My English class is turning into the crap I expected it to be back when I listened to myself and didn't go to college. I won't go into too much detail about what my current assignment is, but it involves subjective "creative writing", a letter to persuade a fictional character.
I feel right now just like I did during high school, just a little different. Better in one way, worse in another. If I was in high school, I probably wouldn't do the assignment, but I'd feel bad about it. Though depending on when in high school we're talking about my actions and feelings might have been a little different... I might have at least tried to do the assignment at one point, and at others I probably wouldn't feel bad about not doing it.
Anyway, now it's not a question of feeling bad. I feel a little helpless, but that's not the issue. This assignment has to get done. "Failure is not an option". You can't just not do assignments, no matter how inane, and get away with it. Well, maybe I could get away with not doing this assignment, but probably not without sacrificing my 'A'.
What gets me is the stupidity of the assignment. It's insulting. The thing is, everyone says "Oh, why do I have to learn all this math, I'll never use it". I don't have that problem with math. Math is beautiful, and mathematical thinking is different than all other types of thought. Mathematical thinking is a useful thing to develop. Unfortunately, high school math doesn't teach you to think mathematically, but that's a different topic.
This is different. I'm writing a letter to a fictional character, for Christ's sake. This passes for higher education? I feel like I'm in second grade.
Thursday, February 7, 2002
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