Been busy the last few days dealing with TWO final exam papers for my summer classes.
The first was on the use of the Anthem of the Soviet Union as propaganda for my Music & War class. I had to give an oral presentation with this paper and I used the movie The Hunt for Red October to demonstrate the anthem. (It is the scene where Sean Connery is annoucing the ship's mission to the crew as they leave Murmansk). Following that, we had our Final Exam which went pretty well.
The second paper was an analysis of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, both by Arthur Miller. I had to do your basic analysis on Death of a Salesman, compare/contrast it with The Crucible, and also describe how I would prooduce/direct this play if given the chance. This was for my Intro to Theater class.
I was taking both of these classes only to give a small boost to my GPA and to meet the requirements for getting my Cal Grant A grant back since tuition at UCSD is going up this coming school year.
I can honestly say that working 40 hours a week and going to summer school for TWO classes (in a five week period) is very taxing - I'm dead tired and would just love to curl up on my desk right now and take a nap...
In the meantime, I don't have much except here's a screen shot of my work computer...all the geeks in the office always compliment me on it.
Posted by Mad Mikey at July 29, 2004 09:12 AM | TrackBackThey actually have a class called "Music and War"?
Posted by: The Other Mike S at July 29, 2004 09:57 AMYeah - it's a survey class.
Posted by: Mad Mikey at July 29, 2004 10:07 AMOkay, couple of things. First, your assignments are rudimentary to a Lib Arts Major. What's the problem? You want cheese with that whine?
Second, your screen-saver is very HOT! But where is the desktop shortcut linking to "deuddersun says..."?
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Posted by: deuddersun at July 29, 2004 05:57 PMYou want cheese with that whine?
It's not the assignments themselves that are bothersome - it's the time involved doing them....
Posted by: Mad Mikey at July 30, 2004 06:01 AMI always had fun when we studied "The Crucible"
Me: It's obvious Miller was writing about McCarthyism, but the allegory has a major flaw.
Professor: Which is?
Me: There's no such thing as a witch.
guaranteed to make a college professor freak out.
Posted by: Rob @ L&R at July 30, 2004 09:41 AM