Word: sectioning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this was just the beginning. It turns out that most of my acquaintances--from hallmates to housemates--have encountered these miscreants. It becomes something of a game: spot the section geek. Each is a unique case of pretension, but here are a few of the common models you can watch...
...wonder: this person has one conception of the class's themes and repeats it in every section. For instance, a guy who in a section talks about conceptions of democracy every week, even if the topic is the agricultural revolution. The first time the unexpected connection is entertaining, even surprising or insightful. After four sections, one begins to realize that the initially tenuous links are starting to wear very thin...
...name-dropper: these section tools would mention Kierkegaard in a history of American economics class. It sounds familiar, and it might be relevant, but the rest of you don't know. Worse, no one else can participate in the conversation because Kierkegaard is not part of the assigned reading...
Every week it's something new but never useful. If the section were about Ancient Greece, he might bring up Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha, but if it's about modern India, Plato is the man of the hour...
Though the section freaks can be pretentious, annoying, weird and just plain scary, they've enhanced my own section experience at times. Section geeks have caused me to become closer to other people in my sections...