tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524334772494648795.post1471526274740753967..comments2011-06-21T10:18:51.089-05:00Comments on Warped Coasters: High School, againWarped Coastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297499412024653042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524334772494648795.post-12404704475307646662009-07-12T02:37:18.412-05:002009-07-12T02:37:18.412-05:00About a year ago I got a speeding ticket and when ...About a year ago I got a speeding ticket and when I paid for it I told the cashier that I was going to take the class because I didn't want the ticket to go on my record, raise my insurance, etc. She marked it on my info and told me I had a month to sign up. For whatever reason, I completely forgot to sign up for the class and didn't remember until months later. Upon inquiring with my insurance company, it turns out the ticket had been expunged from my record because, they guess, I had been marked down as having agreed to take the course. Did I find the ultimate loophole? Was I just lucky? I'm not sure. But I thought I would pass along the info in case you're willing to take a chance the next time you get a ticket, because that class sounds like pure hell. Actually, what you described sounds like when I teach film appreciation in the fall, to a class of 100 freshmen. I'm not putting any of them down, but there's a world of difference between fall and spring semesters.Professor Filmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06812173209470754022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524334772494648795.post-29804515743409592922009-07-09T01:05:09.169-05:002009-07-09T01:05:09.169-05:00Hey, at least you didn't have to take a four-h...Hey, at least you didn't have to take a four-hour (maybe longer) defensive driving course online. I did that for my last speeding ticket. You'd think being on the Internet, it'd be so much more painless. Definitely not. I had a computer read every single scenario to me, and I couldn't fast-forward to the next slide until he was done reading. And then I had to watch horrible videos, take quizzes, etc. etc. etc. And all at a SLOW PACE.<br /><br />But now that I'm reading this, I'm scared none of those kids took the class online. Because I sort of did feel like a better driver after sitting through the awfulness of it. Doesn't sound like they learned much at all.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16697411017535702519noreply@blogger.com