3pipeproblem: (are they even necessary?)
3pipeproblem ([personal profile] 3pipeproblem) wrote2005-10-31 03:33 pm

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Heh. Today in French class my teacher exhorted me to discuss The Bachelorette. In French. I made the mistake of giving her a look that said "You want me to discuss The Bachelorette. In French."

My participation grade may be dropping.

[identity profile] bohemian--storm.livejournal.com 2005-10-31 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate participation grades. Because frankly, I don't give a shit about the hidden meanings of Charlotte's Web and I have nothing intelligent to offer to the class, so I just don't say anything. I listen. That should count as participation. / rant

[identity profile] 3pipeproblem.livejournal.com 2005-10-31 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, in most classes it's really an attendance grade, and I can see the need for participation in French class...but I have nothing to say about reality TV in English, much less French.

[identity profile] bohemian--storm.livejournal.com 2005-10-31 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
In my English classes it's a 'how much bullshit can you spew' grade. People get praised for the silliest things.

The Bachelorette is high quality TV. You should have loads to say about it. ;)

[identity profile] yes-itsme-again.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Think of it as practice for all those French words you learned that ARE NOT in the text book.

[identity profile] 3pipeproblem.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...I haven't even learned the ones that are in the textbook. Spanish, though...

[identity profile] 3pipeproblem.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
We were learning how to say things like "I don't care one way or the other" or "This is stupid" today (for debating purposes) and I kept cracking up because those are, in terms of my class, about the most useful phrases ever. Everyone was looking at me funny.

[identity profile] beechball.livejournal.com 2005-11-01 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Oh participation grades, my old Japanese class was essentially 80% participation grade. Here it's a much smaller fraction, so essentially I never participate here (surprising).

So what gives with last week's Boston Legal? It was pretty atrocious. Except for Alan sticking a cigar in his ear there was pretty much nothing else of any mild interest. And Lorie coming back from the middle of nowhere? Ugh.

Although I was amused when Alan and the black woman whose name I haven't bothered to learn because she pisses me off actually talked because of the fact that the two halves of the show now have started to interact.

[identity profile] moomookrymoo.livejournal.com 2005-11-07 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I have one class where attendence is 10% and participation is another 10%. It's very blahh!