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By admin on
3/14/2007
The class fell silent. There was enough curiosity in the air to drown all three hundred of us. Now, we were all wondering what she thought.
It is a pity that I can’t quote her directly. I know I was blown away by her words—blown away and encouraged. She told us that while society saw us one way she knew that we were a generation of ideas, a generation inspired to change things and a generation that could make big changes and set a course for the future.
She told us that now since she had researched her audience and knew us, she was going to give a lecture on the five paragraph essay. I looked over at the girl next to me. Our eyes connected and they said the same thing, “Are you kidding me?”
The interim professor placed a sheet on the projector and smiled up at us.
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By admin on
2/28/2007
I sit in a writing lecture now, wondering why I bothered to come. I look around at the other students. Most are staring at our professor with half-alive expressions or slumping in their seats. I know these looks. They say, “Please engage me and challenge me. Teach me something I didn’t learn in high school. I am paying to be here, please make it worth my money.”
When I graduated high school last year I found myself at then end of one era in my life and the beginning of another. I was ready to move onto something new; something dynamic and exciting and more focused on my interests.
Today the professor tells us that when she sees our blank faces, she takes that as a cue to repeat herself so we can understand the material. She repeats herself a lot. It isn’t because we don’t understand the concepts. We are asleep with our eyes open.&l ...
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