Three weeks into courses which I pick because I’m interested in the topic but don’t know much about it yet, I’m supposed to be ready to select a paper topic. And provide data sources.
What the fuck? Hello, people, if this is anything other than an exercise in my ability to pull bullshit out of my ass, or to pretend I already know what is going on, maybe you should wait until I have the first clue what the hell is going on before asking me to proprose a brilliant thesis.
Asshattery abounds.
I prefer the term “asshaberdashery”.
How many people in these classes have already specialized in the area, and thus would have a great idea of data sources and topics?
Whenever I took a “horizon broadening” course like journalism, I got the feeling that everyone in the class already knew each other and was hip to some lingo that I would never quite grasp…