The world's worst parallel parker.

[icarus]

FYI, the Greek History class continues to be torture. I've yet another prompt that baby-steps the writer into writing exactly what the professor wants to hear.

But it's almost over. One 10-page essay, and it's over.

ETA: About halfway through that essay. Taking a break from it.

Enjoy the world's worst parallel parker. Hee. Okay, not parallel parking. But WG and I counted seven attempts.

Comments

[enname.livejournal.com]

*boggles* That is the worst written question I have had the displeasure of encountering.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The whole quarter has been like this. Every essay assignment has been just this awful.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm completely rebelling against this at the moment.

Instead of describing Hesiod's reaction to Socrates, I've written a Socratic debate between the two. It would be off the deep end for most professors. She is guaranteed to hate it. Yet... my middle finger... it keeps turning upward....

[enname.livejournal.com]

Well, pfft. Having a Socratic style debate between the two will sort of give Hesiod's reaction to Socrates, even if mediated by Socrates' view of Hesiod. It will answer the question no matter that it is not the one she so very carefully set.

That sort of micromanaging of a question... it leaves me speechless because basically it means she wants to hear her own arguments, no other, and that she would prefer to be writing the essay rather than you guys. Certainly does nothing for your understanding or development.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I think I'll be smart about this, include the Socratic debate as an appendix and summarize it in my Awful EssayTM.

Her micromanaging combined with her emphasis on lecture indicates a pedagogical style that's 20 years out of date.