As a compulsory class that starts its weekly reading with, “Science is a special kind of explanation of the things we see around us. It starts with a problem and curiosity,” Frontiers fails to meet or exceed expectations on many levels. However, the solution to this disappointment, and indeed what should become an essential experience for CC first-years, includes several ways of staying entertained when you’d much rather be sleeping in on a Monday morning.
Fro-Sci Bingo: Make a board of events likely to happen during lecture. Make sure to include “professor references how much everyone hates this class” and “technical difficulties with PowerPoint.”
Salute to Science: Listen for the lecturer’s favorite phrases and buzzwords as well as any oft-repeated vocabulary (“real-estate principle,” for example). Find a group of friends and classmates to sit together in the theater. Proceed to visibly salute in sync every time the catchphrase is mentioned.
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