 2nd year ofThat would explain them again EXACTLY the same way---with EXACTLY the same
> high school that would explain things again, slowly, like you were really
> dense, when you asked questions.
>
words, just more S-L-O-W-L-Y.
~Kelly
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Joylyn
Lexie heard the song "we don't need no education, we don't need no
thought control..." today. What is that song called? The wall?
anyway, she thought it was a really cool song!
I can just hear her singing that now.
Of course, Janene heard "do a little dance, make al ittle love, get down
tonight." and was singing that in the car.
Joylyn
kbcdlovejo@... wrote:
thought control..." today. What is that song called? The wall?
anyway, she thought it was a really cool song!
I can just hear her singing that now.
Of course, Janene heard "do a little dance, make al ittle love, get down
tonight." and was singing that in the car.
Joylyn
kbcdlovejo@... wrote:
> In a message dated 2/20/2003 4:53:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> abtleo@... writes:
>
>
> > It was the math teachers I didn't like. Especially the one my 2nd
> year of
> > high school that would explain things again, slowly, like you were
> really
> > dense, when you asked questions.
> >
>
> That would explain them again EXACTLY the same way---with EXACTLY the
> same
> words, just more S-L-O-W-L-Y.
>
> ~Kelly
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Peggy
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:54:40 -0800
From: Joylyn <joylyn@...>
homeschooler's anthem.
live in Florida in 1978? What a time that was. You could dance anywhere,
and I mean anywhere. What a hoot.
Peggy
From: Joylyn <joylyn@...>
>It is a really cool song. Pink Floyd's The Wall -- also known as the
> Lexie heard the song "we don't need no education, we don't need no
> thought control..." today. What is that song called? The wall?
>
> anyway, she thought it was a really cool song!
homeschooler's anthem.
>She's just a disco queen. I'll never forget disco. Wild stuff. I went to
> I can just hear her singing that now.
>
> Of course, Janene heard "do a little dance, make al ittle love, get down
> tonight." and was singing that in the car.
> Joylyn
live in Florida in 1978? What a time that was. You could dance anywhere,
and I mean anywhere. What a hoot.
Peggy
Joylyn
Peggy wrote:
songs being very controversial when I was a teen. Also, I remember them
sounding really cool when you were stoned. I own the album.... but not
the cd.
Joylyn
>I didn't know that. But I can see why. I remember the album and the
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 19:54:40 -0800
> From: Joylyn <joylyn@...>
>
> >
> > Lexie heard the song "we don't need no education, we don't need no
> > thought control..." today. What is that song called? The wall?
> >
> > anyway, she thought it was a really cool song!
>
> It is a really cool song. Pink Floyd's The Wall -- also known as the
> homeschooler's anthem.
songs being very controversial when I was a teen. Also, I remember them
sounding really cool when you were stoned. I own the album.... but not
the cd.
>Just like her dad. She was even dancing to it. Very cute.
> >
> > I can just hear her singing that now.
> >
> > Of course, Janene heard "do a little dance, make al ittle love, get
> down
> > tonight." and was singing that in the car.
> > Joylyn
>
> She's just a disco queen.
> I'll never forget disco. Wild stuff. I went toHer dad was very into disco. me, not so much. Give me rock any day
> live in Florida in 1978? What a time that was. You could dance anywhere,
> and I mean anywhere. What a hoot.
Joylyn
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Nancy Wooton
on 2/20/03 8:51 PM, Peggy at durrell@... wrote:
"When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school it's a wonder I
can even think at all..." I think that's how it goes :-)
Nancy
> It is a really cool song. Pink Floyd's The Wall -- also known as theI like Simon and Garfunkel's "Kodachrome."
> homeschooler's anthem.
"When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school it's a wonder I
can even think at all..." I think that's how it goes :-)
Nancy
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In a message dated 2/20/03 10:02:19 PM, joylyn@... writes:
<< > She's just a disco queen.
<<Just like her dad. >>
Ahem....
Joylyn?!? I didn't know this about your drum-playing partner! <bwg>
Holly just got me to buy her a DVD called Twelve Deadly Cyns. It's Cyndi
Lauper videos with commentary in between. We had rented it from Netflix, and
she never wanted to send it back.
There's one piece where she combined "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with an old
disco-days song that goes "Hey now, hey now, what's the matter with you..."
(I don't know who or what it was.)
Sandra
<< > She's just a disco queen.
<<Just like her dad. >>
Ahem....
Joylyn?!? I didn't know this about your drum-playing partner! <bwg>
Holly just got me to buy her a DVD called Twelve Deadly Cyns. It's Cyndi
Lauper videos with commentary in between. We had rented it from Netflix, and
she never wanted to send it back.
There's one piece where she combined "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with an old
disco-days song that goes "Hey now, hey now, what's the matter with you..."
(I don't know who or what it was.)
Sandra
Joylyn
SandraDodd@... wrote:
drums, guitar, keys, etc. He's very talented.
at music. Not at housework.
Joylyn
>well, king....
> In a message dated 2/20/03 10:02:19 PM, joylyn@... writes:
>
> << > She's just a disco queen.
>
> <<Just like her dad. >>
>
> Ahem....
>:-) actually he plays bass but I'm pretty certain he could handle
>
> Joylyn?!? I didn't know this about your drum-playing partner! <bwg>
drums, guitar, keys, etc. He's very talented.
at music. Not at housework.
> Holly just got me to buy her a DVD called Twelve Deadly Cyns. It's CyndiCyndi lauper... how funny.
> Lauper videos with commentary in between.
Joylyn
> We had rented it from Netflix, and[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> she never wanted to send it back.
>
> There's one piece where she combined "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with
> an old
> disco-days song that goes "Hey now, hey now, what's the matter with
> you..."
> (I don't know who or what it was.)
>
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Alan & Brenda Leonard
2/21/03 05:19:
brenda
> That would explain them again EXACTLY the same way---with EXACTLY the sameyes, exactly. ugh, give me flashbacks here! :)
> words, just more S-L-O-W-L-Y.
brenda
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In a message dated 2/20/03 11:05:20 PM, joylyn@... writes:
<< :-) actually he plays bass but I'm pretty certain he could handle
drums, guitar, keys, etc. He's very talented. >>
Ah. Bass is good!
Sorry to confuse his instrument.
But at least I knew he wasn't a disco queen! <g>
Holly's really loving Cyndi Lauper. She was singing
"What would Cyndi Lauper do
If she were here right now?"
like "What would Brian Boitano Do?" from South Park.
But she was singing "what would Cyndi Lauper wear."
Sandra
<< :-) actually he plays bass but I'm pretty certain he could handle
drums, guitar, keys, etc. He's very talented. >>
Ah. Bass is good!
Sorry to confuse his instrument.
But at least I knew he wasn't a disco queen! <g>
Holly's really loving Cyndi Lauper. She was singing
"What would Cyndi Lauper do
If she were here right now?"
like "What would Brian Boitano Do?" from South Park.
But she was singing "what would Cyndi Lauper wear."
Sandra
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In a message dated 2/20/03 10:19:40 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<<
Lexie heard the song "we don't need no education, we don't need no
thought control..." today. What is that song called? The wall? >>
Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall.....from The Wall CD. There is a movie
too, better to watch while using mind altering substances. LOL
"....no dark sarcasm in the classroom....."
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<<
Lexie heard the song "we don't need no education, we don't need no
thought control..." today. What is that song called? The wall? >>
Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall.....from The Wall CD. There is a movie
too, better to watch while using mind altering substances. LOL
"....no dark sarcasm in the classroom....."
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett