October 18, 2003

Ugly Truth

Ok, so I lied in the last one about real life stuff. 'sides. The rest of you probably had no idea what I was talking about in there.

So we're in Early Republic class, uh, Tuesday, and we're having a discussion about the assigned reading - Affairs of Honor about the culture of honor in early American politics. Anyway. People are kinda bringing up some points, having a talk on it.

Prof turns to me, and she's like "Well, what did you think?"

Dangerous, that was.

"Well, honestly, while I thought the book had a lot of good points, and said a lot of good things, most of which have been covered already, I thought the book could have been half as long and covered all of the relevant material it set out to cover. Further, the chronological organization sucked. Badly."

That didn't look like it went over well.

So she turns to the girl near me, and asks the same question.

"Well, actually, I agree with what he said."

*general murmers of agreement from the class*

Posted by Dwip at October 18, 2003 2:59 PM
Comments

That's the spirit. You show em Erik! Fighting spirit, free speech and all. Don't be afraid to tell her what you think, about books and other things (though be careful, cause even the free speech is restricted in some areas...I've heard rumors about it turning into sexual harrasment and such at various points... So be careful).

Posted by: toasty at October 18, 2003 4:21 PM

One of the things school has taught me is that while saying what you think is good, sassing teachers is bad. But that comment falls into the former, I think, so I shall applaud. Nice one. :)

Posted by: Regina at October 18, 2003 5:04 PM

And a double post: A book about honor? Have you recommended it to Marechal yet? Should be right up his alley. ;)

Posted by: Regina at October 18, 2003 5:05 PM

I had, once or twice during the reading, thought about that. ;)

Posted by: Dwip at October 18, 2003 5:09 PM