Retrograde
They tell me that Mercury is retrograde and that's why things are going loopy.
I guess.
What a day. My computer at school crashed and no one seems particularly concerned, other than myself. I kinda NEED my computer, with finals approaching and all.
Then, the CTYW (Concrete Thinking Young Woman) in my Human Sexuality class challenged a statement I made. I said "If I ask students on the first day of the semester to write down a question they want answered in the class, everyone has one. But if I ask people at the end of the semester what was the most important question they had at the beginning, most will say they didn’t have one. This is an interesting social psychological phenomenon." CTYW said "People will write down a random question in the beginning because you ask them to; this has nothing to do with social psychology." Of course, responding to a request just because someone made the request is called a "demand characteristic" and it so happens that it IS a social psychological phenomenon. I would suggest to CTYW that in continuation of her behavior in my class, "Just because you don't know what you're talking about, be sure to voice an opinion anyway."
Then after class PJ told me that he'd come to the last class late, found the door locked (it often locks itself when the door closes) and unsuccessfully tried to get my attention. Having told me this he then handed me the textbook I had lent him earlier in the semester to save him $100 and said "I won't be taking the final," and stormed off. Boy, I'll be sorry now. He sure showed me, didn't he?
Then there's the fellow who today denied that testosterone levels have anything to do with math skills "because it doesn't take into account free will." Can you flap your arms and use your free will to fly? Can you use your free will to rid yourself of congestive heart failure? People are forced to live by the laws of physics and biology until there's something psychological with a biological basis, and then they can just decide NOT to be schizophrenic, or depressed, or have a low IQ, etc. Choose to be a genius and you WILL be.
Here's something I've learned a long time ago. People believe what gives them comfort. Whether that belief is based on evidence or not is irrelevant. Teaching psychology is largely a waste of time for the faculty.
To quote Earl from "My Name Is Earl" that must be why we get paid so much.
I guess.
What a day. My computer at school crashed and no one seems particularly concerned, other than myself. I kinda NEED my computer, with finals approaching and all.
Then, the CTYW (Concrete Thinking Young Woman) in my Human Sexuality class challenged a statement I made. I said "If I ask students on the first day of the semester to write down a question they want answered in the class, everyone has one. But if I ask people at the end of the semester what was the most important question they had at the beginning, most will say they didn’t have one. This is an interesting social psychological phenomenon." CTYW said "People will write down a random question in the beginning because you ask them to; this has nothing to do with social psychology." Of course, responding to a request just because someone made the request is called a "demand characteristic" and it so happens that it IS a social psychological phenomenon. I would suggest to CTYW that in continuation of her behavior in my class, "Just because you don't know what you're talking about, be sure to voice an opinion anyway."
Then after class PJ told me that he'd come to the last class late, found the door locked (it often locks itself when the door closes) and unsuccessfully tried to get my attention. Having told me this he then handed me the textbook I had lent him earlier in the semester to save him $100 and said "I won't be taking the final," and stormed off. Boy, I'll be sorry now. He sure showed me, didn't he?
Then there's the fellow who today denied that testosterone levels have anything to do with math skills "because it doesn't take into account free will." Can you flap your arms and use your free will to fly? Can you use your free will to rid yourself of congestive heart failure? People are forced to live by the laws of physics and biology until there's something psychological with a biological basis, and then they can just decide NOT to be schizophrenic, or depressed, or have a low IQ, etc. Choose to be a genius and you WILL be.
Here's something I've learned a long time ago. People believe what gives them comfort. Whether that belief is based on evidence or not is irrelevant. Teaching psychology is largely a waste of time for the faculty.
To quote Earl from "My Name Is Earl" that must be why we get paid so much.
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