tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post1604271338726458959..comments2023-09-16T09:09:18.691-04:00Comments on Kittywampus - now at kittywampus.wordpress.com: I'm So High SchoolSungoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153155221248240952noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-21870287341838406112008-06-21T14:04:00.000-04:002008-06-21T14:04:00.000-04:00I remember that you went back to school for a mast...I remember that you went back to school for a master's, Kochanie, but didn't know you did a B.S. before that. I do think we're able to get a lot more out of college- and graduate-level education once we're past the first flush of youth.<BR/><BR/>I happen to think figleaf would've been a *fantastic* professor if he'd chosen that path. I'd love to have him in my classroom, though I agree he's way overqualified as a student. He's welcome to team-teach with me any day. :-)Sungoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153155221248240952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-37766303232845205082008-06-20T15:48:00.000-04:002008-06-20T15:48:00.000-04:00Sungold:When I said that Figleaf and I were still ...Sungold:<BR/><BR/>When I said that Figleaf and I were still in high school I was referring to the RealAdultSex blog, which was rated same as yours. <BR/><BR/>Diligent clod that I am, I worked full-time and obtained a bachelor of science in a technical field and returned to school for master's program in liberal arts. While the degrees are useful on my resume, I prefer to be a curious auto-didact. <BR/><BR/>As for Figleaf, I think the phrase <I>gentleman and scholar</I> describes him quite well. I was surprised when he said that he was interested in returning to school because I thought he should be teaching at the college level. Should his schedule allow him to return to school, I will envy his professors and fellow students.J.B. Kochaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731276067288327319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-61901527481233247562008-06-20T13:46:00.000-04:002008-06-20T13:46:00.000-04:00Heh. I'd like to think that I really *can* explain...Heh. I'd like to think that I really *can* explain Foucault to high schoolers. Actually, maybe I could ... I had pretty good success with undergrads last fall. It wasn't easy because I was continually second-guessing whether I was erring in one direction or another - too dumbed-down or too much complexity. But then, that's a constant problem in teaching, anyway; it's just exacerbated when the material is challenging even for the teacher.<BR/><BR/>Figleaf, are you thinking of Feynman? Sounds like him, anyway.<BR/><BR/>I'm not actually at all unhappy about being rated high school for the same reasons as Sally and Heather mentioned. But I *am* surprised that my writing hasn't been gummed up to the point of unreadability by 1) theory and 2) German syntax.<BR/><BR/>Heather, you know the other extreme of my writing in the form of my Berks paper. That would probably be worth running through the analyzer, just for a laugh. It would probably also answer Sally's question of what exactly we mean by "too academic." :-)<BR/><BR/>Kochanie, I knew about figleaf's drop-out history but not yours. It's funny - my husband's history is similar. He dropped out, became a stonemason, then eventually went back to school and ended up with a Ph.D. in philosophy. For him, at least, some of it was generational (the late 1970s were a tumultuous time in Germany), some familial - but much of it was just boredom. <BR/><BR/>I seem to have an affinity for people who are smart, original, and inclined to be autodidacts - a combination of qualities that schools don't necessarily serve well.<BR/><BR/>And Kochanie - I think you're at least in blog university by now. :-)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments, everyone!Sungoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153155221248240952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-76669059727498375172008-06-20T10:16:00.000-04:002008-06-20T10:16:00.000-04:00Sungold,If it's any consolation, Figleaf and I hav...Sungold,<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation, Figleaf and I have not graduated from high school either, which is fine with me. I was a diligent student and devoted many hours during my secondary education to become an accomplished <A = HREF="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fricatrice" REL="nofollow">fricatrice</A>. Now that I think of it, <I>that's</I> why we're still in blog high school: all three of us repeatedly think and write about sex -- just like the proverbial horny teenagers. And for the record, I have no intention of <I>growing up</I>. ;-)J.B. Kochaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731276067288327319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-23027942803673580192008-06-19T19:56:00.000-04:002008-06-19T19:56:00.000-04:00Given my background in adult education and instruc...Given my background in adult education and instructional design I'd like to point out that "genius-level" writing is not, at all, a good thing because it means your writing is almost incomprehensible.<BR/><BR/>One of the big theoretical physicists of the early 20th Century claimed that if you really knew your stuff you could explain it in a way even a child understood. (It's attributed to several and it doesn't really matter much *which genius* actually said it.)<BR/><BR/>So! If you're able to talk Foucault in a way high-schoolers could handle then you're doing great.<BR/><BR/>figleaffigleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440982008394316977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-3482650207563337882008-06-19T15:53:00.000-04:002008-06-19T15:53:00.000-04:00Mine is also high school -- but I don't consider t...Mine is also high school -- but I don't consider that a bad thing since I'm aiming for clear writing and accessibility.Heather Munro Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01398263881320087944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2281443754502891373.post-52296432957924515132008-06-19T15:12:00.000-04:002008-06-19T15:12:00.000-04:00I got the same rating. I'm actually surprised, I t...I got the same rating. I'm actually surprised, I thought it'd be lower. I try to write as simple as possible in an attempt to be all-inclusive (b/c I'm usually accused of writing and speaking "too academic," whatever that is).sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054413520223145494noreply@blogger.com