Writing 1010

          Well, it's official, my writing class is the most ridiculous class I've ever taken, high school or college. Don't get me wrong, I really like writing and the class isn't all that hard, but my professor is perhaps the strangest teacher I've ever had.
          It all started about a month ago when a couple students started to ask a couple questions about an article that we were reading. The questions they were asking were completely understandable, in my opinion. For some reason, the professor became incredibly defensive, almost like these students were attacking his own beliefs, which I can guarantee they weren't. It was super awkward for everyone that wasn't involved in the debate (more or less an argument).
          The second occasion happened actually during the next class. The professor called on a student that had been involved in the argument the class before to read what he had written down. Before the student had a chance to read, the professor gave the class a "warning"that this kid's paper made a bunch of allegations (which were obviously directed toward the professor). This little "warning" seriously pissed off this student, and he said that he refused to read what he had written down. This, in turn, pissed off the teacher, which made him set off a whole slew of cuss words. This isn't really the big deal, but I just thought it was funny because he really isn't the cussing type. Then he decided to get the rest of the class involved. He asked "the quiet kids" what they thought about this whole situation, and of course they had nothing to say. That's why they're quiet....Idiot. Anyways, some other girl decided to get up and leave. I guess she just didn't want to deal with this kind of drama in college. To be honest, I was pretty tempted to get out of there myself, but I figured I might miss any more interesting things if I left.
          The third and final incident happened today. It started out fairly normal, although nothing is really normal in that class anymore. A student named Devin walked into class about 3 minutes late. Before he had the chance to sit down, the professor asked Devin to come out into the hall for a second and, next thing I know, Devin comes storming back into the class yelling that the professor said that he can't be in here and that he has to leave. We never actually figured out why he wasn't supposed to be there. He wasn't failing and he hadn't missed too many classes, so we were definitely on his side. Eventually, since Devin decided to stay in the classroom, the professor actually called the cops to make him leave. So yeah, policemen came to class today to keep a student from going to class. Literally the dumbest thing I've ever witnessed.
          To top it all off, I really don't think I've even learned anything in that class. Seriously, all the things he "teaches" us are things I already knew.
          Alright well, after that little fiasco, I'm going to do a shameless plug for my brother Evan McHugh's new CD, entitled The World Will Move Along. If you've never listened to Evan before, then you're definitely missing out. He released his first CD about two years ago, and he's worked incredibly hard on this new one that was just released about a week or two ago. Seriously though, his songs are really well written and you'll find yourself singing them over and over again in your head. I guess his genre is kind of a mix of folk, jazz, and a little bit of pop. GO OUT AND GET HIS CD! Trust me on this one, its awesome (and I'm not just saying that because he's my brother, it's really good)



-Colby McHugh