J-terms

Okay so I've been el lame-o as far as posting the last month. But I had finals, J-term (mid-term), Christmas break, and then two more J-terms. SO... would apologize but as I feel fully justified in my behavior and plan to continue in the future, don't really see the point... :-)

In other news, I thought it'd be fun to post some quotes of us in the J-terms so you can see how much we learned between tangents and bickerings on American slang that differs from region to region, etc. Hope you enjoy:

Student 1: "Want another piece of gum?"
Student 2: "No thanks. I have to drive tonight and I'm limiting my consumption."

Professor: Big words get A's.

Professor: "Bacon greese in ANYTHING is good. You cook the bacon and keep the greese. Den you fry food in it. I'm tellin gyou, fried food is amazing. Christians fry their food. Fried is good Christian food. Sushi is pagan! Now how many of you salt your food before you taste it?"
student: "Sir, I salt my food before, during, and after tasting it!"
Professor: "Good man! That get's an A!!"

Student: Did you know that Fountain coke is better because it uses local water and carbonizes it on the spot, whereas bottled water uses water from wherever the plant is. So fountain coke is better 'cause you're used to the bugs in the water.
Professor: That sounds like contextualization! That's a mission word! Coke is contextualization!!"

Professor: That was a joke. Mock-serious.

Student: You gotta get us closer to the kitchen 'cause I can't smell what you're cookin'.
Professor: "I think your grade just lowered to an F. Are you saying I wasn't clear?
Student: Yessir.
Professor: Oh gosh. Alright, pay attention now....

Professor: (When reading about Baptist Reformers and the biography only gives their last name but not first name:) When in doubt, John. John Leland, John Ryland, etc.

Professor: Anyone considering a winter wedding? Don't do it! It's STUPID!
Student: But they are so beautiful!
Professor: It can be beautiful AND stupid! Don't do it!

Student: I'm from California of the last few years. See, we're normulative. Normative, minus the L."
Professor: Yeah that's cuz you have no culture!

Professor: You don't have to be big to be great! Mini-moon pies is how they were meant to be! Them full sized ones is too much!

Professor: You're SODA, you're NORTHERN!
Student: No, it's Pop.
Professor: What! You asked for Pop in South Carolina, you gonna get HIT!

Professor: I ordered grits at Cracker barrel and they gave me dis' puny little cup full of grits. Barely enough to cover my eggs! And de darn thing cost me #3.50! Lemme tell you what, you go to South Carolina for #3.50 worth of grits you better back your PICKUP truck!!

Professor: It's PEE-kahn, NOT "pe-KAHN." Dat's a bunch of uppity people up dar. *snidely in british accent* peKAHN... eaten Clahm CHOWdah!
Student1: What do you call the thing you call the thing in the shopping center you put your groceries in?
Professor: Dat's a buggy.
Student1: Thank you.
Student 2: No it's NOT! It's a shopping cart!
Professor: Lor' have mercy, we're surrounded by a bunch o' Yanks here! Now I say "ax' like, 'You gotta question, ax me somethin'.
student2: You say ax I say, 'why do you want to kill me?"
Professor: yeah you would kuz you a homeschoolER!

Student who is black: Not every black person like rap! Dat's like me assuming every white person like country music! Which, unfortunately, some of you do...

Student1: Whitecastle fast food? Dats stuff's NASTY! Yo' meat shoul' NOT be GRAY!"
Student2: You know Whitecastle started because all other hamburgers were unhealthy.
Student 3: Wow. Talkabout an organization who lost their MISSION!!
Professor: Yah, anyplace that refers to a burger as a 'slider,' I'm outta dar!

Student1: Is there going to be a study guide for the test on Baptist History?
Professor: Yes. We been doin' study guides for the past three days! Your notes are your study guides!
Student2: I have a real question. Will it be a group effort?
Professor: NO. It's individualistic.
Student2: We prefer convention style to society.
Professor: You think that's funny but it's NOT!
Student2: That WAS funny!
Professor: Don't be arrogant!

Professor: And he made the other guy look like... what's the word my grandma used to use... a nincompoop!!

Student: I put the 'pro' in 'procrastination'.

Professor: When you get money involved, people get all wierdo.

Student: (during class) Yes, the documentary is on the website.
Professor: Are you sure?
Student: Yessir. I just downloaded it.
Professor: Kewl.


Finally, I wanted to include an excerpt from one of the books I had to read for class and do a book report on. I wish I could put this in my report, but I don't think it's quite what my professor is looking for. So I think I'll put it here. It's from the book "Baptists, the only thorough religious reformers" by John Quincy Adams (not the president of the USA, the Baptist Reformer of the 1800's.)

"Here Paul (the apostle), according to his usual custom, met the Jewish rabbis and teachers, and reasoned with them out of the Old Testament Scriptures, concerning Jesus of Nazareth - proving to them that He was the Messiah. His reasoning on this subject was so forcible, that many of the Jews were convinced, and professed their faith in the Savior. This stirred up the hatred and envy of the discomfited rabbis; and, finding themselves unable to cope with the superior logic and masterly reasoning of Paul, they enlisted the prejudices of the rabble, and gathered a mob, and created a riot, and endeavored to lay violent hands on the disciples, and thus accomplish by force and superior numbers, what they could not effect by fair argument." (page 14)
To this I reply that I wish we could express ourselves the way they did in the 1800s. My Dad and I like to debate, or turn our disagreements into debates. Since my dad has about four more degrees than I do and has a higher IQ and wisdom from living and all that, he usually wins the debate. I sometimes don't agree with him in the end any more than I did in the beginning, I just have run out of arguments and he has dozens of debate classes worth of arguments still coming. One of these days i would like to stand up and say,
"My father, I am overcome by your forcible argument, yet not convinced. This has stirred up the envy of my discomfited self. Finding myself unable to cope with your superior logic and masterly reasoning, I am running upstairs to enlist the prejudices of the rabble-ous younger siblings, who, struck with cabin fever in this frigid winter, shall be easily gathered to create a riot. Thus we shall endeavor to lay semi-violent hands upon thee, and what I could not effect by fair argument I shall by superior numbers!"
But, it wouldn't be entirely true, and by semi-violent I mean we would all end up tickling each other and Mom would come down and tell us to behave ourselves and stop acting like heathens. Which would put a premature end to my coup and probably land me with a few loads of dishes to wash. :-)

So thar it is. In other news, I am currently going through Old Testament 2, with a professor who reminds me of the Pastor on "The Englishman who went up a hill and came down a mountain". Yeah, REverend Jones plus "Barney" from the Andy Griffith show, minus the humor. He believes that the NASB translation is THE only translation worth reading, not all translations are created equal. One should NOT translate the MEANING of the words, one should only translate the words EXACTLY. Otherwise, who are you to judge the meaning of the Word/word, and what kind of interpretation is that anyway! And he also believes that the worst thing we ever did to the Bible was add chapters and verses. *sigh* A classmate had the brave yet foolish inclination to question the professor on that one, and I made the brave yet foolish mistake to back up my colleague's argument, and as a result the professor didn't let us out early but in fact kept us past the time we were supposed to let out. Hehe... woops.

Alrighty. Going back to write my book review. :-)

Cheers,
~Princessouch~

p.s. the picture is one my friend Allison took last week while we were studying together for J-term.