Posts Tagged ‘Trey’

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Smells Like Team Spirit

by Justin on February 1, 2012 at 12:00 am
Smells Like Team Spirit

As noted on a previous post, there’s just something funny about fans who think they truly are part of a sports team. They use “we” to talk about the team, and sometimes will even talk about strategy on the field they personally need to implement. Better yet are those fans who think their mundane life choices are the difference between a win or loss (i.e. “I only wear black socks on game day!”).

Coaches must get tired of the “we” when winning, because they remember it wasn’t often there when they were losing.

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Introduction to Literary Theory

by Justin on January 11, 2012 at 12:00 am
Introduction to Literary Theory

As with many things in life, a fight between two English nerds begins to sound an awful lot like a Pokemon match after a while. I’m not quite sure why that is, but I guess the glorified game of rock, paper, scissors is part of the charm of the Pokemon franchise.

Also, literary theory taken out of context really sounds silly to argue about.

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Finals Are Like Video Games

by Justin on December 7, 2011 at 12:00 am
Finals Are Like Video Games

This is something like the third or fourth strip we’ve done involving a simile joke. That has got to be a record outside of the “Captain Grammar and the Grammarians” comic strip that ran in the 1940s. I’m not sure this is something we should be proud of.

This, however, is the way most professors I know answer questions when bored.

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Dating Defense League

by Justin on November 9, 2011 at 12:00 am
Dating Defense League

There’s a lot of fear expressed by young men that they will be falsely accused of sexual assault. I’m not sure how common this is, but many pontificate on the subject so much that you’d assume it’s an hourly occurrence. This does not seem to be the case. I’d wager it’s more an issue the other way.

And what is the deal with Herman Cain?

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Hitler and Pizza

by Justin on October 5, 2011 at 12:00 am
Hitler and Pizza

In fairness, Hitler was sort of friends with that Mussolini character. You don’t think the two of them ever ordered a pizza and split a cold six-pack? Nah, probably not.

Still, this seems a valuable technique for getting yourself out of trouble. Divert their attention and then run.

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Occupy Wall Street

by Justin on October 3, 2011 at 12:00 am
Occupy Wall Street

This is how I often feel with students. I know they’re not entirely listening at any given moment, but what surprises me is that they’re not listening to people other than me. So something like Occupy Wall Street doesn’t even register when I say it because they’ve heard it somewhere else before. At least I don’t personally feel as bad.

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Rock and Roll Literary Analysis

by Justin on September 19, 2011 at 12:00 am
Rock and Roll Literary Analysis

Students ask me on a fairly regular basis what is the point in analysis. It doesn’t directly do anything for you in the way that math and chemistry do, and there’s some truth to that. However, a nimble mind understands that some investments are long term in the way they pay off. It’s the true value of a real liberal arts education–you learn about all fields.

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Tattoo

by Justin on September 9, 2011 at 12:00 am
Tattoo

I’m always amused by the attempts to either fit in or defy the social norms. If you truly defy social norms, then you’ll probably end up looking crazy. Instead, you change some minor things about your appearance that have been pre-approved as “edgy.” Of course, that is not to criticize these people any more than the mainstream. At least they’re trying to do something different, even if they discover that’s near impossible.

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Define Symbolism

by Justin on August 29, 2011 at 12:00 am
Define Symbolism

Defining literary terms is always easier using pop culture examples. THe problem is that sometimes students have trouble focussing on the actual example, and get caught up in the fact that it’s a reference to Harry Potter. On second thought, perhaps it isn’t easier, but I perceive it as so because I’d love any shortcut.

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Back to Campus Condoms

by Justin on August 22, 2011 at 12:00 am
Back to Campus Condoms

In college the health center offered free bags of condoms to any student. The freshmen orientation leaders made a big deal of this, though I never personally heard of many people going there to get any. They usually went to a store and just bought them, for whatever reason. I always assumed it was one or two people taking them all, which is a little disturbing when you think about it. There was an entire line item in the school’s budget for a couple of students’ sex lives.

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