Again and Again and Again
While it is valuable to study the same information in depth and in various ways, after a while it starts to just sound like a broken record, and that's just the problem I noticed in school today. Of course every year you notice that you've already in some way studied what you're studying (like with the civil and revolutionary wars for example, or "define the scientific method" or the many rules of grammar). Occasionally you'll stumble upon a whole unit or even class about something you definitely haven't studied yet--like my freshmen history class where we spent a lot of time studying Russian history and South African history, topics I definitely hadn't covered in classes before. However today, my frustration with studying the same topics hit a new high (not to mention I may have already been a little grouchy from tiredness and being in school on a Federal holiday, while everone's parents were at home kicking up their feet... Actually I bet a lot of parents ended up working at home or something, but whatever). I'm taking a particular class, which shall remain nameless, all semester and I've enjoyed it... Until today the teacher introduced our last unit--advertising and the impact of the media on society. Seriously? Again? Oh and we get to bring in three advertisements which we will eventually analyze. I have done that exact assignment two or three times in my school career, I've done that same unit probably more. We did it last year, very in depth. I get it, I got it the first time, I don't need to do it again. Sheesh.
Posted by lib at January 2, 2006 06:49 PM