By the way, data released by the makers of the ACT confirm what I saw in person: many students simply aren’t ready for college. And it looks like I am not the only one who thinks some people should reconsider whether college is a good idea, especially if it means a mountain of student loan debt.
Life got in the way of full posts, so let me give you the Short version.
In Public Speaking class I learned:
- I am a better than average speaker. I realize I should probably have known this already, but there are some really bad speakers out there. Hit Youtube and enter something like “persuasive speech” if you don’t believe me.
- It is possible to speak for 5 minutes on almost any topic whatsoever, as long as you have some modicum of preparation.
In Sociology I learned:
- Good science fiction/fantasy often deals with issues of sociology.
- Sociology tries hard to be a scientific discipline, but it is saddled with some terminology that means something very different to the common person than to the sociologist.
- Some people don’t want to hear that there might be more to their religion than the narrow doctrine taught in their place of worship.
In Biology I learned:
- I should really have taken chemistry in high school.
- Some people feel it is an instructor’s job to spoon feed information.
- Red blood cells have no nuclei.
- What it really means that HIV is a retrovirus.
No in closing today.