FRANCE!

[fearlesstemp]

What do I do all day? Here is the best representation I've found - hilarious but also accurate:

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[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! It's like they were sitting in on one of my WW2 lessons!

Today I was intro-ing the Cold War and spent three minutes up there trying to get them to figure out why the U.S. emerged as a stronger power than Great Britain or France after WW2.

FearlessTeacher: Why was the U.S. considered a significant power after WW2?

CluelessStudent: Because we were bigger?

FT: Well, uh, that's true, but not really -

CS: Isn't Russia bigger?

FT: Well, yes, but-

CS: Then who's the big power?

FT: Well, they both are-

CS: Then what -

FT: THE WAR WAS FOUGHT IN EUROPE! THE US IS LEFT INTACT! THE US HAS THE ATOMIC BOMB! WE'RE THE BIG SCARY WEAPONS-HAVING, GOODS-PRODUCING CAPITALIST NATION!

CS: . . . Should I write that down?

FT: Why the hell not.

CS: What unit is this again?

CS2: Can I have a pencil?

CS3: Wait, who won World War II?

Internal FT: [Expletive deleted]

External FT: Okay, let's go back to the beginning!

[sinsense.livejournal.com]

YES! YES! AHAHAHA oh god.

Sinsense: Okay, so what is Foucault saying here?

Students: [zombie noises, vapid gumming at their notebooks]

S: This part where he talks about a prison, what is he getting at?

Sts: [gum gum gum]

S: Okay, so what does the Panopticon look like?

Student1: [raises hand]

S: Yes?

S1: So this is like America? I used to work at a RadioShack, and we always had to do stuff and stuff.

S: Okay, so you were under surveillance... like the prisoners in the Panopticon... LOOK THEY ARE PEOPLE CONSTANTLY BEING WATCHED IT IS LIKE SOCIETY OKAY.

Students: [gum gum wha'?]

S: Haha, okay, seriously, what does the actual building look like? Let's draw a picture on the board.

My soul: [dies]