First of all, I hate chem. What sense is there in giving us lab work before the lessons? Sure, you can ask us to do experiments, they're mostly just following simple instructions, but don't ask us to fully grasp the concepts of six Laws on our own. From a source like the Internet, no less. That's what you're there for, to teach it to us in such a way that we'd understand it.
And yes, the source given to us was no doubt very much scientific and explanatory of the Laws, but how can you expect us to decipher those large blocks of text? It's not that the words used were too long, too complicated, not that it's extremely confusing and quite impossible to extract an actual procedure to getting the formula right most of the time. It's that when confronted with large blocks of text, people tend to shut down (in the sense that they don't bother paying too much attention.) They think 'Oh, god, this is gonna be BORING." and immediately surrender at least part of their will to actually scrutinize it. And keep in mind, I'm speaking generally here.
It would've helped if there were examples. Solid examples of HOW people got it, e.g. if you're trying to drill in their head the concept of the magic 11 multiplication trick, you don't say "Copy the digits one space apart and then add them, and place their sum in between them." What the hell, people would much rather get the product on their own. You give a proper example, like "See here, we'll try it with 22. 11 x 22 = 242 because..." You don't give them a problem straight away and then ask them to guess at an answer. They could screw up, and keep screwing up, and they wouldn't know WHY, because they don't have tangible proof that there is a RIGHT WAY to do it. It's like giving a first grader a whole essay on how to add, instead of DEMONSTRATING. The easiest way for them to get it right is by imitating. How can they do that if you don't do it first?!
*sigh* Also. You know, I actually appreciate how Sir Aris treats us equally, in that he posts the announcements on the bulletin board. You can go on and on and on about how "It's your fault for not having a Facebook!" but, well. Are you really going to force that choice on me? What if all your classmates decided to become vegan and go on a vegan club, and their leader happened to be your, let's say, Bio instructor. What if she gave your class homework, only as a passing announcement, but they had extra time in the club and she elaborated on it, and sometimes helped them? What, you're going to go vegan, because they were inconsiderate enough not to inform you? You're gonna give them the right to say "It's your fault. You eat meat." You're gonna make a life-changing decision just like that?
Not that I'm actually comparing making an account to changing your life, though pretty soon it'll be like that. FaceBook seems to be taking over the world. Then again, they thought that about MySpace, too. :/ Oh well.
Now for the second part of my rant. :D
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