I just don’t know what it is about Jerz and Britney. Maybe he is the president of her fan club and he has to donwplay their connection in class because it just would get weird if we knew he loved her like we all do. I mean come on people the world wants to know. Get out there an investigate this mystery. —Leslie Rodriquez —Jerz & Spears…the hidden hatred (Roamer’s Zone)
One of my students launches a grassroots journalism investigation of me.
This is what I get when I make pop culture references in order to make sure students are awake.
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I was thinking about this the other day, and it still makes me laugh.
:c) I thought the timing was beautiful! The Emily Dickinson thing is pretty interesting though… And haha to the marriage comment!
Please Dr. Jerz! Stop it already. lol. *hides the from the singing and dancing doctor, knowing I’ll have to speak up in class now*
I had already planned to demonstrate that you can sing Emily Dickinson poetry to the tune of “The Yellow Rose of Texas” before the Jerz/Spears thing came up. I did the same thing last year. However, when I was a second-semester college freshman, I starred in a production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” where I did sing and dance.
I’m not nearly as accomplished a performer as Ms. Spears, though I’m happy to say that my first — and, I hope, only — marriage is working out much better than hers did.
Dear Dr. Jerz,
If today’s episode of bursting into spontaneous song in class today was an attempt to prove that you can sing better than Britney Spears, all I can say is, well, hit me, jerz-y, one more time? um… hey! let’s get Britney here on campus and have a showdown! Can you dance too? ;c)
Hah! :c)
I think it’s also fair to note that my students know that “Jerz” is my wife’s pet name for me, and I often refer to myself as “Jerz” when I say, for instance, “I don’t want you to say to yourself, ‘What does Jerz think I should get out of this reading?'”, so I was just amused by it. As I’ve said before, it’s probably a good sign that students find me so approachable.
I twitched when I first saw that blog entry, and thought the students were being rather rude. Obviously, I can see how it’s intended in a good fun, but unless you know Dr. Jerz or the students in the class personally, I think it comes across as something akin to a mocking stick figure drawing of “TEACHER” on the blackboard.
I’ll admit… I blogged about this, too. It wouldn’t be as funny if it came from a popculture icon. “All I can say is: ‘Don’t quit your day job, Dr. Jerz! You know how we all love literature!'” Taken from: Oops! He Did it Again!–Color in a Lurid World
Oh. My. God!
I’m nto even sure why – but that’s really, really, really, really hilarious. :-)