Posted by Sloane F., Block 3
Well, this day marks round two of A Day.
We were asked to finish up our assignments from day one.
As a student in Science Fiction class, I, personally, was assigned to explain to an alien the meaning of the arrangement of the classroom. I never ended up with anything complete or solid, just a jumble of thoughts and questions, but the mental processes were in full operation.
Others from different courses had some wonderful ideas for their assignments.
Valerie M. from Creative Writing took her little project to a "secretive" place. Those who heard know exactly what that means, but perhaps it would not be appropriate for a more restrictive environment. I loved it. It really was not at all what I was prepared to hear. It was so surprising in fact that Mr. B. didn’t even understand what she wrote at first. She created a short story about a man and a woman and why tables were more comfortable than desks: Easier to spread out and get to work.
Mr. Benton's brain misled him (somehow or other getting entangled in imagery from Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron”) to thoughts of dancing. That metaphor worked pretty much the same after all. “Tables,” we concluded, “Give us the space and opportunity to do something we couldn't do in desks. There aren't any barriers between ours and the brain next to us. Plus, we don't feel so restricted and confined physically, and, therefore, our thoughts are freed in the same way.”
There is just no stopping the creativity flow in Benton's Language Lab. It’s so pro-creative!
Well, this day marks round two of A Day.
We were asked to finish up our assignments from day one.
As a student in Science Fiction class, I, personally, was assigned to explain to an alien the meaning of the arrangement of the classroom. I never ended up with anything complete or solid, just a jumble of thoughts and questions, but the mental processes were in full operation.
Others from different courses had some wonderful ideas for their assignments.
Valerie M. from Creative Writing took her little project to a "secretive" place. Those who heard know exactly what that means, but perhaps it would not be appropriate for a more restrictive environment. I loved it. It really was not at all what I was prepared to hear. It was so surprising in fact that Mr. B. didn’t even understand what she wrote at first. She created a short story about a man and a woman and why tables were more comfortable than desks: Easier to spread out and get to work.
Mr. Benton's brain misled him (somehow or other getting entangled in imagery from Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron”) to thoughts of dancing. That metaphor worked pretty much the same after all. “Tables,” we concluded, “Give us the space and opportunity to do something we couldn't do in desks. There aren't any barriers between ours and the brain next to us. Plus, we don't feel so restricted and confined physically, and, therefore, our thoughts are freed in the same way.”
There is just no stopping the creativity flow in Benton's Language Lab. It’s so pro-creative!
4 comments:
This is Valerie, and hey ! I am famous...sort of. :]
What was the part that made Mr.B think it was dancing again? Was it the part where the two were at the door or somewhere else?
As I noted before, my brain went the wrong direction, but I think there was a phrase about his lifting her up, and I already hand Vonnegut in my head. I saw Harrison lifting up the ballerina and their dancing to the ceiling. Alas, one of the things a writer must contend with is bone-headed misconnections in readers' heads. That's one reason it's so vital to choose as best we can - it limits such things.
"There is just no stopping the creativity flow in Benton's Language Lab. It’s so pro-creative!"
LOVE THAT!
Great wrap up of the day's events,
Sloane!
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