The last couple of classes we have been looking into pornography and what is considered obscene. And honestly with the kind of guide lines the government set out to make the distinction I don't think I could really classify either one. Meaning when it comes to cases with comic books or art galleries it becomes a very fine line.
In Wednesday's seminar we asked each other if the art from the museum was obscene or not and neither one of us thought so, but our opinions are very different from others. We also figured that if you don't like what you are seeing then don't look at it, no one is making you read, or watch, or look at anything that you might consider offensive. Just because you don't like it or not understand it doesn't mean that everyone else will feel the same.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Random
So I wasn't sure what to write this week and and we only had one class this week I decided to write bout something that happened to me a few days ago.
In my creative writing class we had an exercise where we had to pretend to interview a character from one of the stories we had to read and the post it on Blackboard. The rest of my homework was to summarize what everyone did and when reading everyones posting I came across one that was virtually copied from me, the answers were so close that I thought for a minute that I was reading my own posting. And I have to say I was really pissed off, my answers were good and the assignment wasn't that hard to do. I told the teacher what happened and she took care of it and I got an apology from the person.
I'm not really mad at the person anymore and part of me is kind of flattered that I was chosen to be copied, I was the only person to chose that particular character. And part of me felt bad getting the person in trouble but then I thought this is college you should no better. I understand your stressed out but come on, the assignment seriously only took 20 min to do, I'm stressed out to with taking five classes and studying for mid-terms all week.
In my creative writing class we had an exercise where we had to pretend to interview a character from one of the stories we had to read and the post it on Blackboard. The rest of my homework was to summarize what everyone did and when reading everyones posting I came across one that was virtually copied from me, the answers were so close that I thought for a minute that I was reading my own posting. And I have to say I was really pissed off, my answers were good and the assignment wasn't that hard to do. I told the teacher what happened and she took care of it and I got an apology from the person.
I'm not really mad at the person anymore and part of me is kind of flattered that I was chosen to be copied, I was the only person to chose that particular character. And part of me felt bad getting the person in trouble but then I thought this is college you should no better. I understand your stressed out but come on, the assignment seriously only took 20 min to do, I'm stressed out to with taking five classes and studying for mid-terms all week.
Friday, March 7, 2008
teaching and free speech
After our last seminar I got to thinking about my own past experiences with me teachers and how they taught. I asked myself have they ever done anything that would get them into trouble for saying something or giving us material that was inappropriate. And I could only think of one time that my teacher ever got in trouble in regards to his teaching. In the ninth grade my English teacher gave us a book to read based on the TV show we were watching, one of my friends parents saw the book and thought it was too adult for kids who are only 14. So it was taken off the book list end of story.
I went to a really small school and as a result all the students were friends with the teachers. Because we were friends the class environment was a lot different then some of these schools we have been taking about, the teachers we would share life experiences and there were several times where we knew the teachers point of view. And as far as I can remember there was never any problems with the curriculum.
I went to a really small school and as a result all the students were friends with the teachers. Because we were friends the class environment was a lot different then some of these schools we have been taking about, the teachers we would share life experiences and there were several times where we knew the teachers point of view. And as far as I can remember there was never any problems with the curriculum.
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