A nice long weekend and a very pleasant night’s rest has helped me recover from the initial mind-bending frustration I was experiencing a few days ago concerning that RMP post. Something that’s really bothering me still, however, is the deterioration of the student’s work ethic. I will avoid getting in depth with that right now, but to be short I think that at least half of the problem is the professors who, seeking to capitalize on a situation, decide to make their classes easy and essentially pointless and thus convince students that they are cool and I am an uptight half-wit. I have been watching one such professor over the past three semesters (summer ‘07, fall ‘07, spring ‘08) and I’ve seen that his techniques are very much “student-friendly”, and that he will essentially allow students to dictate the entire course to him. Maybe it’s just me and I am being too analytical…or something. I’m sure I’ll have more thoughts/observances on this later (minus the anger, I promise!), but I’m moving on for now…
As far as the title for today goes, each Monday I’m going to try and post songs that I believe deserve mention (please understand the total arbitrary nature of these ratings!). This Monday, I’ll give my “award” to Mr. Brownstone by Guns ‘n’ Roses:
I might be getting some pictures up from a recent trip to Atlanta, but that will wait (pictures from my travels will be commonplace eventually)
Something to read while I’m gone: Guilty until proven innocent; an excellent little piece by Radley Balko.
