Personal & Writing 30 Jan 2006 07:35 pm
Meaningless tripe
You know, I've always gotten good grades in my English classes, when I actually bothered to do the work. And it's no wonder that I always did well. I used to talk about how I'd BSed this essay or that, and how I thought I was awesome and totally cool because I'd gotten a good grade despite doing almost nothing for the paper. Well it turns out that I'd figured out the institution then, I just didn't know it. The secret is that you get good grades for bullshit that sounds nice because that's exactly what the field of English literature is: intelligent-sounding nonsense. For instance:
What this form of resolution implies, guaranteeing as it does that justice will be done despite the degree to which the original crime has been obscured and forgotten, is that the power of social stability is stronger than any individual's attempt to transgress it. This in itself was no new topic for fictional works, even in the mid-eighteenth century, but in the gothic it is expressed in such an obsessive manner that the representation signifies a depth of concern with the issue not always apparent in other works where it is treated…
LOL WTF
Have you ever read such meaningless tripe in your life? A monkey who could string words together in a manner that sounds nice could do well in English literature. It's no wonder people with "real jobs" laugh at the idea of "English classes" — it's all a waste of fucking time anyway.
Give me something real. Something with substance. Something that matters. Don't give me nonsensical bullshit.
on 04 Feb 2006 at 11:12 am 1.rianjs.net » On past relationships said …
[...] I'm avoiding writing an essay for about five minutes to share something that I find somewhat rare in the world of dating and relationships, particularly with "exes." [...]
on 12 Feb 2006 at 12:27 am 2.rianjs.net » More on the topic of writing said …
[...] Several days ago, I wrote about English Literature, and how it's mostly a crock of shit. I'd just like to share an email I wrote to someone that sums up my feelings about most college level writing courses. 3) Most importantly… don't judge your writing abilities based on some shitty essay that you have to write for some bullshit class that no one's going to give a shit about. Literature classes are a waste of your time, and the crap you have to come up with to pass a class doesn't measure your ability to write anything: the only thing it measures is your ability to come up with intelligent-sounding horseshit. Think about it, what merit does this paper have? Answer: none. So don't sweat it. Writing classes are good at making people feel like they suck at writing, when in reality it's the subject matter that sucks. Shitty subject matter = shitty writing. Unless you're Superman and you can crush shit into a diamond, shit in = shit out? See what I mean? [...]
on 24 Feb 2006 at 5:48 pm 3.Anonymous said …
lol what class was this so i may take it!!