Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Student Film Endings

My Film Tech teacher says the most important part of any film is the ending, but I'm afraid that is the part I am having the most trouble with. Can you suggest some possible endings to my first student film please? - Ray (Yakima, WA)

List Generator:

-Girl realizes that the girl she has been suffocating with a pillow is actually... herself.

-Homeless man takes off his ratty coat revealing he's actually a nicely dressed business man.

-Guy overdoses.

-A couple seconds after the girl is sucked into the computer, another girl sits down at the computer and the words "Hello Lisa" appear on the monitor, implying that the whole process is about to go down again.

-Man realizes that he is the homeless man that warned him at the beginning of the film.

-Woman shakes man awake and he realizes he hasn't actually interviewed for the job yet.

-Suicide.

-Guy is now trapped in the mirror.

-Homeless woman takes the seeds that the little boy gave her and plants them.

-Painter paints himself dying and then dies.

-Girl throws the flower into the water.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Study Tips

I just started my first semester at Penn State and I’m totally in over my head with school work! I just crammed my way through High School, but I don’t think that’s going to fly anymore. Can you give me some effective studying tips? – Darlene (University Park, PA‎)

List Generated:


-While reading, change the channel on your television to something informative.

-Set your study strobe to a relaxing 10 FPS.

-Replace the lyrics to Subterranean Homesick Blues with science facts.

-Use your time wisely; get a little extra studying done during study breaks.

-When you achieve a high mark on a paper or test, reward yourself with money.

-Shower study.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Term Paper Notes

As a TA for an undergrad class called "Intro To Term Paper Concepts" at the University of Iowa (go Hawkeyes!) I find myself constantly writing the same ineffective notes on all of my students' papers. What would you suggest I write that would compel them in the right direction on their next papers? - Tammy (Iowa City, IA)

List Generated:

-Be more aware of noun usage.

-Sweaters are lovely.

-Concisicize this paragraph.

-Make more grammar here.

-Not sure what you mean by, "creepy sweater people". What makes them "creepy"?

-Happy-up this part.

-Fragment.

-Not everyone looks fat in a sweater.

-This part better not be plagiarized, I'll be looking into this.

-I happen to think sweaters with Hawkeyes on them are cute and that wearing a sweater with your school mascot on it shows school spirit. We're not all disaffected youths you know.

-Re-write this in pen.