The End of Geoff Klock’s Spring 2020 Classes!

These are three goodbye videos I made, so you can choose your own ending to the class! These have nothing to do with your grades so you can also ignore them!

The Meaning of Life:

(also in this video I ended by saying it doesnt matter what you pay attention to but don’t pay attention to racists and anti-Vaxxers and flat-earthers and 9/11 “truthers” and MRA people and stuff that is generally inimical to life).

Stay in Touch:

A poem, because I like poetry and how are you going to stop me from reading a poem in my own house if I want to?

The End: Shakespeare!

For my students that read Shakespeare this term I thought I would end by reading a Short Story about Shakespeare — this is “Everything and Nothing” by Borges

Let’s finish the Phoenix and the Turtle!

Guys lets finish THE FINAL TEXT FOR CLASS! It has a SECRET ENDING that NONE OF THE DUM-DUM BIRDS IN THE POEM CAN FIGURE OUT. Shakespeare left a SECRET HAPPY ENDING only for YOU.

Tips for all my students writing papers!

To all my students, this is a quick note to say that the syllabus has a page about tips and tricks for doing well on papers for me — as this is the time of year to turn things in maybe find that in the syllabus (and if you can’t find it you can email me and I will email it to you).

ENG373: The Phoenix and the Turtle

Let’s do the first half of our FINAL text AND look at a Batman comic book AND I AM FILMING AT AN EXCITING NEW LOCATION! Here is a link to the poem:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45085/the-phoenix-and-the-turtle-56d2246f86c06

CREDIT/NO-CREDIT AKA PASS FAIL

So these links have an insane amount of information — too much really — but basically the way this works is if at the end of term you do not like your grade you have 20 days to go into CUNYFirst and change your grade to PASS/FAIL so that the class grade will not effect your GPA. But if you got above an F you can make the class PASS which means you in addition to not effecting your GPA you will get credit toward graduation and not have to take the class again and if you needed to pass the class to get into other classes you will be able to do that and if the class fulfills a requirement you can consider the requirement fulfilled! 

Policy: www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/credit-no-credit-policy/
FAQs: www.cuny.edu/coronavirus/credit-no-credit-policy/faq/

Let’s Finish Romeo and Juliet!

Or should I say JULIET AND HER ROMEO

Romeo gives into Toxic Masculinity and Juliet is excited about sex

Plagiarism

I am already getting plagiarized papers from students. I know this is a stressful time. I am going to grade as generously as I can. I want to pass you. I am looking for an excuse to pass you. If you can just have a point and some evidence and like 60% of the word count and you will at least pass — make the class CREDIT/NO-CREDIT and no one will see your barely passing grade, they will only see that you passed. But if you plagiarize I CANNOT PASS YOU. I cannot tell you how much smarter it is to turn in bad work that you did yourself rather than things you stole off the internet. There is a global pandemic. Don’t add to my bad feelings by putting your name on top of a paper that you didn’t write. I am FUCKING BEGGING YOU. Do you own work. Quote whatever you want — as long as you tell me where it is coming from and which part is someone else’s idea and which part is yours. I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH DO YOUR OWN WORK DURING THE GLOBAL CATASTROPHE I LOVE YOU ALL GIVE ME AN EXCUSE TO PASS YOU AND I WILL BUT I CANNOT PASS YOU IF YOU DO NOT DO YOUR OWN WORK.

BEGGING HERE. LITERALLY BEGGING.

Friar Lawrence!

Romeo and Juliet you guys! Lets continue! 

Romeo and Juliet continues!

Romeo and Juliet Free Online at Shakespeare’s original theater!

With the insane pandemic lots of theaters have switched to showing plays on line. One of these theaters is the GLOBE, which is SHAKESPEARE’S ORIGINAL THEATER! You can see a recreation of the actual stage Shakespeare would have used! And for extra fun the play they are doing is ROMEO AND JULIET! And it looks great!

Credit/NoCredit AKA PASS/FAIL

I have emailed you info on the Credit/NoCredit AKA PassFail option this term — if you did not get that email me and I will email you!

373! Romeo and Juliet: the balcony scene!

Welcome back from Spring Break! LETS TALK ABOUT ROMANCE

Spring Break?!

Guys I am gonna sort of observe Spring Break by not putting up any videos for a week. This will give you a chance to catch up if you are behind and MAKE COMMENTS ON ALL THE VIDEOS EVEN THE OLD ONES. You can also do papers that you need to get to me by May 14. Or you can just take the whole week off and do nothing related to my class.

BUT I am not GONE! I am still here to answer emails, I can Skype if you want to have like an electronic face to face and in this post I am going to say this — ASK ME ANYTHING IN THE COMMENTS!!!!!

Good luck everyone!!!!! You have done great things and are going to continue to do great things.

373 Romeo’s Poetry

Let’s look at Romeo’s poetry! 

250 and 373: HOW TO PASS THE CLASS

This class has two essays and they are 1250 words each. The assignments are in the syllabus — if you don’t have that email me. To pass the class you gotta get me these two papers by May 14. The good news is you probably did one! So there is only one left.

Commenting on the blog is participation so do that.

There is advice for doing well on these essays in the syllabus so I recommend you read it.

I recommend you make this class CREDIT / NO CREDIT (also known as PASS/FAIL).

One way to think about the rest of term is that 1250 words is about 5 pages. Two essays means that this class is asking for 10 pages total. But if you make the class CREDIT/NO CREDIT, meaning your only aim is to pass, a D- is a passing grade which is about 60%. 60% of 10 pages is 6 pages. This means if you give me 6 pages TOTAL you will scrape by and pass. If you declare the class CREDIT/NO CREDIT then the D- won’t show — the only thing that will show is PASS.

If you have questions about any of this ask in the comments or email me!

Romeo and Juliet and POETRY

Let’s start Romeo and Juliet!

A quick video about CREDIT/ NO CREDIT

Credit / no credit AKA pass / fail — this is a quick video about that option which i HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

ENG373: Coriolanus:: THE END

In which we FINISH CORIOLANUS and I have this FANTASTIC GOLD COAT! Also I mislabeled one of the videos so that it says part 1, 2, 3, and 5 — but thats actually all of them you are not missing any. 

Coriolanus’s MOM

Some videos about Coriolanus’s Mom, who is a great character! We are almost done with this play you guys!