What Did I Learn?

Students are an interesting sort of people. Regardless of age, race, or nationality they attend post-secondary with the goal of learning. However, most students never think about what it is they are actually learning.

This is interesting to me because I find myself in a very interesting position within the post-secondary career track. I am twenty-seven, I (at the most basic level) remember the eighties, and tend to internalize my experiences for later connections.

Most of the students I have had the pleasure (and displeasure in one particular case) are either older or younger than I am. This places me in a very strange place in my academic life, as I get older references made by older instructors, yet find myself understanding the younger crowds interpretations of what learning is supposed to be.

I have no idea what I will major in (either English or Psychology), however I do know what I am learning. Something the younger crowd seems to not understand. Examples of certain things that are being learned are as follows:

1) When a presentation is supposed to be made to the class by a student, it is to build confidence, and teach a student that talking to thirty other people who are facing you is just like having a conversation, only you are having this conversation with thirty other people.

2) Showing up to class teaches students how to be punctual. If you are unreliable in something you are paying for, how can you possibly be successful in something which you will make money in?

3) Socialization is something that should be developed already, however, many students miss this point in Elementary and High schools. Being enrolled in post-secondary is simply a reinforcement of these skills, however they are slightly more professional than say working in a kitchen.

4) English classes are a good thing. People outside of English Majors tend to view English majors as "useless". Guess what, working in any country that is pre-dominantly English speaking (and yes, this includes Hard Science Majors as well), you will have to know the difference between "then" and "than". Furthermore, English teaches you how to edit written work (whether academic or otherwise), make connections through analysis, and how to communicate ideas on paper.

5) How to budget money. This comes as a learning lesson from the Government, not post-secondary, as they seem to never give you enough cash for a semester.

A Work in Progress

Course/Section and Title	Grade	Credits	CEUs	Repeat	Term
CSC-105 C01 Intro. to Computers & Program.					2011S
ENGL-202 C01 English Literature 1744-1900					2011S
ENGL-214 C01 Short Fiction II					2011S
ENGL-218 C01 Women & Men in Literature II					2011S
PSYC-207 C01 Intro to Abnormal Behaviour					2011S
ENGL-104 C06 Intro to Lit. & Composition	C	3.00			2010S
ENGL-106 C01 Film Studies	A-	3.00			2010S
ENGL-206 C01 Creative Writing II	A+	3.00			2010S
PSYC-102 C01 Introduction to Psychology II	C	3.00			2010S
ENGL-101 C02 Literature & Composition I	A	3.00			2009F
ENGL-103 C02 Composition & Style	B+	3.00			2009F
PHIL-102 C01 Theory of Knowledge	B-	3.00			2009F
PSYC-101 C06 Introduction to Psychology I	B-	3.00			2009F

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Total Earned Credits	24.00
Total Grade Points	74.01
Cumulative GPA	3.084

Go, go New Democratic Rangers

Today around four-ish a few friends and I had a conversation about having a ridiculous cosplay event for the NDP. It would be a spoof campaign of the highly popular kids show "Power Rangers". In this little spoof there would be four rangers-- Black, Green, Orange and White (NDP colors)-- fighting Stephen Harper and his cabinet ministers.

While this probably wouldn't get the votes in for the NDP, it would be fun to put on. This is the reason I could never be a politician.

Jazzersize Writing

Oddly enough, things happen. The why and how are not important, just the now. If you feel this post is talking (reading) above you, don't worry, you are not alone. The reasoning behind this post is simple: there is no point. Just a bunch of words strung together to create broken syntax and uncomfortable sentences.

If you feel this post is silly, well yes, it is. And again, there is no point to it. However, if you are still reading by this point, then you either like the style in which it was written, or you are holding out hope that there will eventually be a point. If the latter is correct, then you are wrong, and I state once more, there is no point to this post.

I felt the need to post this for the simple reason that I wanted to write. If this bothers you, then take comfort in the fact that it has probably bothered more people too. If you feel you could write something better, then do it. Writing anything is useful, even when it is useless.

As a cowboy in a bathtub once said, "If you have to shoot, then shoot. Don't just stand there talking about it." The same goes for writing, hence this post with no point. It is simply a writing exercise for myself.

I hope you have found this post (as useless as it is) at least entertaining. And now for something completely different--