It is a good thing my emails all get sent to my phone, otherwise I surely would have shown up for the cancelled class this morning raring to go. Well, maybe not raring to go. I would probably still have a bit of sleep left in my eyes. But that aside, I was a little sad (After I got over my initial sudden outburst in my empty house of "WOOOOO!") that class was cancelled and that I wasn't going to be able to get my biweekly dosage of literary theory and enjoy another hearty debate or discussion.
Did everyone know that one of the former medieval manners of testing in school was a 'disputatio'.? Students were graded depending on how well they could verbally argue and support a subject in an opposition. Just imagine that were still the custom; after taking Scott Pound's Literary Theory class we would all ace our way through University!
What a Shame its not....
...Optimistically, at least
after taking this class
nobody can call US fools. :)
It's really to bad the medieval way of teaching is not still widely excepted. not only would it help out those of us in the theory class, it would help students in grade/high schools that haave trouble with written literacy...i no some of it is in the school system...but its just a thought..
ReplyDeleteThat would make for some interesting classes if we still used disputatio, I kind of wish that we did...it would make learning a bit more active.
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