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Dances with Needles
Chatty Knitter
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 Posted - 04/04/2008 : 8:25:22 PM
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Wouldn't you know that my last semester in school I am faced with a teacher who is impossibly boring. I have four classes with the same one, and the sylabi for the three theoreticly different classes that I have attended are close to identical. I can't avoid or drop the classes they are the ones that are required. the teacher has managed to get two ums into a three sylable word consistently. There is no studen't participation, he just lectures for five hours straight.
So far, I have compleated a sweater, half a vest and a pair of socks, plus a baby blanket. I have the heels done on a second pair of socks. I graduate in a month. I have two more of one class and five of another. I expect to finish the vest and the socks and get at least another pair of socks done. If I wasn't knitting I couldn't stand to be in class. It helps me to smile and concentrate and not throw something up in the air and scream.
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MindyO
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USA
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yarnjunkie
Chatty Knitter
USA
161 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 9:08:15 PM
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Just makes us ever more appreciative to have a constructive AND transportable hobby!!
Beth :)
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Monkachia
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USA
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kdcrowley
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USA
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hillstreetmama
Permanent Resident
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 08:19:04 AM
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How on earth to the others in the class survive??
Jan
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gwtreece
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 09:53:34 AM
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Wow.
Wanda
My Blog
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GGKnits
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 1:57:55 PM
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| What a clever idea and productive way to spend the time! Makes me want to sign up for a class. |
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jwaid97
Chatty Knitter
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 4:04:17 PM
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Wow! I didn't start knitting until after college but that would have saved me in several classes. They would dim the lights just enough for the projector to work and then talk (in monotone) for hours. Perfect nap time but I never slept because I might miss the one important thing they said all semester. Knitting would have been wonderful
Joanna
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Dances with Needles
Chatty Knitter
197 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 7:10:22 PM
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I'm not sure how everyone else survives. I am armed with a letter from special services explaining that I need to knit for memory retention and so I don't become a pain in class. In three years I have handed it to one teacher. No one else has had a problem.
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Janbie
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 8:06:42 PM
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I love it! A letter giving you permission to knit in class!
Sorry to hear that you have this awful professor for all of your required classes. But your misery will soon end...hang in there. And congratulations on your impending graduation!
The KnitWit Copywriter
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http://janbie.blogspot.com
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Monkachia
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 04/05/2008 : 8:17:38 PM
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Special services? How do you get that letter? I have horrible problems staying awake in class and when driving, even during tests (including finals and midterms), even when someone is talking to me while driving!!
Chia
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rather be knitting
Seriously Hooked
USA
954 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 11:53:46 AM
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Chia, I sleep apenia and have the same problem when driving. The only thing i've found that helps is chewing bubble gum. It seems that it is impossible to fall asleep while blowing great big bubbles ;-) I don't normally chew gum, but i buy a pack if i'm planning a long trip.
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Dances with Needles
Chatty Knitter
197 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 3:58:50 PM
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I have a diagnosis of ADD, that I got at the young and tender age of 48. I won't go into all the woes of thinking that normal was supposed to be an admirable goal, lets just say that without knitting in my hands I tend to influence people without making friends. I have taken supliments that help, and explained to everyone who wanted to know or questioned the yarn that it was academicly needed. I would never have made it this far without knitting, the computer, word processing and spell check. I don't know what to do with narcolepsy or sleep apnea but you might see if you can get help armed with a doctors diagnosis. Ask about student services and they will tell you what they need.
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Mocha
Permanent Resident
Singapore
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Posted - 04/07/2008 : 02:37:34 AM
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| Congratulations. I take my hat off you. Knitting wont't save me from screaming at the lecturer. And yes, another congratulations on graduating soon. |
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lucienh
Honorary Angel
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 05:25:31 AM
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Just a reminder to other teachers -- if the students take out their knitting, don't take it personally! As others have pointed out, KIC (knitting in class) isn't always because the teacher is boring (I remind myself)but can be because the students learn better that way. I'm still trying to figure out how I can knit while I'm teaching.
New blog, not about knitting, but I bet it keeps sneaking in: http://greenbananascancerblog.blogspot.com/ |
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Dances with Needles
Chatty Knitter
197 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2008 : 7:48:59 PM
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Just to let you know, Thanks to the knitting I graduated. I passed the incredible classes with A's and even passed the one I was sure that I might fail with an acceptible C. Here's to needles and Yarn.
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knittymommy
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 05/30/2008 : 04:19:07 AM
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Isn't it funny how non knitters claim they don't have the patience to knit, and yet we knit so we don't lose our patience?
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Puddytat purr
New Pal
United Kingdom
34 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2008 : 02:44:26 AM
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I suffer from insomnia and I get an awful lot done at 3am!
The circumstances surrounding your birth are irrelevent, it's what you do with the gift of life that matters! |
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PBELKNAP
Permanent Resident
USA
1127 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2008 : 06:32:58 AM
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I never DID understand how some professors managed to stay employed, seeing as how so many of them tend to drone on endlessly...Until a good friend of mine who is a college professor explained one day that the professors are often hired, not so much for their teaching ability, but for their academic/publishing work. He said, if anything, he had to DOWNPLAY any mention of how he was as an actual instructor.
Explains an awful lot <LOL>...
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PAM
WIP = Aran Stitch Afghan (crochet), Easy Playtime Set (knit), Patons Cabled Yoke Pullover (knit), House Socks (knit)
Done this year = Scrap Scarf (knit), Gloves (knit), Mittens (knit), Afghan (crochet), Pinwheel Afghan (crochet), Knit Your Bit Scarf for the WWII Museum (knit - charity), Scrap Sweater (knit)
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abt1950
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 06/23/2008 : 11:17:48 AM
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Yeah, at some schools a teaching award was considered the kiss of death for tenure, at least back in the day.
Dances with Needeles: Congratulations!
Anne in NJ
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Knitting through the unbearably boring
