Hayabusa Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I have to read a million Wikipedia articles for a class at school. Our prof wanted to save us money, so instead of having a connected and easy to follow textbook, we have to read shit on wikipedia and try to make sense of it somehow. I dont know what the fuck to do....theres so much more reading to be done, and i really dont feel like doing it cuz its hard to follow, but at the same time, im a little worried that i will fail if i dont read shit. However, lectures are very informative and tie things together well, and touch on important subjects as well, so i am at a loss. Should i mainly pay attention and focus in lecture, and pay less attention to the readings, or should i lose all social life and contact with humans to do these fucking readings? What would you do>? Im considering only half assing the readings, doing the first midterm, which isnt worth too much, and seeing how i do, and depending on my performance, i will change my approach accordingly.... thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERMAFRIED_ Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 drop out pronto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transparent Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 kids gotta point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth MontgomeryOner Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 you should drop out and get a refund before it's too late a prof telling you to use wikipedia? that's shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Man, wtf, why are you asking 12oz about whether or not you should do what is required of your class. Do you really think that you're not going to get all kinds of dumbass answers and suggestions? Go fucking read that shit and stop trying to be a slacker, real slackers are slackers without trying, you sound like you're trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Ask that fool what the fuck his problem is. I couldnt imagine having to do some dumb shit like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlic prawns Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 What the shit are you studying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Let me know what wikis you're going to use so I can alter the information.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 communications its suppose to be a first year class one section of articles i had to read, after putting it into MS Word, came out to about 40 pages theres 3-4 more sections to go im not gunna drop out cuz its too late... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth MontgomeryOner Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 seriously what prof tells students to read wikipedia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhereEaglesDare Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Step 1 = print out the "1 million articles" Step 2 = go to the library, away from distractions like 12oz Step 3 = highlight any and all important pieces of info in said articles Step 4 = re-read articles, string together information Step 5 = (optional) get a study partner. Two heads are better than 1 and with someone there to keep you on track you are sure to get more done Step 6 = study like hell for your tests "im a little worried that i will fail if i dont read shit." - oh, ya think? you're not feeling good about this because you're online fucking around when you should be getting your work done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 don't read that shit, they'll tell you the important stuff in class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spectr Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 go tell your professor you are a technophobe and you can't get online. Get a fake doctors note to go along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milk Grenades Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 all you have to do is skim......that's it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERMAFRIED_ Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 hmmm so a total of 4-5 sections at, let's say, 60 pages each, just to play it safe. at that rate, you've got a grand total of 350 printed pages. which is probably less than your average textbook. so quitcher bitchin. problemo solvedo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 actually, a regular textbook for a class requires 40 pages tops of reading per week This is what we had to read for one week (theres more but it couldnt fit) III. ROMAN LEGACY 21. Rhetoric and letters - Quintilian (35 - 95) - Cicero (106–43 CE) - Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis (534) 22. Ars Memoria: Mnemonic technique - Simonides of Ceos (ca. 556 BCE - 469 BCE) - Rhetorica ad Herennium ca. 85 BCE - Augustine of Hippo (354-430) 23. Roman History and Law - Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus), (23–79 CE) - Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. 56 – c. 117) - Mestrius Plutarchus (Greek: Πλούταρχος; c. 46- 127) - Sallustius Crispus, AKA Sallust, (86-34 BCE) - Decline IV. MEDIEVAL EUROPE and NEAR EAST 24. Light off the page: Culture of the book: - Hildegard of Bingen - alternatively, in German as, von Bingen or in Latin as, Bingensis, also known as, Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard, (1098 – 1179) - Maimonides (1135 or 1138 - 1204) - Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274) - Dante; Durante degli Alighieri (c. 1265 – 1321) 25. Minstrels and troubadours 26. Block prints, heraldry, codex, and cathedrals 27. The clock and lens - Lewis Mumford * 28. Arabic learning & rhetoric, Persian poetry 29. “The Middle Ages” Geopolitics of faith, trade, and war V. RENAISSANCE 30. Humanism, memory and the reinvention of Classical Antiquity 31. Memory, erotic magic, and new arts of persuasion - Giulio Camillo Delminio (1480 - 1544) - Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) - Opera, and new music - Sculpture and the arts - Ioan Couliano * 32. Communication, strategy, and arts politic - Nicollo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) - Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) - Erasmus (c. 1469 – 1563) - Robert Greene * 33. Perspective and print: New ways of seeing - Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 – 1446) - Lorenzo Ghiberti (born Lorenzo di Bartolo) (1378 – 1455) - Leone Battista Alberti (1404 – 1472) - Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1398 – c. 1468) - Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528) 36. New worlds: dawn of the age of discovery - Maps - Scientific revolution - Compass VI. REFORMATION & AGE OF RELIGIOUS DISCORD 34. The Reformation: Print and polemics - Martin Luther (1483 – 1546) - Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (Íñigo) López de Loyola (1491 – 1556) - John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) - Counter Reformation - Elizabeth Eisenstein * Believe me, im by no means a slacker, and am a good student, but even i wont do certain shit, and i KNOW for a fact that 90% of the other kids in the class aint doing shit either its ridiculous not to mention the fact that anyone can fuck around with wikipedia (and someone did with one of the entries) so its all relative id rather pay 100$ for a coherent textbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhereEaglesDare Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Sounds like pretty interesting stuff....espc: 27. The clock and lens- Lewis Mumford * Suck it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 yeh iono we'll see what road i go down on im just over profs trying to expand our minds by being different when we pay em 500$ a class i can read the internet and try to tie shit together on my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Mask Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^ . ^ Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 i love reading about roman times; good stuff. But on the other hand, I would be extremely outraged if the prof said to read wiki; it's written by anyone, not a credible source. Maybe you should follow a link or two from each section, to something more credible and legit. It might help speed up the reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 look do this print out everything you need to read. make a nice tidy stack. drive a nail through it to hold it together. walk into class. Calmly approach profs desk. Drop giant stack of paper with nail in front of him and just stare at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 nah the prof is a cool guy though maybe hes just smoked too much pot or something iono dont forget, its communications, but those articles are all just general in their scope, so they dont tie into communications explicitly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERMAFRIED_ Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 i love reading about roman times; good stuff. But on the other hand, I would be extremely outraged if the prof said to read wiki; it's written by anyone, not a credible source. Maybe you should follow a link or two from each section, to something more credible and legit. It might help speed up the reading. you are such a fucking student i somehow feel obligated to corrupt you profoundly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^ . ^ Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 i would go to school for the rest of my life if i had the funds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 if hes a cool guy then just ask him what the science is behind his madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnUpsetStomach Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Attention HAYABUSA, I have gone out of my way to write you a serious reply...PLEASE READ. (from a perspective of a fellow student) Nah man, you dont have to do all that reading. Make sure you show up to all classes, take notes and know the information well..... Then with the additional reading, just know a few important key points about every topic they ask you to read. For example i had to read about some new employment law that was being passed through the suggested document was like 20-30 pages. I just googled/wikipedia'd the topic and just made sure I knew 1- Definition (What the law is) 2- those who are for it, those against it and why 3-Advantages and disadvantages. Through knowing just that i was able to develop my own opinion and discuss the matter in class and be able to objectively/subjectively write an essay on the matter when it came up in the finals. Because of the nature of communications/management units they require you to develop your own opinion and take into account the view points of others before writing a conclusion so again you dont need to read 40 pages to be able to come up with the right info. Also NOONE IS EXPECTED TO RETAIN ALL THAT INFORMATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnUpsetStomach Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Here, 23. Roman History and Law- - Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus) - Publius (or Gaius) - Mestrius Plutarchus - Sallustius Crispus, AKA Sallust - Decline Without even knowing ANYTHING on Roman History I cant tell you that all you have to do is look those guys up, find out who they were and what they did that was significant and historians various opinions of them. It talks about the decline just find out what happened that caused this decline eg- (decline in power?, were key players abolished? etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhereEaglesDare Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 You're majoring in Communications Hayabusa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 im majoring in criminology this is my elective thanks upset stomach thats pretty much my strategy i think this was just me bitching outloud cuz i was so frustrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Man, I can't believe people do all their readings at school. I only read things when researching for assignments, and just try to pay attention in class. I seem to do alright, but I guess not everyone can wing their way through school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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