Literary Studies, Bullshit Much?

[Rahl]

Well apparently I'm failing my British Literature class this year, which literally comprises of hundreds of no-name-authors from Britain hundreds of years ago... My last test comprsed of over a hundred quotes from texts of my ten pound literary book whichI have TRIED to sit and read but it keeps punching me in my face because I fall asleep on it before reaching theend of the first page... Seriously I have to constantly drink coffee to even begin to stay awake with this crap and what I do read I get nothig from because apparently people from the 1700's were able to write absolutly EVERYTHING about NOTHING AT ALL. Oneof the smartest people in our class, an overachiever on many levels has an average of a D in this class.

So after my rant, my question is simple. Is anything about anything in this class relavent anything I'm going to be doing as a teacher other than maybe "Beowolf"? On a side note I hope Jane Austin author of pride and predjudice burns in hell, for the creation of modern day torture devices she called her "books".

[Zerlina]

Is anything about anything in this class relavent anything I'm going to be doing as a teacher

No.

And I say this as I have the ****ing BOOK OF THE COURTIER open on my desk. I ****ing hate midterms.

[Uberpwn_w00t]

Switch out of that particular class. That's what I did with my English class.

The way I see it, it's a waste of my time either way, so I might as well make it easier for myself.

[Ben]

British lit sux.
Read some russian classics.

[MissingName]

British lit sux.
Read some russian classics.

Da.

[SaiKar]

Rahl, it's probably your teacher. I had an awesome Brit Lit teacher in high school - really made the class a good time. But yeah, if its done poorly it can be an unending hell of oddball prose.

As for relevance, probably. Generally speaking its good to know at least a little bit about the classics for any career choice, let alone one involving teaching and/or students.

[Archem]

Switch out of that particular class. That's what I did with my English class.

Kids these days. Why, back in my day, it was "pass or get kicked in the teeth".

[Ben]

Kids these days. Why, back in my day, it was "pass or get kicked in the teeth".

pretty much.

[Rahl]

I can't jsut switch. One because its the middle of the semester. Two because it is a course requirement anyway. eventually I'll haveto take it to finish my english degree. The english degree here requires:

American Lit -1780
American Lit +1780
Early Brit Lit
Later Brit Lit
Intro to Lit
and more but I can't think of them off of the top of my head.

Ive had one of these classes before and it was early American Lit and it was a living hell, but I managed to pass it anyways with a D. I didn't care, I was happy with. I just wanted it over with. I have literary studies almost as much as I hate Mac and Jane Austin.

[Archem]

Kids these days. Why, back in my day, it was "pass or get kicked in the teeth".

Jesus, I sound older than I actually am.

[_JeT_]

Wait... You are going for an english degree? Yet you barely passed early American Lit, and are having trouble with this class?

Maybe you should reconsider your major.

Or transfer to my school. Here, english students watch movies in class the majority of the time. Almost makes me want to switch over.

[A Forgotten Legend]

My english class this year is a mixture of british lit and "prepare you for college".  So we don't do too much with the british lit part.  We even only read bits and pieces of Beowulf.  Gah.  I hate the english classes at my school.  Wanna trade?


Luckily I'm taking English 15 dual enrollment at the local college so I get out of the 2nd half of my english class, and get college credit. =D

[Rahl]

Wait... You are going for an english degree? Yet you barely passed early American Lit, and are having trouble with this class?

Maybe you should reconsider your major.

Or transfer to my school. Here, english students watch movies in class the majority of the time. Almost makes me want to switch over.

I am an Eglish major, but I am leaning more towards the writing aspect of it, creative and fictional writing actually. And well to have to take these classes are bullshit, if they were more relavent and about writers I could actualy give a damn about fine, but its not. And the english department of students in my school would agree as more than likly 2% of them have ever passed those classes with an A. And those are most likly the ones who did after class favors for the teachers. And I don't mean favor having anything to do with anything other than oral pleasure.

[fruckert]

Wait...you're saying Jane Austen isn't relevant?
You do realize that she is one of the most famous authors of her time, correct?

[zuhane]

Have you ever done English Language? It's absolutely horrific. It's so boring. Like every single person
in the class is a complete snob or a really bitchy girl. We've had to annotate, analyse and evaluate a ****ing
Beecham's advert from the 1850's. Doesn't get more boring than that!

We also have to study a toothpaste advert soon, and the teacher's actually really excited about it. He
must be on heroin or something.

I actually leap with joy when I have to go and type up test logs for spreadhseets because it's actually
much more exciting in comparison.