The last and final thing that I would change about the class of Online Publishing would be nothing. Online Publishing was easily the most fun course I have ever taken throughout high school.
Nothing beats walking into a nice air conditioned room full of your friends at the end of the school day on a hot Monday in the middle of May. You walk in knowing it’s going to be a nice relaxed class full of funny jokes and good times. There wasn’t a ridiculous amount of work, but even if there was, it only required us to type our thoughts.
There have been a few blow off classes throughout my high school that didn’t require much effort, but I’m glad I put effort into this class. The amount of respect that Mr. Currin gives me forces me to want to make him happy. I wish I wasn’t a senior so I could go back in time 7 months and re-do this entire course. I may not have done all of my work… but it was still a pleasure doing the amount that I did.
I really don’t know what else to type in this blog. I probably won’t even end up doing the full 300 words because I have to get the 600 word one does as well… I’m going to go do that. Sorry Mr. Currin, the final assignment will make up for my lack of words.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Change #4
This next blog is going to be about how the “Items of Interest” were completely unnecessary. If you don’t agree... I don’t care.
Items of Interest came into effect pretty late into the school year. Mr. Currin kind of just introduced it out of nowhere without even warning us that there was going to be another assignment that we would need to complete by the end of the week. You might be thinking to yourself, “Man, this Mr. Currin guy sounds like a real jerk,” which would make you wrong. Mr. Currin is a cool guy, but stick with me.
The main purpose of the Items of Interest are to keep us up to date on what is going on with the world and making us make a 50 word response to an article of Mr. Currin’s choosing. I think we should be able to choose an article, since it would make the task much more exciting. I don’t like choosing what to write about in a blog, but it is easier to find an interesting article than think of a good blog topic.
My word of advice to Mr. Currin is to let the students choose a popular article out of the New York Times or something of the sort, because it would make it interesting for everybody. The kids get a choice on which one to write about, and Mr. Currin gets to learn about a lot of the things going on in the world.
It may seem like I am trying to eliminate every aspect of work in Online Publishing, but that isn’t the point. Mr. Currin needs to think of more fun assignments that we can do that we are genuinely interested in so we can strive to write our best. But what do I know? I’m just a student.
Items of Interest came into effect pretty late into the school year. Mr. Currin kind of just introduced it out of nowhere without even warning us that there was going to be another assignment that we would need to complete by the end of the week. You might be thinking to yourself, “Man, this Mr. Currin guy sounds like a real jerk,” which would make you wrong. Mr. Currin is a cool guy, but stick with me.
The main purpose of the Items of Interest are to keep us up to date on what is going on with the world and making us make a 50 word response to an article of Mr. Currin’s choosing. I think we should be able to choose an article, since it would make the task much more exciting. I don’t like choosing what to write about in a blog, but it is easier to find an interesting article than think of a good blog topic.
My word of advice to Mr. Currin is to let the students choose a popular article out of the New York Times or something of the sort, because it would make it interesting for everybody. The kids get a choice on which one to write about, and Mr. Currin gets to learn about a lot of the things going on in the world.
It may seem like I am trying to eliminate every aspect of work in Online Publishing, but that isn’t the point. Mr. Currin needs to think of more fun assignments that we can do that we are genuinely interested in so we can strive to write our best. But what do I know? I’m just a student.
Change #3
The third thing that I would change about Online Publishing is the constant ridiculing of students from the evil teacher, Mr. Currin. Any mistake that a student makes, it is immediately called out on them and then made fun of for the rest of the day. I honestly believe that he has made kids cry because he always degrades them. What a monster.
I’m not saying that there should be a teacher change, because Online Publishing would be nothing without the man. But he could definitely lay back on the insults to other students, because who knows how it’s affecting them? I saw Mr. Currin get very angry in class today because we were not cooperating and exams were going on in the school and we were being a little too loud. It’s a rarity to see that guy angry. I think I actually pooped my pants when it happened because it’s something I thought I’d never see. I know Meghan Snyder did poop her pants because I can currently smell it. That is inappropriate for school and irrelevant, so I’ll just stop talking about it.
Although it is funny to hear Mr. Currin completely tear apart Kyle Klug for his article on the month of May, it is somewhat sad. Poor Kyle put so much work into finishing up that 300 word article, and then it is just denied. Who knows how that effected Kyle? It really makes you wonder. Oh well.
Overall, Mr. Currin is a pretty cool guy. What I’m trying to get at is rather than degrade every article that he doesn’t find good enough from a student, he should encourage them to do better and give them tips on grammar and punctuation. In order for a student to do better, you have to teach him how to do better. A wise man once told me that. His name was Harold Jenkins.
I’m not saying that there should be a teacher change, because Online Publishing would be nothing without the man. But he could definitely lay back on the insults to other students, because who knows how it’s affecting them? I saw Mr. Currin get very angry in class today because we were not cooperating and exams were going on in the school and we were being a little too loud. It’s a rarity to see that guy angry. I think I actually pooped my pants when it happened because it’s something I thought I’d never see. I know Meghan Snyder did poop her pants because I can currently smell it. That is inappropriate for school and irrelevant, so I’ll just stop talking about it.
Although it is funny to hear Mr. Currin completely tear apart Kyle Klug for his article on the month of May, it is somewhat sad. Poor Kyle put so much work into finishing up that 300 word article, and then it is just denied. Who knows how that effected Kyle? It really makes you wonder. Oh well.
Overall, Mr. Currin is a pretty cool guy. What I’m trying to get at is rather than degrade every article that he doesn’t find good enough from a student, he should encourage them to do better and give them tips on grammar and punctuation. In order for a student to do better, you have to teach him how to do better. A wise man once told me that. His name was Harold Jenkins.
Change #2
The second thing I would change about Online Publishing if I had the power to would be to not assign seats. Kids love freedom Mr. Currin, you have to remember that.
The beginning of this year was awesome, being able to sit wherever we wanted in Online Publishing. The minute I walked into the door, I saw a smiling Michael Steffan and couldn’t help but sit next to the guy. I even ended up two seats away from the Almighty Brian Stoldt. Not too many people will be able to say that they sat two seats away from a future NFL quarterback in high school. Man, it feels good just to type it.
Shoot ahead say, 34 weeks or so into the school year. I walk into Online Publishing and was told immediately we will be having a seat change and they will be permanent. I was somewhat excited to see who I was going to sit next to, but then at the same time I was worried that I was going to hate my new seat. The assigning of seats was quite the big deal as well; we had music going and everything. I was somewhat impressed with the organization and planning given the amount of time they had to set up the entire thing.
My name gets called right after Brianna Harris’s name, so that means she is sitting to my right. “Not too bad,” I said, “...I wonder who will be to my left.” Second pass, but it feels like minutes. The next thing I hear was one of the most memorable moments of my life, and not in a good way. “Tara Hammerschmidt!” In my head I’m filled with anger, but I’m forced to applaud to it.
Tara Hammerschmidt is not the easiest person to sit next to in a class if you aren’t aware. If you want to hear my issues on Tara Hammerschmidt, you can check out my other blog and read the one that I dedicated to her.
The beginning of this year was awesome, being able to sit wherever we wanted in Online Publishing. The minute I walked into the door, I saw a smiling Michael Steffan and couldn’t help but sit next to the guy. I even ended up two seats away from the Almighty Brian Stoldt. Not too many people will be able to say that they sat two seats away from a future NFL quarterback in high school. Man, it feels good just to type it.
Shoot ahead say, 34 weeks or so into the school year. I walk into Online Publishing and was told immediately we will be having a seat change and they will be permanent. I was somewhat excited to see who I was going to sit next to, but then at the same time I was worried that I was going to hate my new seat. The assigning of seats was quite the big deal as well; we had music going and everything. I was somewhat impressed with the organization and planning given the amount of time they had to set up the entire thing.
My name gets called right after Brianna Harris’s name, so that means she is sitting to my right. “Not too bad,” I said, “...I wonder who will be to my left.” Second pass, but it feels like minutes. The next thing I hear was one of the most memorable moments of my life, and not in a good way. “Tara Hammerschmidt!” In my head I’m filled with anger, but I’m forced to applaud to it.
Tara Hammerschmidt is not the easiest person to sit next to in a class if you aren’t aware. If you want to hear my issues on Tara Hammerschmidt, you can check out my other blog and read the one that I dedicated to her.
Change #1
The first thing that I would change about Online Publishing if I were given the chance to make any alterations, I would start with choice blogs.
Choice blogs are easily the number one thing I hated about Online Publishing throughout the year. It makes me have to think of a whole new topic each time, even though the class is much easier when Mr. Currin chooses the blog topics. I might be in a rush to get blogs done, and when I see "Choice Blog, Choice blog, Choice blog", it gets me pretty frustrated. It's just a whole other thing I have to worry about in order to finish my work.
Honestly, I think Mr. Currin has the imagination to make 4 to 5 blogs each with a general topic. It would make students’ lives much easier and they wouldn't have to sit there for 20 minutes thinking about something that is worth 300 words and isn't stupid. I recall writing an article about Intense Milk because I was so desperate to have an article. That article wasn't even worth reading or writing. I'm actually somewhat embarrassed that I even wrote such an atrocious piece of work, but life has its rough paths I suppose.
All of those senseless articles wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the one and only Rob Currin. He was probably feeling lazy on a late Friday at home and realized he has to assign a few blogs for his students for the next day. Flustered, he turned on his laptop and thought about how he was going to go about this issue. “I know! I’ll just give them the choice to do whatever they want… yeah, good idea Rob!’ he says and proceeds to pat himself on the back.
You have had better ideas Mr. Currin, honestly. You made this year somewhat aggravating because of those choice blogs. You could make next year much better if you were to eliminate them. Good day.
Choice blogs are easily the number one thing I hated about Online Publishing throughout the year. It makes me have to think of a whole new topic each time, even though the class is much easier when Mr. Currin chooses the blog topics. I might be in a rush to get blogs done, and when I see "Choice Blog, Choice blog, Choice blog", it gets me pretty frustrated. It's just a whole other thing I have to worry about in order to finish my work.
Honestly, I think Mr. Currin has the imagination to make 4 to 5 blogs each with a general topic. It would make students’ lives much easier and they wouldn't have to sit there for 20 minutes thinking about something that is worth 300 words and isn't stupid. I recall writing an article about Intense Milk because I was so desperate to have an article. That article wasn't even worth reading or writing. I'm actually somewhat embarrassed that I even wrote such an atrocious piece of work, but life has its rough paths I suppose.
All of those senseless articles wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the one and only Rob Currin. He was probably feeling lazy on a late Friday at home and realized he has to assign a few blogs for his students for the next day. Flustered, he turned on his laptop and thought about how he was going to go about this issue. “I know! I’ll just give them the choice to do whatever they want… yeah, good idea Rob!’ he says and proceeds to pat himself on the back.
You have had better ideas Mr. Currin, honestly. You made this year somewhat aggravating because of those choice blogs. You could make next year much better if you were to eliminate them. Good day.
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