Classes go by, weeks turn into months, and I am increasingly concerned with my English Comp class. There hasn't been any more trouble with complaining about the Bible, and I can hardly complain about inappropriate material - we're doing Shakespeare, for goodness sakes. BUT...we spend classes with the professor reading the literature we're studying to us, and there are insanely easy quizzes once in a while. For instance, the one on Antigone... "Who are Oedipus's two sons? Who are Oedipus's two daughters? What does Creon order? Who is Haemon?"
I'm sorry, but anyone who actually read the story should know all of this and more. It appears, though, that one of the other sections of this class (taught by the same professor) has done so poorly that they are receiving a quiz every class. The professor read the most recent quiz to us yesterday, stopping after every question for us to answer. Finally, he concluded, "I should be giving this quiz to eighth graders."
The sad thing is, I was in eighth grade two years ago. That is not an eighth grade quiz that he read to us. It was more like a third-grade quiz. No, I'm not exaggerating. Adult content, third-grade reading comprehension level.
I'm sorry, but anyone who actually read the story should know all of this and more. It appears, though, that one of the other sections of this class (taught by the same professor) has done so poorly that they are receiving a quiz every class. The professor read the most recent quiz to us yesterday, stopping after every question for us to answer. Finally, he concluded, "I should be giving this quiz to eighth graders."
The sad thing is, I was in eighth grade two years ago. That is not an eighth grade quiz that he read to us. It was more like a third-grade quiz. No, I'm not exaggerating. Adult content, third-grade reading comprehension level.
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