Funny Link!

So I finally found a song that reflects how I feel about this assignment and class in general.

As I was writing my literature review last week I was listening to the reds play the cardinals.  There were storm clouds rolling in and it was pretty obvious that there would be a rain delay.  Tony LaRussa warmed up a bullpen pitcher and had him start the game (all six pitches worth) so that after the rain delay he could sub in his actual starter.  Crafty move!

I was reminded of this song, which criticizes LaRussa for putting a little too much thought and strategy into his games.  He makes tons of line up changes even when the cardinals have a big lead.  I like the comment that its baseball, not chess, and the comparison to Han Solo navigating the Millennium Falcon.

This is how I'm feeling about this class right about now.  I'm supposed to make comments on every discussion board post before the actual deadline to post them.  (What am I supposed to do if only 5 people have submitted their threads?)  I have to make a blog post every week, and comment on 7 other blogs.  And lets not forget that aside from the slightly redundant literature review assignments I have to write mini-papers on ethics, rhetoric, etc.  In short, if the goal of this freshman level class is to learn how to write an effective research paper, I feel like it's a little more complicated than it needs to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GzYofZQ-b4

However, this is not a dig to our wonderful professor.  Although I may think that this class is an awful lot of work for 3 credit hours, there is something to be said for results.  Tony LaRussa has won 5 pennants and 2 world series titles.  So maybe, as aggravated as I may be right at this moment, all these assignments are really meant to give me a solid background and make me a better writer.  Here's hoping that I have the same success as those stupid cardinals!