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I’m taking a class right now (getting my gifted endorsement) and the class is awful. Everything about it is awful, from the actual course construction in Canvas to the terrible photos of readings to the old white male reading list to the awful assignments. It’s so bad and I can’t decide if it’s this bad because I’m supposed to just put in minimal effort and jump this hoop or if they’re serious about this class and it is just this terrible and they don’t know or care. Why can’t I just accept this and jump the hoops and move on? Why do I get so angry at how bad this is? Everyone else seems fine with it and I’m rage-typing discussion posts about quantum physics and convergent / divergent thinking and the nature of reality. Is this an #ADHD thing or a #gifted #2e thing or am I just a bad misfit person?
Michael Porter @clyminghawk Ugh. I feel your pain - hopefully there's a course/instructor evaluation at the end. In the meantime, jump those hoops...
@MichaelPorter the course is Creative and Critical Thinking Skills in Gifted Education, so the insanely poor design and execution seems almost intentionally cruel. I keep thinking it must be some kind of terrible psych experiment and I’m secretly being recorded. Lol
@clyminghawk Oh boy. That brings back memories of a B.Ed. course I took - Can’t remember the name, but it was something about using media in education. The overhead slide that listed dos and don’ts for overhead slides broke a lot of the rules listed, and I was sitting there wondering if we were being trolled or if the instructor was that clueless. The course also had a lab component that taught us all kinds of useful skills like how to make multi-coloured ditto handouts, and how to thread a film projector… If I ever get sent back in time 50 years I will be ready! 