Back to the books

Thursday I started my summer semester. I was really excited about getting back to school, because I love learning, and school = learning. I am taking a class on the Fundamentals of Journalism. I thought this class would be really useful, and I thought that it would be very writing centered. Day 2 of the class was today. We spent the entire class discussing the difference between "their", "there", and "they're". We also briefly discussed "its" and "it's". We were supposed to cover "too", "to" and "two"; but apparantly these concepts are a little difficult for some people. One might suppose that by the time someone is a sophomore or junior in college that at some point they would have needed to master these basic priniciples of grammar...not so. I suddenly felt like I was being transported to the 3rd grade. How can someone make it through high school much less a semester of college without knowing that "there" does not mean "their"? If a sentence says "They're are" then it is obviously wrong. Why is this difficult people? I began the class feeling really smart, and ended by feeling like a genius in a sea of idiots. I don't say this to be rude, but anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of grammar would have been annoyed by the end of today's class. I was appalled first of all that these people graduated high school, but I was further annoyed that they have gotten through college thus far. Hopefully, I did not pay $688 to discuss things I learned in elementary school. I love writing and I want my money to go towards hewning my skills, not discussing whether it is "two o'clock" or "too o'clock". I am sure future blogs will inform you further as to whether I am actually learning anything or not.