The class centers around interpreting poetry. I'm very quiet and usually don't ask questions in class, but I had what I thought was a good and valid question.
There was a word in the poem that I didn't know. So I looked it up. The word had two meanings, both of which were very different from the other. I didn't know if one definition or the other was to what the author was referring. I asked, 'Which is it?' She answered, 'Both.' Then she looked away from me and to the class and says, 'Too bad people don't realize they have a stupid question until after they ask it.' What the hell? Maybe the use of multiple definitions in one instance is commonplace in poetry or other fictional writings (is it?), but I took the class to learn these things. And in the rest of the world, writing is supposed to be concise and precise to get the point across without confusion and misinterpretation.
Do you think there is any validity to her remark?
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2007-03-21
04:14:31
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