Monday, September 28, 2009

i tell you it's alright

i just got out of class. here's what happened:

out of a class of twenty something, we usually have about fifteen people show up. at the start of class today there was only around nine. by the end of class there were sixteen, so i'm not sure how many people exactly did the homework. this story only takes the original nine into consideration.

a couple of my friends walk in before class starts. one said that he only noticed the assignment this morning. the other didnt even know about the assignment until we started talking about it.

we sat down and the professor started the lecture. great, i thought, he forgot about the homework. it's a good thing i didnt actually waste my time doing it.

ten minutes into the lecture, he pauses, scrunches his face to make it look like he's trying to remember something, and goes, "i almost forgot. did you all submit the homework?"

there were some mumbled replies, shifting in chairs, and the incessant clicking of a pen.

"okay, show of hands. who did the homework?"

one kid raises his hand and the rest of us proceed to glare daggers at him.

"why didnt the rest of you do it?"

"uh you posted it a little late," says the resident attitude giver.

"but there was still plenty of time to get it done before 12 today. he managed to do it," he says gesturing towards the guy who had the decency to look embarrassed for his nerdiness instead of smug.

yes, well, the rest of us have better things to do with our lives. we also like to sleep so we dont end up looking like him who can barely pass as human. plus, we have enough dignity so we dont leap up the minute you say jump.

none of this is said out loud. by some unspoken agreement we all just stare politely at the professor, watching as he waits for an answer that he slowly realizes will never come. he looks around, clears his throat a couple of times, and says, "okay, well, let's take a look at it." he opens up blackboard and reads the directions of the homework out loud. "these arent very clear," he says. "length of answers shouldnt be a focus - some your answers will probably be more than three paragraphs. and you should really use more than one case study to answer these for comparisons. oh, and you have to have opinions on everything in the case studies so that you're not just summarizing them. and make sure to cite your sources using apa format. you can take until the beginning of next class to turn it in to blackboard, i'll change the deadline."

so on the one hand, there was really no penalty for my refusal to do his work. on the other, it just got more complicated.

*It's Alright - 311

5 comments:

  1. This guy totally dodged all responsibility for putting up such a stupid assignment. What a loser.

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  2. i got all panicked reading the description and i dont even have to do the homework!

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  3. it actually turned out not to be that bad once i got started on it. it didnt take long at all.

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