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there's all sorts of reasons they'd choose yours over others. Your class fits their schedule better. The hot girl/guy they've been chasing is taking it and this is a chance to be with them 3 days a week. Hell you said yourself you're openly homosexual - - could be some of 'em are curious to see if "them lesbians act diffurunt than us folk do."
And as far as reading comprehension being useful no matter what you do. . .well, you know that, and I know that, and so does just about everyone else that's *graduated* college already, but these dumbasses probably don't know that yet -- - or if they do know that, they don't care.
Hell, I teach photojournalism seminars to photojournalists from time to time. These are people who's careers DEPEND on them constantly improving their craft. Half the time they're just fucking around waiting for the seminar to be over so they can go have a night on the town, on their station's dime.
And while you say the liberal arts education is not a trade school, that is NOT how many student see it and it is certainly not how many students think it should be. And remember, you are fighting a bigger battle than you think. I'm sure you're a good professor from what I've read of your posts in here, and elsewhere on TFP, but many profs are utter crap, their classes are a waste of time, and that conditions the students to think "dammit, college is an exercise in bullshit, I just wanna do my time, get out, and start making money."
Hell I had a history prof once who told us that the Teapot Dome scandal was the direct cause of the prostitution epidemic in Holland. Take enough crap classes like that and you too will get a jaded outlook on college.
The point of all this is that, you as the professor cannot concern yourself with the boneheads who won't take advantage of what you have to offer. You'll go nuts and be a burnout in 3 semesters. Teach those who want to learn. Fail those who do not, but don't take it personally.
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