[Sonic Youth 37]

Anyone got some\one?

I've got a First Year Studies class coming up the in the fall on the Birth of Punk Rock and the Punk movement. It sounds like it's going to be cool.

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I took a bible studies seminar once. It was one of the best courses I ever took. Interesting to see where the other side came from.

The best way to go about picking college courses is choosing ones that you would have difficulty learning about on your own. Hence why university is generally a waste - anyone with initiative can usually educate themselves. You only get your money's worth if you take courses in which outside instruction actually benefits you.

No offense, but I suspect university is the WORST place to learn about the birth of punk rock. Unless you're into trendified regurgitation.

[Sonic Youth 37]

Originally Posted by truncated

I took a bible studies seminar once. It was one of the best courses I ever took. Interesting to see where the other side came from.

The best way to go about picking college courses is choosing ones that you would have difficulty learning about on your own. Hence why university is generally a waste - anyone with initiative can usually educate themselves. You only get your money's worth if you take courses in which outside instruction actually benefits you.

No offense, but I suspect university is the WORST place to learn about the birth of punk rock. Unless you're into trendified regurgitation.

It's only a one hour course taught on a pass/fail scale, so I wasn't expecting a total punk rock education, just an easy class with about twenty people that I have some interest in.

[vulva]

Originally Posted by truncated

No offense, but I suspect university is the WORST place to learn about the birth of punk rock. Unless you're into trendified regurgitation.

I work in a store that sells bandmerch. Trust me, the shit I hear in there is proof that there are worse places to learn the history of punk rock.
"hey! the sex pistols! they were the first punk band you know"
"the ramones weren't really punk. more rock and roll, how else do you explain "rock and roll high school"?"

god I wish their parents had chosen the coat hanger route.

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Fair enough. I have a rather jaded view of college, so don't listen to me. My blanket advice is to drop out.

[Inhuman]

haha, birth of punk rock, nice!

I'm taking "user telephone support" class and a work placement program this upcoming semester. Nothing too weird, but it will be different

[Sonic Youth 37]

It sucks, i might have to drop the class now that I look at my schedule. I only have 15 minutes to make it from Anthropology to that class, and it's a big fucking campus.

[vulva]

bring a bicycle

[luxinterior]

I don't know about "interesting" or out of the norm, but Painting was a good class to take, simply for the fact that I didn't have to work so hard at motivating myself to paint, which used to involve finding space to paint, and always struggling to find the supplies I needed. The class was long, so I didn't feel rushed, and it was very small (only about 10 people total). It helped that my classmates weren't snobs, and that some were quite a lot older than me. I have a hard time enjoying classes comprised entirely of young people. I think everyone in the class benefited from the mix of young and old students.

I haven't taken any weird or particularly interesting classes, really. At Loyola I took Hinduism to fulfill some whack-ass requirement of theirs, and it was actually a decent class. I don't think I read a single book that I was supposed to read, but that was just because I was told at the beginning of the year that one could easily get through college without doing any serious reading as long as one attended the lectures. I got an A+ in the class. My advisor suggested that I take a course in Mass Media & Popular Culture, and while it had its perks, overall it was underwhelming and predictable. I felt like I had to think at a lower level than usual, because some people in the class were just clueless and had to have everything spelled out for them.

I was also taking a Community Radio Production class and dropped it. Really, taking that class was a bad decision. I was desperate because all of my first (and second) choices were unavailable.

When I transferred to community college, I started taking that Painting class, but I also had to take Speech (which was surprisingly enjoyable) as well as an American Lit class (which was good--I read a ton of short stories).

Basically, most classes will be decent enough if you make them that way. Speech could have kicked my ass, but I chose to do speeches that were fun for everyone involved, and therefore better than all of the other speeches. I don't think I had to do any research at all for any of them--I just talked about things that were familiar to me, like Hugh Grant being charming, or Willem Dafoe's filmography, or why everyone in class should visit my house. They all went over really well. My classmates actually looked forward to my speeches. Don't be the boring guy in class who does all of his speeches on car engines.

College seems to be pretty useless, but it's a great way to kill time if you don't want to work or if you have no real hobbies.

[Alex's Trip]

Speech is a lot of fun if you want it to be.

I'm going to be my Speech and Debate team's President next year, and I'm very excited.

[SynthethicalY]

Photography was good, also I took a American history up till the civil war the teacher was brilliant. Speech was fun I got an A. Most interesting I've yet to take one.

[pbradley]

USF has a media studies course on Led Zeppelin slated for this coming semester. I, however, am far to busy taking more relevant classes.

[Savage Clone]

I found Stagecraft was a great way to learn about set building and theater logistics while fulfilling an "abstract systems" math requirement at the same time. Plus, we got to make stuff.

[SynthethicalY]

I want to take a class on Bible as literature, as that is what it is.

[StevOK]

At my university, a Dr. Smith teaches a class entitled "Contemporary American Life and Literature" that is basically Grateful Dead 101.

My mom told me that back in the 70's she took a class where they learned how to experiment with sounds. For their final they had to invent a new musical instrument.

[pbradley]

The most interesting class that I've taken was probably African American Philosophy.