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Pain pain pain!
Okay, so my back was already sore and now I've whacked my knee but good on my desk. Ow.
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Haha, more Mr. Burris today. Here are some quotes, and I'll try to remember context if it's important:
"You are all amateur psychologists, whether you like it or not. [...] You may not go to the mall to people-watch... okay, yeah, I know, you can people watch for different reasons..."
[explaining the Boundary Theory] "It's kind of like Sesame Street... [Grover voice] Now I'm in! Now I'm out! This is a boundary!"
"But the difference between hard sciences and soft sciences, say chemistry and psychology... is that phosophorous doesn't usually resist being poured when it's in liquid form. But in a psych experiment, you say 'now we're going to hook you up to some shock equipment,' and the subject says, 'uh-huh, like hell you will'."
"Wundt dealt with perceptions. And you may be saying [Cartman voice] boy, that's kinda lame!"
"Only you... can prevent forest fires? no, no... well, that too... only you have direct access to your thoughts."
[explaining how subconscious thought works] "Picture your socks. What color are they? Check. Did you pass the sock test? Probably everyone did, yes? [assent] Now, did you study for my sock quiz before coming to class? If you did, please leave now. You scare me."
"Sometimes a banana is just a banana."
I seriously need extra paper to write down all the funny shiznit he says.
Robin (Salkeld) is in my Psych class, too! All these people from last year... Dave Held, Robin... next thing I know, Sean will be in my philosophy class ;)
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Story:
(part of an e-mail sent to my mother)
Today's profs were very cool; in Italian we learned to introduce ourselves and all the letter-combination sounds, in SMF the teacher made a few sexual innuendo jokes that were funny in varying degrees... And her explanation of why she can't teach high school SexEd: "I won't lie to kids. Sex is fun. Usually anyway. And in high school, that's not the sort of thing they want you to be advocating..."
(part of an e-mail my mother sent back)
Your SMF prof sounds like a woman after my own heart. When I taught Human Sexuality to Grade 8's I would start with a web and ask what they thought the words meant. As they were calling out answers, I started adding my own. I started with the letter "F", then added a few more of their answers; next a "U" at which many of the girls went " Oooooh, Miss Booth!" and I would
look at them in all innocence and say " What were you thinking I was going to put?" as I completed the word with an "N". I said to them, " Fun is the word that comes to mind for me. If you're anxious, scared, feeling guilty or unsure - that's your mind and body's way of saying, "This isn't the right thing for you, right now." So, you can tell your prof that, indeed, some people do say that to their classes - she just needed more nerve.
(my mom seems marginally cooler now.)
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Yeah, so Serena's in my SMF class if you hadn't heard already - hurray, hurray! Study buddy! *grin* More like me going, 'wow, wasn't that so cool, how she explained how ________________?' and Serena going, 'Ali, you're way too excited by this.'
I checked my book of Honors Arts - Psych Major courses, and 236 is (thankfully!) not on the requirements list. I am so 100% majoring in Psych (Psych of Evil! Dark Side of Sex! Psychopathology! I want to take it all!) and minoring in SMF. XD Haha! Looking back at my books now, I have 257 (Psychopathology) listed as the Psych course I wanted to take next semester. Also 235, Psychological Perspectives on Gender and Sex.
But *purr* Dark Side of Sex is going to be so good. Prostitution, rape, AIDS... all the things a writer needs to know about. Or not, but it'll help. XD At least for me. Because I Am Scary.
Hrrm... ^^ I should go on Quest, see if I can set myself up a good potential timetable for November...
Okay, so my back was already sore and now I've whacked my knee but good on my desk. Ow.
----
Haha, more Mr. Burris today. Here are some quotes, and I'll try to remember context if it's important:
"You are all amateur psychologists, whether you like it or not. [...] You may not go to the mall to people-watch... okay, yeah, I know, you can people watch for different reasons..."
[explaining the Boundary Theory] "It's kind of like Sesame Street... [Grover voice] Now I'm in! Now I'm out! This is a boundary!"
"But the difference between hard sciences and soft sciences, say chemistry and psychology... is that phosophorous doesn't usually resist being poured when it's in liquid form. But in a psych experiment, you say 'now we're going to hook you up to some shock equipment,' and the subject says, 'uh-huh, like hell you will'."
"Wundt dealt with perceptions. And you may be saying [Cartman voice] boy, that's kinda lame!"
"Only you... can prevent forest fires? no, no... well, that too... only you have direct access to your thoughts."
[explaining how subconscious thought works] "Picture your socks. What color are they? Check. Did you pass the sock test? Probably everyone did, yes? [assent] Now, did you study for my sock quiz before coming to class? If you did, please leave now. You scare me."
"Sometimes a banana is just a banana."
I seriously need extra paper to write down all the funny shiznit he says.
Robin (Salkeld) is in my Psych class, too! All these people from last year... Dave Held, Robin... next thing I know, Sean will be in my philosophy class ;)
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Story:
(part of an e-mail sent to my mother)
Today's profs were very cool; in Italian we learned to introduce ourselves and all the letter-combination sounds, in SMF the teacher made a few sexual innuendo jokes that were funny in varying degrees... And her explanation of why she can't teach high school SexEd: "I won't lie to kids. Sex is fun. Usually anyway. And in high school, that's not the sort of thing they want you to be advocating..."
(part of an e-mail my mother sent back)
Your SMF prof sounds like a woman after my own heart. When I taught Human Sexuality to Grade 8's I would start with a web and ask what they thought the words meant. As they were calling out answers, I started adding my own. I started with the letter "F", then added a few more of their answers; next a "U" at which many of the girls went " Oooooh, Miss Booth!" and I would
look at them in all innocence and say " What were you thinking I was going to put?" as I completed the word with an "N". I said to them, " Fun is the word that comes to mind for me. If you're anxious, scared, feeling guilty or unsure - that's your mind and body's way of saying, "This isn't the right thing for you, right now." So, you can tell your prof that, indeed, some people do say that to their classes - she just needed more nerve.
(my mom seems marginally cooler now.)
----
Yeah, so Serena's in my SMF class if you hadn't heard already - hurray, hurray! Study buddy! *grin* More like me going, 'wow, wasn't that so cool, how she explained how ________________?' and Serena going, 'Ali, you're way too excited by this.'
I checked my book of Honors Arts - Psych Major courses, and 236 is (thankfully!) not on the requirements list. I am so 100% majoring in Psych (Psych of Evil! Dark Side of Sex! Psychopathology! I want to take it all!) and minoring in SMF. XD Haha! Looking back at my books now, I have 257 (Psychopathology) listed as the Psych course I wanted to take next semester. Also 235, Psychological Perspectives on Gender and Sex.
But *purr* Dark Side of Sex is going to be so good. Prostitution, rape, AIDS... all the things a writer needs to know about. Or not, but it'll help. XD At least for me. Because I Am Scary.
Hrrm... ^^ I should go on Quest, see if I can set myself up a good potential timetable for November...
