On 2/28/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well.... a little more than safety. The issue I had way back when was > with a creative writing teacher. We all had to give everyone else > copies of our work.
How way back? Were you a young child, or an "adult"? > The teacher complained that the nobody was writing "juicy" stuff. When > one of the other students started submitting pornography, that was > invariably what would be read out to the class, and the teacher would > stare at the women at the class while it was being read. > > I say pornography -- it was really hateful stuff. I didn't complain > until somebody got fucked to death with a table leg for having the > nerve to be menstruating when the protagonist wanted to rape her, but > at that point I figured that we had crossed some line between the > other student's right to write pornography and my right not to have to > listen to things like that. You should have been able to leave the class if things were getting too intense, without it effecting your grade. > The teacher got very bent and ranted a bit about the first amendment. > I then failed the class, even though all of my work had been returned > to me with "fantastic" and "excellent" written on it. I don't hold no truck with all good work but an F for personal reasons. That's BS. But there is work like Naked Lunch, which I think a lot of people would have trouble with, but doesn't make it any less interesting to study, etc.. I'm surprised you were the only one upset- usually, if you can get one or two other students involved, change can happen. It's a bit rougher when it's just one student every couple of semesters, or whathave you. Much as it sucks sometimes, there's power in numbers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229196 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
