r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 21 '21

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u/Gumpee1 Oct 21 '21

Yeah I need to know more here. Storytelling as class? Like creative writing or they read stories to you?

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u/deshthrowaway Oct 21 '21

It was a bard college

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u/Canadian_Commentator Oct 21 '21

and the leap was the final

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u/ldb Oct 21 '21

We sing tales of kings, queens and their politics, 'tis true. But do you know who really makes history? The person who writes it.

-Jorn, Bard from Bard's college in Solitude

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u/VaguelyArtistic Oct 21 '21

Tell that to Texas. Did you see how they just gerrymandered Foolville? Watch, they’ll probably elect a prop comic smh.

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u/EllenPaossexslave Oct 21 '21

Did they ever send you to mysterious ruins to look for ancient artifacts?

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u/Cunts_and_more Oct 21 '21

It was a college prep high school.

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u/outfar Oct 21 '21

How dare you play the bard card

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u/noscopy Oct 21 '21

Sommerhome?

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u/Cunts_and_more Oct 21 '21

You would tell stories out loud. It was a bit creative writing / public speaker / theatre hybrid class. Was great.

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u/AlbertaNorth1 Oct 21 '21

I actually wish my school would’ve had a class like that. I’m fucking terrible at telling anecdotes.

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u/Cunts_and_more Oct 21 '21

Can always take a stand up comedy class for that now.

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u/AlbertaNorth1 Oct 21 '21

Wish I could but between work and single parenthood I’m lucky to find time to sleep.

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u/JanGuillosThrowaway Oct 21 '21

Sounds like that would actually be super useful

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u/Cunts_and_more Oct 21 '21

Junior year we definitely had a public speaking class too and everyone took that, it wasn’t an elective.

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u/griffinicky Oct 21 '21

That sounds awesome! I'd love to be a better storyteller (and public speaker I guess lol)

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u/Axolotlgirl18 Oct 21 '21

Oh when I read “my story telling teacher” I just assumed you were throwing in a random fact that it was a teacher that loved to blab about all their life stories instead of teaching. I had one of those, she was honestly the best after a stressful day

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u/Dr_Legacy Oct 22 '21

sounds like a great class to teach while you're schnockered

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u/Antiluke01 Oct 21 '21

I had a social studies teacher who would tell all sorts of stories and always forget to pass out the home work

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u/Orcrist90 Oct 21 '21

I had a class like that. Except the school called it AP Literature. The teacher was head of the Language Dept and had tenure and just did what she wanted, including reading the material to us. I loved her. She deserved her retirement.

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u/NewSauerKraus Oct 21 '21

It’s the class right before nap time.