Should I be worried?

[azurite]

After work today, I got my last 2 textbooks-- my Creative Writing book and my Syllabus (which isn't really a syllabus at all, it's a workbook of weird pages and random stories). I'm kind of worried that the teacher seems so obsessed with himself, using his own works as examples, but then again, maybe he's proud in a good way. If any of you guys who write fanfiction taught a Creative Writing class, would you ever use your own writing as an example? Why or why not?

My Mythology teacher scared me at first-- kind of chubby with a double-chin, very pale with light eyes and pink lips-- he looked like a corpse with crooked teeth. But once he got talking, he was very funny and the class looks like it'll be interesting. Many class activities will be conducted online, which I'm grateful for.

Back to Japanese... Scott was called on today, and he either wasn't paying attention or he seriously needed the textbook (which I picked up at the bookstore before class; QuickCopies took forever to assemble the binder of notes, but I got it in less than 10 minutes). He didn't know what to say... I tried to help him out, but I think I might have made things worse. He didn't seem upset at me or anything, now that I think about it, but like I said earlier, he rushed off to Aikido, and he never saw or said anything to me after we parted ways. :P He owes me lunch tomorrow.

Wednesday is what I'm really looking forward to, though, because aside from Japanese and Mythology, I'll also have my 2 Journalism classes, my WRPII course (with Salido again!) at night. I wonder how I'll get home? I do have to learn to drive though, and I'd like to have learned by December. Time to research some driving schools... (I don't even know what course to take)

I'm glad people are submitting alternative lists at 30kisses. I really have to finish my SxA pairing for that, so I can either pick a new pairing (a few of the other pairings I write for were taken, but the authors have PROBABLY given up... *sigh*) or focus on my 100 icons. I've gotten a few more done lately, but I want to do all "batch posts" where I have at least 5 icons at a time, so it might be a while before I post at iconfiend100 again.

*yawn* I'm so tired! It's so hot! I need to learn sign language, and I have to stop blushing when a Japanese person orders at Jamba Juice!

Comments

[azurite]

Well, fanfics are a whole other breed of animal. You couldn't legally introduce them in a class about creative writing unless you explained that they're self-published, not-for-profit, and that the fic world is more of a training ground than anything remotely professional. True, I take writing fics a lot more seriously than others (I insist on editing, spell-checking, etc.) but that doesn't change the fact that it's FANfiction, not my own personal fiction.

I'd probably feel a lot more comfortable about introducing fanfiction in a class, actually, because I have that nice little disclaimer saying the characters aren't mine, and if the story doesn't appeal to you, oh well. But with real fiction, the writing either draws you in or it doesn't.

As for teachers calling on students, that's their job. Students PAY to get put in that environment, and teachers have every right to grade them down if they don't participate. Teachers can't possibly do everything themselves anyway, otherwise what would be the point of being a TEACHer? This is especially true in a discussion-based class that is subjective-- revolving around other people's opinions of writing. Hopefully this guy can handle being critiqued. :P