For All You Self-Centered Tedious Neurotics (male and female)

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Judi Rhodes

TheEndOfTheRopeRanch

Friday, July 01, 2005 6:17 AM

[TheEndOfTheRopeRanch] :-)

 

 

Well, here is a true life example from the Phoenix College. An English

>Professor assigned his students to a joint writing exercise that quickly

>degraded - check it out...

>

> " Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story.

>The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person

>sitting to his or her immediate right. "

>

> " As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a

>short story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another

>copy to me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add

>another paragraph to the story and send it back also sending

>another copy to me. The first person will then add a third paragraph,

>

>and so on, back and forth. "

>

>

> " Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to

>keep the story coherent. There is to be absolutely NO talking outside of

>the e-mails and anything you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. "

>

>

>

> " The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached. "

>

>

>

>The following was actually turned in by two of my English students:

>Rebecca (last name deleted), and Gary (last name deleted).

> -------------------------------

>

> THE STORY:

>

> (First paragraph by Rebecca)

> At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The

> chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at

> home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in

>

> happier times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must

>

> now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was

>

> suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma started

>

> acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question.

>

> (Second paragraph by Gary)

> Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack

> squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to

> think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo

>

> named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year

>

> ago. " A.S. Harris to Geostation 17 " , he said into his transgalactic

>

> communicator. " Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so far... "

>

> But before he could sign off, a bluish particle beam flashed out of

>

> nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the

> direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.

>

> (Rebecca)

> He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he

> felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one

> woman who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth

> stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of

> Skylon 4. " Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space

>

> Travel, " Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously

>

> excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her

youth,

>

> when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspapers to

read,

>

> no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the

beautiful

>

> things around her. " Why must one lose one's innocence to become a woman? "

>

> she pondered wistfully.

>

> (Gary)

> Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands

> of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of

> its lithium fusion missiles. The dimwitted wimpy peaceniks that pushed the

>

> Unilateral Aerospace Disarmament Treaty through the congress had left Earth

a

>

> defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to

destroy

>

> the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the

Anu'udrian

>

> ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the

entire

>

> planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their diabolical

plan.

> The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President,

in

>

> his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the

coast of

>

> Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor,

stupid,

> Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his fist on the

> conference table. " We can't allow this! I'm going to veto that treaty!

Let's blow 'em

>

> out of the sky! "

>

> (Rebecca)

> This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature.

> My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semiliterate adolescent.

>

> (Gary)

> Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts

> at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. " Oh shall I have

> chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F***ING TEA???

> Oh no, I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle

> Steele novels. "

>

> (Rebecca)

> A**hole.

>

> (Gary)

> B****.

>

> (Rebecca)

> Get screwed.

>

> (Gary)

> Eat sh**.

>

> (Rebecca)

> SC*** YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!!!

>

> (Gary)

> GO DRINK SOME TEA - B***h.

>

> **********************************************

> (TEACHER)

> A+ - I really liked this one. Only group to get an A.

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " Judi Rhodes " <judirhodes@c...>

wrote:

>

>

> -

> Judi Rhodes

> TheEndOfTheRopeRanch

> Friday, July 01, 2005 6:17 AM

> [TheEndOfTheRopeRanch] :-)

>

>

> Well, here is a true life example from the Phoenix College. An English

> >Professor assigned his students to a joint writing exercise that

quickly

> >degraded - check it out...

> >

> > " Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story.

> >The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person

> >sitting to his or her immediate right. "

> >

> > " As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a

> >short story. You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send

another

> >copy to me. The partner will read the first paragraph and then add

> >another paragraph to the story and send it back also sending

> >another copy to me. The first person will then add a third paragraph,

> >

> >and so on, back and forth. "

> >

> >

> > " Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to

> >keep the story coherent. There is to be absolutely NO talking

outside of

> >the e-mails and anything you wish to say must be written in the

e-mail. "

> >

> >

> >

> > " The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached. "

> >

> >

> >

> >The following was actually turned in by two of my English students:

> >Rebecca (last name deleted), and Gary (last name deleted).

> > -------------------------------

> >

> > THE STORY:

> >

> > (First paragraph by Rebecca)

> > At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The

> > chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at

> > home, now reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in

> >

> > happier times, that he liked chamomile. But she felt she must

> >

> > now, at all costs, keep her mind off Carl. His possessiveness was

> >

> > suffocating, and if she thought about him too much her asthma

started

> >

> > acting up again. So chamomile was out of the question.

> >

> > (Second paragraph by Gary)

> > Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack

> > squadron now in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to

> > think about than the neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo

> >

> > named Laurie with whom he had spent one sweaty night over a year

> >

> > ago. " A.S. Harris to Geostation 17 " , he said into his transgalactic

> >

> > communicator. " Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so

far... "

> >

> > But before he could sign off, a bluish particle beam flashed out of

> >

> > nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The

jolt from the

> > direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.

> >

> > (Rebecca)

> > He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he

> > felt one last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one

> > woman who had ever had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth

> > stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of

> > Skylon 4. " Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space

> >

> > Travel, " Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news

simultaneously

> >

> > excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming

of her youth,

> >

> > when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no

newspapers to read,

> >

> > no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder

at all the beautiful

> >

> > things around her. " Why must one lose one's innocence to become

a woman? "

> >

> > she pondered wistfully.

> >

> > (Gary)

> > Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live.

Thousands

> > of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the

first of

> > its lithium fusion missiles. The dimwitted wimpy peaceniks that

pushed the

> >

> > Unilateral Aerospace Disarmament Treaty through the congress had

left Earth a

> >

> > defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were

determined to destroy

> >

> > the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the

treaty the Anu'udrian

> >

> > ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to

pulverize the entire

> >

> > planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly initiated their

diabolical plan.

> > The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded.

The President, in

> >

> > his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor

off the coast of

> >

> > Guam, felt the inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized

poor, stupid,

> > Laurie and 85 million other Americans. The President slammed his

fist on the

> > conference table. " We can't allow this! I'm going to veto that

treaty! Let's blow 'em

> >

> > out of the sky! "

> >

> > (Rebecca)

> > This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature.

> > My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semiliterate

adolescent.

> >

> > (Gary)

> > Yeah? Well, you're a self-centered tedious neurotic whose attempts

> > at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. " Oh shall I have

> > chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F***ING TEA???

> > Oh no, I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle

> > Steele novels. "

> >

> > (Rebecca)

> > A**hole.

> >

> > (Gary)

> > B****.

> >

> > (Rebecca)

> > Get screwed.

> >

> > (Gary)

> > Eat sh**.

> >

> > (Rebecca)

> > SC*** YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!!!

> >

> > (Gary)

> > GO DRINK SOME TEA - B***h.

> >

> > **********************************************

> > (TEACHER)

> > A+ - I really liked this one. Only group to get an A.

> >

>

>

>

 

 

Typical! Teachers who rejoice as their Illuminati agenda of

brain-washing students into perpetual conflict-mindedness proceeds

according to plan, an agenda equally force-fed into _them_ when _they_

were students. :-)

 

al.