I realize that a week ago I may have missed a post as a result of the Friday morning off. I do not remember what the topic of discussion was at the time so I will just ramble about the class in general.
What is to follow will be quite interesting to some and not worth reading to others (most).
I wanted to start by saying that on a campus of some forty thousand undergrads who utilize a hundred some odd buildings, we could not ask for a better classroom. Granted, the seating is usually quite cramped and the chairs are straight out of a 70's sitcom. Still, one cannot overlook the magnificent view we have of both Lake Mendota and the capitol during those early morning sessions. Helen C. is, indeed, quite a lovely lady.
I realize that few people other than Scot himself will have read this post to this point. I will, therefore, talk about him to him and anyone else who may be here. I don't know who has taken the time to read some of his blog posts but I thought a few of them are quite entertaining. One, for example, was from this summer when he explained that he had no idea where he was going to go with his upcoming class on authorship and copyright material. Scot also has a tendency to quote Roland Barthe with regularity. It is for that reason that I love to bring the man up during class discussion. Any subject that can get tied back to the work of Barthe will likely lead Scot on some ten minute rant. Sometimes it is just fun how much of a stretch I can take to get Barthe back into the discussion.
Peace
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I'll have to bring up Barthes in class one of these times, preferably on a completely random and irrelevant subject (such as in response to "how were everyone's weekends?") and hope it works. Good observation.
Also, I strongly dislike our classroom. Elevators take forever, stairs take even longer, and it's hard to stare out the window while I'm sitting in my very uncomfortable, cramped chair at a 90 degree angle, forced to keep my head in one direction...1/4 exorcist style.
Ha ha, nice. I completely support you bringing up Barthes in random discussions. And I agree, Raj, the classroom situation is ridiculous. Why would you ever put such a popular class up on the 7th floor of a building? Especially when the building is so frequently used, and there are only 2 elevators that go to the upper floors. I don't know what they were thinking...
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