Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Anxiety, the hand-maiden of creativity (T.S. Eliot)

I've been very nervous about not having answers to questions -- "can I buy the older edition of the text?" I have no idea- I've never been through the course before. "when are we going to need the weber writes book? can I buy it later?" I have no idea- I've never used it and I don't know when we will. "where's that page in the syllabus?" I have no idea- it went in to the copy machine... "can I miss the last two days of class? I'm running the boston marathon." I have no idea - I don't know what we do the last two days of class. "can i make up the points for class on tuesday? I have a court date." I have no idea - I haven't figured out how to enter grades in canvas. "where's the last page of the syllabus?" I have no idea- i guess it didn't come out of the copy machine... "can I call you if I have questions?" I have no idea- I still don't know where my office is. "the boy in class asked if the film summary has to be objective - what does that mean?" I have no idea- I haven't ever written a summary. "where's the second page of the syllabus?" I have no idea - ask the copy machine. "we don't have that page of the syllabus- are you still going to give us a quiz?" I have no idea- it seems like I should since all I'm asking you is my name but what if you start thinking class time is pointless and that I'm setting you up to fail and that you can't get the help you need because i don't know where my office is or how to use canvas and then you aren't friendly in class and i don't know how to handle it and it tears up classroom dynamics that i'm so scared about managing and then we have a horrible semester and you all hate me when all i want is for you to love me and do what i say and learn and outscore your peers for the restofyourlivesbecauseihelpedyousucceedinthispivotalandfoundationalclass butiwastoobusyhavingnoideawhatiwasdoingandsecond-guessingmyselfandiruinedit!? justruineditall!?!? Does that make sense? please email me any questions, see you all on thursday. Remember to type your summary and use complete sentences.

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