My students in the literature seminar worked very hard this semester and never grumbled. Even when I had them read the Romantics, even when I assigned Unamuno, even after I tortured them with endless essays and castigated them for the smallest departure from the MLA format.
On the penultimate day of class, I decided to reward them for their hard work and perseverance. I gave them something that elicited moans of pleasure for the next hour. They looked rapturous. Their eyes shone with the gleam fanatics gets when in the presence of the object of their adoration.
“Oh I love this, I love this,” a student exclaimed.
“Oh yes, oh yes,” the group chanted.
After class, several students passed by my office.
“Thank you for doing this!” they repeated.
Question: what did I give my students to make them so happy?
Hint: no, I didn’t let them go home early. What kind of a stupid riddle would that be?
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Did you physically give them something? or when you say ‘I gave them’ it can be interpreted more openly?
I was thinking you might have read them some erotic, or some very intriguing or funny chapter of a contemporary author from Barcelona.
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Was it ground meat and bacon baby cake?
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Hmmm. I’m guessing something pop culture? Something like you showed them a Disney movie in Spanish? Or you brought some “comfort food” type treat–like chocolate chip cookies or something.
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My first idea was an interactive quizz, but I guess it wasn’t a quizz. Some kind of interesting group activity or a discussion on an interesting topic.
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The only thing that I can think of is that maybe you caved and showed a movie.
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You talked about yourself.
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