Monday, September 7, 2009

AM's guide to Class Participation (CP)

We here at AM are always concerned about improving your lives in simple and small steps. This is one of those small steps. All of you would have noticed the sudden surge in number of debutants entering the sacred practice of professional CP putting, and when such a thing happens, errors abound. This feature, "AM's guide to Class Participation", will take you through certain categories, or buckets if you will, of CPs in which you can comfortably slot yourself and improve upon. Today, we will explore the art of PCP putting(Parasitic CP).

Parasitic CP: Inspired by viruses, this type of CP thrives on others' CP.

Requirements: No creativity or analysis required. Listening to others helps.

Procedure:
Step1: Attack the gap between someone else's CP and the professor's response.
Step2: Start with "Sir, what he/she means to say is....."
Step3: Use excessive passive voice and synonyms to spice your PCP.
Step4: Shaking your head vigorously and making wild gesticulations might help in confounding the professors into believing that you are saying something original.
Step5: Finish off with a confident air, slowing the bobbing of your head or leave the sentence halfway through so that one of your co-PCP members can 'leverage' on it.
Step6: @Next PCP putter: Repeat Step1.

So, what we are trying to say is.....

2 comments:

  1. (Head nodding) "Sir, what these Absinthe Minded actually mean to say/write is that......."

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  2. don't forget to nod off before and after putting your CP...otherwise the class might confuse the PCP with the GSCP ('Genuine' Struggling CP)

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