I predict 20% of the class won't make it to the end.
I'll take your 20% and raise it to 30%.Dalya said:I predict 20% of the class won't make it to the end.
Also, someone will cry in class.LisaGraceBooks said:I'll take your 20% and raise it to 30%.
The teacher will request verbally or in writing: No text talk in your written work, unless the character is actually saying the letters.Dalya said:Also, someone will cry in class.
This is how I heard it:CMTheAuthor said:I guess that means that person doesn't have...
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...please don't hurt me for that bad pun.
lolololedmjill said:I started taking a screenwriting course, tonight was the first class. For the first exercise, the prof asked us all to write down a rough copy of a premise for a screenplay we might (theoretically) develop as the course progresses. One student whined: "But they didn't tell us to come with ideas." Kind of makes me wonder what the student's expectations were when they registered...
Oh dear... Oh dear... Oh dear...AndreSanThomas said:There was only ONE person out of 20 that had a writing implement with them. I passed around little golf pencils, they scribbled the number down and STARTED PASSING THE PENCILS BACK!
Let's just say there's a high failure/drop out rate on that class too.
Oh, boy. That is bad.AndreSanThomas said:The day that tipped me over the edge, however, was one round, first class of the series, we're there for an 8 hour session. Ten minutes in, I asked them to take out their text and write the phone number down inside the front cover so that they could call if they were going to be late or miss a class. There was only ONE person out of 20 that had a writing implement with them. I passed around little golf pencils, they scribbled the number down and STARTED PASSING THE PENCILS BACK! I told them I was pretty sure that sometime in the next 8 hours, I might say at least one more thing that they should write down!
Let's just say there's a high failure/drop out rate on that class too.