Inspired by the words of Christian Lander in Stuff White People Like on "High School English Teachers". Those are quotation marks denoting the words inside are reported, they aren't like, "supposed" or anything.
If you're old, you might not know what "shit goes down" in High School English class in these days which pass us by.
Numbering things is totes angsty, btw.
- Bitch about society;
- Explore the truths explored in the novel. These days one is totes seeing so many people talking about "making things up" or whatevs about the novel. They are just mainstream brats who just don't believe that the author could be smarter than them. Just like how people totes "hate on" Tavs Gevs;
- Talk deeply, i.e. become TEENAGE PHILOSOPHERS (I wasn't shouting, though);
- Listen to our own opinions and "learn from them";
- Try to find meaning - in just the same way that we don't know what the aim is in our essays;
- RELATE OURSELVES to the characters in the books. e.g why do we hate Emma Bovary so much - because we're just like her! This is totes a good thing for society and for ourselves. Because it's good to understand people;
- Be objectively subjective or the other way around;
- Exercise our moral high-ground;
- Find academic ways to tell our "peers" "You're thinking is shit";
- Have the teacher explain to us our reaction to the characters and novel. But English is not about being "personal", so one should totes not say what you thought about the characters because that is totes not academic. THE STUDENT SHOULD PASS NO JUDGEMENT ON THE CHARACTERS OF THE CHARACTERS;
- Think up creative ways to express an opinion we don't understand / try to write a thousand-plus words without letting on that we know "fuck-all";
- One's opinions are always valued by "peers" and the teachers, but on judgement day it is revealed that they are wrong/boring/immature/totallylackingincreativity/spokeninamonotone,whichshowsyouaretotesknowingyourcontenttoowellbutinabadway;
- Be passionate and evoke responses. In general, be inspired. That's why kids these days are so good at creative writing.
Some people think they are darn cool because they take English and they are thinking that English is cool because it is all about having your OWN OPINION, which pretty much means you don't have to be anyone but yourself. Pretty much, English is about YOU BEING YOU.
Whatevs.
But what I'm saying is that also, there's so much room for general growth in English. Things not clear cut like in Mathematics where x is x, fullstop. (bahahaha.) Life is not clear-cut. Like Mathematics may totes be aconstruct which is why is clear-cut only if you see it as clear-cut. Because the world is confusing. But anyway, in English, you make the world from a world or two. I've lost the point I was trying to make... If you're the type of person who takes English over Maths, then you can have, like, life-changing experiences without actually living in the "real adult world"! Like, you can totes be a teenager and read something life-changing like HARUKI MURAKAMI and just like get wise whilst still being at school!
In the world of deepness, you're not confined.
You're free, you're an Indie.
And so, white people would say that it's not just the book, it's also the teacher who brings you to understand your immaturity as both a person in the scheme of life and in your ideas. Lap it up like a dog, children.
And now to another entirely connected rant. What the hell is with Oral Presentations? Remember that they are neither a discussion nor a lecture (though one may be discussing by oneself...) They must be engaging but not a chat. Engaging but not a chat. Try not to read a speech, but at the same time, you should know exactly what you're going to say. SUCH A BLOODY CONSTRUCT!! I refuse to conform! Especially when I don't know what I'm meant to be/do. And I just don't think that creativity can be judged because I just don't think the idea of judging is right since I'm unsure of whether it's a creative process. But is that not a deep truth about humanity? As humans, we are stuck in this paradox...
