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Old 02-26-2009, 06:36 PM   #9
gto_in_nc
 
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Originally Posted by GSX View Post
I feel sorry for you.
I find that English was one of the most pointless class I have ever taken in life. Write an essay about Hamlet; and papers about pointless subjects. This is why I am an Engineer Student. I don't write papers about how motifs and themes behind books where the teacher/professor tells you that your argument is wrong.
And don't get me started on the horrors of Shakespeare. Seriously what was that guy on when he was writing his plays.
Unfortunately, I think this ^^^ is self-evident.

When I was teaching freshman physics labs at the uni, I got called into the Chair's office one day and was asked to stop marking spelling/grammar/structure/etc. (marking but not taking off points, mind you) on lab reports because students were complaining that they shouldn't have write effectively anywhere outside of an English class.

Personally, I think that's sad.

I also think that's a pretty creative assignment (but I wouldn't use Spike's opening because Oedipus & Hamlet seem to have gotten mixed up there...)


EDIT: I recommend taking Opelia's POV as she is floating downstream. Tremendous possibilities! Or maybe go with Yorick (the POV of a skull pulled from a freshly dug grave would be interesting.)
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