Wednesday

Well, another Wednesday in the books. The lecture material is long, but an absolute necessary. If you find this sort of thing too hard to bear, than you need to seriously consider whether you should go on to a university such as the University of California which is research based and the professors tend to stand up at the podium and 'spray and ....actually, many of them don't pray. They feel it is up to the student to capture their shared 'brilliance.' I hate to say it, but the stand up lecture (oftentimes without visuals) is the predominant method of teaching delivery at many a university, even today (mostly at prestigious private schools and the UC's.) I honestly believe that this is not the best way to 'educate' students, but times have not changed. This method has been around since the very beginning of formalized teaching. Students have to learn by listening, reading, as well as participating in seminars (which requires reading ahead of time so that you don't come across as 'clueless' to either the professor or the Teaching Assistant.) It takes a lot of hard work. I'm talking literally of hours in the library or in your home study without distractions....

For tomorrow, something new and different. We will have a Jeopardy Game over the "Constitutional Underpinnings" terms. This will take most if not all of the class. I'm sure you will enjoy this over another lecture....You can sneak peek it on my webpage at: http://mtbarclay.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/constitutionalunderpinnings_jeopardy.ppt
Happy hunting...