So she stands there on the first day of class and retells the readings in advance?
Of all the bizarre and unproductive behaviors in the classroom, this is probably the winner. If you follow the link, you’ll see that the discussion started with a question about poetry. Imagine a professor starting a semester by “explaining the content” of poems.
“This poem is about this fellow who says that when he dies and his body turns to dust, that dust will still be in love. . . Yes, I know it sounds crazy but you’ll see, it’s a great work of art.”
Hey, but what can you expect from a person who refers to a poem as “a vivid account”?
Sociologists are the most earnestly stupid among all pseudo-academics.
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“Hey, but what can you expect from a person who refers to a poem as ‘a vivid account’?”
Would this same person refer to a poetry recitation as a “live fire exercise”?
I’m thinking we’re missing out on some outstanding performance art: a poetry recital performed by poets bedecked in BDUs and balaclavas, giving it that ol’ ZANG TUMB TUMMB with rockets red glare and public safety notices bursting in air …
THE DEPARTMENT OF POETIC LICENSING ASKS YOU TO REMAIN SEATED DURING THIS LIVE POETRY EXERCISE — THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.
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[the sinister quarter is now in your living space, and my licence to drive poetry at high speeds through crowded neighbourhoods has been suspended once again by the Department of Verse and Literary Allusion, so I am unable to help you with removals …]
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