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onefixedstar) wrote2003-10-14 11:18 pm
onefixedstar) wrote2003-10-14 11:18 pm
Test #1
I invigilated for the 101 midterm tonight. I'm always amazed at the words we get asked to define. Popular ones tonight included pronounced, prevalence, and aspirant. The scary thing is that not all of these students are ESL. One brave soul asked a TA for a definition of anomie. Ha! The TA rightly informed the student that he should have studied that before writing the test.
After the test a few of the TAs wandered down to a bar with the professor. During the class before the test, the professor invited the undergrads to join us for drinks afterwards and a surprising number of them did. (I think we got eight out of 1534.) In general, the ones who showed up were interesting and enthusiastic, although there was one particularly creepy individual who spent the bulk of the evening discussing his plans for a reality TV show that apparently centred around getting teens drunk, manipulating their behaviour, and filming the results. Oh, and ideally it would also involve nudity. I think he was pleased when we told him that there was no way he'd get academic support for such a project--it reinforced his justifications of his project as cutting edge Art. The whole conversation was very disturbing, particularly since he seemed to see nothing at all wrong with his idea.
I have to go get ready for tomorrow's NetLab tour, part of the pre-AoIR conference festivities. Why did I agree to present at this again?
After the test a few of the TAs wandered down to a bar with the professor. During the class before the test, the professor invited the undergrads to join us for drinks afterwards and a surprising number of them did. (I think we got eight out of 1534.) In general, the ones who showed up were interesting and enthusiastic, although there was one particularly creepy individual who spent the bulk of the evening discussing his plans for a reality TV show that apparently centred around getting teens drunk, manipulating their behaviour, and filming the results. Oh, and ideally it would also involve nudity. I think he was pleased when we told him that there was no way he'd get academic support for such a project--it reinforced his justifications of his project as cutting edge Art. The whole conversation was very disturbing, particularly since he seemed to see nothing at all wrong with his idea.
I have to go get ready for tomorrow's NetLab tour, part of the pre-AoIR conference festivities. Why did I agree to present at this again?
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You should convince the aforementioned student that trying to go through sociology the unconventional way (i.e. challenging the system of tests and assignments by not doing them) would be cutting edge as well. :)
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The aforementioned student is a 26-year-old with some actual, real experience as a reporter/producer. Not likely to be amenable to such suggestions, I'm afraid.