mercredi, octobre 04, 2006

People who talk during lectures should be promptly smacked over the head

Those who complain about a professor's accent should get a sign saying "Sorry, I stupidly forgot/didn't check that the deadline to switch courses was September 21st and now I'm sitting about whining about my prof's silly deranged accent. Durrh". Same goes for those who say "My prof sucks and I've been skipping classes...could someone send me their notes?".

I hate my SOC 1102 and PSY 1101 classes so much. SOC 1102 mainly. Everyone talks while our prof (West African) lectures. People leave in the middle of her lectures too. Even while we wait in the waiting area, people go on about her accent and how they can't understand it. Perhaps it's because I'm so used to foreign accents from Europe to Africa to China to the West Indies, but she's not really incomphrehensible as people have been making her out to be. Why does it seem in my only French-taught lecture-class people listen? (I was going to try this French-Socio class next semester that seems to be taught by a North African fellow and it's an interesting class too--save, it's 3hrs long. (Most 3hr courses only go for 2hrs))

PSY 1101, I've gotten used to my profs comparisons of whatever psychological aspect we're being told about to sex. Mind, she's stopped now but people kinda began asking sex-related questions in return (...And Sue Johansson that sexologist lady is here tonight too) and my god, when people tell you don't sit at the back of your classes in University, they mean it. Hell, stay away from the middle if you can, people talk lots and it can get annoying. Stay as close to the front as you possibly can (Not right up front in case your prof spits. That's not fun)

But since this is no perfect world, I'll just keep myself from going "YARRR!". Besides, I'm too sick (again, possibly a throat infection--crazy) to go crazy on someone. Meg, my friend in Psych's annoyed too but we just go "Yarrrgh" in our heads.

People here and everywhere else I've been can be so bloody inconsiderate.

And I like SOC 1102 and PSY 1101...just my peers should get a good talking to or should be promptly hit over the head with something.

I should be working on German...not really happening. Instead I was reviewing my psych notes from earlier. And yeah, I'll see a doctor tomorrow about my throat. Maybe I'll get lucky and I'll be able to swab the back of my throat myself as opposed to getting a tongue depressor put so far into my mouth that I nearly gag.

Post Script:

Australian comedy spoof-type shows are dreadfully funny. One compares the Doctor Who theme (accompanied with an earlier sketch where they're attacked by Darleks) to 60s Belgian Jazz and a Belgian Jazz version of the song plays while a narrator, speaking in French narrates randomly. "C'est lui...dans la nuit. Docteur.....Qui! Il voyage dans le TARDIS. La boîte de téléphone---fantastique, n'est-ce pas? L'intérieur et beaucoup plus grand...que l'extérieur!!" followed by things like "Ancroyable! Il veut contrôler (Davros--some bigbad enemi) le monde...toujours contrôler le monde. Il se lève les matins, il veut contrôler le monde! Après le petit-déjeuner, il veut contrôler le monde!" and "Ah zut alors, nous avons perdOO! Le docteur a gagné. Il rit "hahaha" et hahaha! Parce que je suis, Docteur...QUI"

1 commentaire:

Lazer a dit...

We never have the talking during lectures problem...at least I haven't noticed it. Everyone just goes on MSN or plays games on their laptops if they want to ignore the prof.
And I've heard the "Docteur Qui" thing. It's actually British...by Bill Bailey. His stuff is freaking hilarious! He even did a weird Kraftwerk-style version of the "Hokey Pokey" in German that just about killed me :D