Dear “Easy Classes,”
You’re just a well thought out myth. All you are is a dream created by seniors and easy-streeters looking for a quick GPA boost. Easy classes are fantasies for people who want a slower, no work class that doesn’t exist.
Some people believe that an art class is the solution. Take ceramics they said, it’ll be easy they said. What they don’t know is any art is just as much work as your senior thesis. There’s a reason all the art students have caffinated blood during their Assessment Week. Whether it is stained glass, printmaking or life drawing, any art class requires a commitment. Many classes also require a course fee for materials. Those fees are often overlooked, especially if there are additional costs for materials one desires for a project. Spending more money than tuition definitely makes you sound appealing, Easy Classes. One will have projects just about each week; they’ll challenge your patience, time management and all of stereotypical-thoughts, they had previously, of making art.
Take a music class they said, it’s where one just sits there and listens to music, they said. History of Rock, Music Appreciation and other classes offered, isn’t the way to go, if one is searching for a simple class. Just because a class is based like a lecture hall class, doesn’t mean it doesn’t come with out-of-class time commitments. Oh, Easy Classes, students keep searching for you and there’s no way to tell someone you don’t exist. Whether a class is easy, or not, is entirely up to the individual. If one can put time into other classes, then put the time into those “easy classes.”
What about a theory class? It’s just random readings, the occasional quiz, and a final exam right? Easy Classes can take one’s perception and immediately turn that world upside down. Whether it’s a political science class, or anthropology, people seem to think that you’re hanging around because it’s theories, Easy Classes. Just try to give them that perception after twelve discussion posts and a four to seven page paper each week.
Teachers will agree that their class isn’t you, Easy Classes. People can’t expect someone who got their doctoral degree to remotely desire to make their class an “easy one.” Their subject matter is important to them, as it should be important to their students. All teachers do their best to make their material interesting, or interactive; however, for those souls who think a professor’s class is you, then they’ll let that student know they are sorely mistaken.
As opposed to always searching for you, Easy Classes, take a different approach instead. Don’t be afraid to go outside of one’s major. Just because a friend says their class is easy, doesn’t mean it won’t require as much time commitments as other classes. Instead of searching for the mythical Easy Classes, pick a class that is of genuine interest. It might just be one of the best decisions made. Longwood offers many amazing classes of multiple interests, but when it comes to searching for you, Easy Classes, it’s best to search elsewhere.
Hugs and kisses,
Longwood Students and Faculty
