Reggie Watts – TEACH: LITERATURE
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Welcome to TEACH: LITERATURE with Reggie Watts. In today’s episode, Mr. Watts and his class analyze “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Of Mice and Men”. SUBSCRIBE …
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Mockingbirds are so annoying.
5 minute class? Yes please!
i always thought to kill a mockingbird was about racial prejudice in 1930’s
alabama
i never read any of those books.
Just imagine if ur teacher was reggie watts. Just imagine.
I think i caught a huge metaphor for Western Society ya?
did anyone else notice the crack nail ahahahahaha
With literature anything is right as long as you can back it up lol
*Of Mice and Men Synopsis*
*”Lenny is a freak of nature that’s created by a system of interstellar
governments that decide to put together all the greatest most strongest
parts of the sapien community in order to have a super-soldier designed to
attack legions of people with incurring almost any damage. And this guy
George is barely able to keep it together, he thinks he’s manipulating him
but really Lenny is just taking out targets in order to allow for an
invasion”*
Thats *EXACTLY* what I got out of the book!!!
*”Don’t worry about all the details when it comes to reading books. You
don’t need to read all this to understand it. Just looking at the cover,
flipping to a couple random pages and reading the back and most importantly
learning who published it is all you need to know about literature. It
never was about reading…you can always judge a book by its cover”*
So brilliant this Teach.
i can’t help but feel like there is some legit advice hidden somewhere deep
inside this video…but i can’t find it
Lenny is a freak of nature.
ever since i saw your talk on ted, i was amazed by you
Don’t be dead
I drew to the same conclusion with Lenny!
history teaches the important lessons “dont be dead” xD
http://www.channel4.com/news/gove-axes-us-novel-of-mice-and-men-from-gcse-syllabus
I came across the first episode, TEACH: SCIENCE, thanks to +Jennifer
Ouellette, but I actually prefer episode two, below.
Of mice and men and to kill a mockingbird were literally the only two
literature books we read at my high school, but the teacher was nowhere
nearly as good as Reggie.
When the fat kid was describing the reason why the title was changed, I
damn near pissed on myself.
Maaan, I could watch a million of these
Some parts of this, regrettably remind me of my actual “teach” experience
in junior high/high school. School isn’t a bad thing, but it isn’t perfect
either. Just waiting for the old model to die.
“I can’t stand these things.”
he diddint leave leave in this episode! keep these coming! i was dying
laughing!
Where the hell did the tape come from
The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216
John: “Except for Franklin Pierce”
Me: *spits out burrito*
When is the next crash course history going to happen? and what will it
cover?
So Sylvia Plath was an emo of her era ;-p
John’s right about suicide imagine if Kurt Cobain was still alive
Suicide, you are a permanent response to a temporary problem.
Men are 3Xs more likely to die of suicide.
Women are 3Xs more likely to attempt suicide.
That is a morbid 9-1 ratio of male goal orientation vs female seeking
attention.
Thank you for introducing me to the poetry of Sylvia Plath. I can now say
from experience, rather than inexperience, that her work is boring, emo,
dribble that’s promoting self hate and is not worth my time.
And before anyone jumps me for saying so, you don’t have to have the same
opinion as me.
Art doesn’t require conformity or agreement. Heck it doesn’t even require
understanding in many cases. This is but one man’s opinion that I alone
hold. Hold your own opinion with pride, but do not attempt to deprive me of
my own.
Can we all collectively agree to stop saying “Suicide is a permanent
solution to a temporary problem”? It trivializes the emotions and mental
states of those who are or have been suicidal and it is somewhat
condescending, as though you, the bearer of platitudes, know more about the
individual’s situation than that individual. While I do not believe suicide
is necessarily the proper response, neither do I believe that this
platitude is necessarily true. The problem may not be temporary. The
immensity of the problem may, in the perception of the one contemplating
suicide, far outweigh any potential gain even if the problem were to be
alleviated relatively soon. There are a number of factors that this does
not consider. What of the elderly, who have lived their life? What of those
who sacrifice themselves to rescue others, or the strong statements of
others (the monks who set themselves on fire to protest a corrupt
Vietnamese regime, Socrates declaration of the true and unrelenting life at
its end). I am NOT saying that young people, especially teenagers, should
consider suicide a serious option, because there are other factors
(chemical imbalances that disproportionately affect teenagers, a lack of
accurate perception of the future, etc) that are leading to suicidal
thoughts, but it does not strike me as particularly helpful to declare
“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem” as though that is
a valid response or deterrent.
Depression is one thing I truly hate. One of the founding fathers had
depression because of life being the worst despite being the greatest
president he became before his assassination. I had depression after my
parents were seperate, turning my life upside down, thinking of killing
myself and going many times to the Obamacare facility to be treated by
demons who poisoned me to die without peace, until God and Jesus came into
my life and told me, “not to commit yourself to enter a world of fire,
darkness and death”, because I realize how my depression, how my anxiety
came into my life, and there were three factions who wanted me dead without
mercy and the three were capitalism, feminism and terrorism, the three evil
factions who now rule with an iron fist to hurt people who are poor, men
who are weak and hurt anyone who is not strong enough and then kill
themselves to death. Those who haunted my life in the name of terrorism
were radical young people who are to be proclaimed as terrorists, the
creators of hell and darkness under Satan, their most trustworthy father in
the other world full of evil. Now, I no longer have depression and I am now
currently a Roman Catholic, a baptized Christian who now has the objectives
he must complete. Since the martyr Elliot Rodger killed himself because of
b….s who killed him for being insane, no, he died a hero and his words
have awakened how brutal, corrupt and devious b….s have become nowadays
and capitalism, ever since the financial crisis of 2008, I now realize,
whoever has the highest debt should be the one who has to be punished and
that enemy is the American Empire, the highest debtor in the world, failing
to take care what’s financially responsible, that led to poverty,
inequality and violent actions to be in effect, killing innocents without
an amount of wealth to become happy. Radical young terrorists, my
generation, they prove to be a threat than the last generation who were
moderate and safe to work with, now currently swarming with extravagance,
technology and acts of violence they commit and get away with the crimes
they commit is unjust, unrighteous and mostly, unconstitutional. These
three factions or demons must be rid of for the world to be safe. Only two
people are on my side and they are God and his beloved son, Jesus Christ.
They are helping me to spread the truth, to spread what the enemy is truly
capable of. I must take the responsibility and I must, not for myself but
for all people who must learn and spread to fight not for evil but for
equality, courage and security. I must do what the heavens want me to do is
the right thing.
Can someone explain to me what makes poetry useful? If the author is trying
to convey something to the reader, wouldn’t it be easier to just use
articulate language instead of writing some esoteric code? And if they
aren’t trying to convey a concept, then why are they publishing their
poetry?
who wants john green to do an episode of crash course literature on the
fault in our stars?… other than me that is
I wonder Y they Put so many subliminal messages in these videos ? I’m
fairly confident that Crash Course has industry big 6 ie. Illuminati
connections.. however I think it has more to do with weeding out the dumber
people.. or at least giving something extra to those who are “in the Know”
if you will ..
What if someone’s depression is incurable and non-treatable? Wouldn’t
suicide be comparable to euthanasia?
You know, John … Please don’t moralize on depression. Using great poets
and presidents as examples of things someone might do if they don’t commit
suicide is manipulative, and it’s really nobody’s place to arbitrarily make
that call. Just please don’t. It’s not that simple.
I’ve been watching your videos for years but I can’t get on board with
that. It’s right up there with “But have you just tried being HAPPY?”
Regarding the ups and downs, it is a common theory and Sylvia Plath was
bipolar, and these ups were her manic phases. It is also thought that her
sudden burst of creativity came from a manic phase, since mania tends to
beget creative productivity, when channeled right, at least.
Orange is the New Black Season 2 Episode 9 you’ll see Vee reading The Fault
in Our Stars
What happened to your arm? I see some bruises on it.
Anyway thanks for the Transformers G1 references. And now I get the
reference in that MST3K college short.
The idea of suicide is rather interesting to me. I have depression and
crippling anxiety so it is often a very temping prospect. I do not fear
death at all, the idea of absolutely nothing sounds like a huge relief
sometimes. But I never consider it as something I might actually do because
it would be a terrible thing to do to the people who care about me. I don’t
blame people who take their own lives, I understand them quite well, but it
is still a terrible thing to do.
Does John Green write poetry?
John (or anyone, really) – can you tell me who wrote this?
Double Helix
perfunctory little tear
no beginning
no end
always knew, really
shit happens
life gets in the way
rolling down cheek
to nowhere
salty, bitter
nothing ever changes
nothing ever stays the same
nothing
hurry up and wait
go nowhere fast
running to a standstill
just repeats
over
and over
and over again
perfunctory little tear.
Some additional info on Plath’s posthumous reception and her struggle with
male oppression in her work: the original manuscript for Ariel was
completed and ready for publication before she died, and Plath left it with
the intent that it should be published as she had formed it. However, it
was discovered by her ex-husband, who decided to edit it, rearrange it, and
remove poems that cast him in a bad light (their marriage was far from a
happy one, even before his affairs). The way it was rearranged also changed
the tone of the whole book from one of tentative hope for life at the end
to one that seemed to confirm the hopelessness that drove her to suicide.
THAT is the version of Ariel that almost everyone knew for years after her
death, and the one that is still found most often in libraries and schools
today. It’s only in recent years that the original version of Ariel has
come into print, and the difference between the two is really amazing. Even
in death, Plath struggled to escape the control of men in her life who
would censor her words and het work. I’m not saying this as hate on men,
but considering the running theme of oppression and struggle for autonomy
in her poetry, I think this is an important aspect of the culture that
surrounded her, even after death, and it should be acknowledged.
This was very well done.
Ancient Aztec poetry (written by Nazahualcoyotl, the king of Texcoco):
All the world is a tomb from which nothing escapes,
Nothing is so perfect that it does not fall and disappear…
What was yesterday, today is no more,
And what lives today cannot hope to exist tomorrow.
I, Nezahualcoyotl, ask this:
Is it true one really lives on the earth?
Not forever on earth,
Only a little while here.
Though it be jade it falls apart,
Though it be gold it wears away,
Though it be quetzal plumage it is torn asunder.
Not forever on earth,
Only a little while here.
(excerpted from “Native Mesoamerican Spirituality”)
Nope, still can’t get over the fact that I’m being taught about literature
from my favorite author. Rewatching every crash course lit video, hope the
next season is this awesome!