On numerous occasions, statements have been made that cause people to raise their eyebrows, attempting to understand what they just heard.
Most of these lines come from Courtney Love, John Madden or even from our president.
However, anything those people say will never hold a candle to what is about to be written.
I actually enjoy my J102 class. Yes, that's right ... my J102 class. That's the one journalism majors have to take, where they write a 127-or-whatever-page research paper with no less than 25 sources. Yeah, that class.
No, it's not being said for shock value - not even shock and awe. No, there's not an under-the-desk deal with my professor.
And no, contrary to popular belief, I'm not crazy, so hold off on the straight jacket - at least for the time being.
The reason I like this class is that on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, I know that I'm going to laugh a few times during an otherwise hellish hour and 50 minutes spent cooped up in that freezing ice chamber festooned with a dry erase board and awkward desks.
How can J102 be humorous? There isn't a midget doing tricks on a unicycle, Ashlee Simpson isn't in there trying to sing, and a tape of our football team's recent "efforts" against Iowa and Auburn isn't playing - but there is a person who gets it.
My professor gets that life, although very stressful and work-oriented a great portion of the time, still has room for fun in it. Every day, the professor uses humor to lighten the mood while discussing how to write the asinine paper journalism students have come to know and love.
For instance, on the very first day, he asked what grade people wanted in the class and had them raise their hands when he called out the different letter grades.Most people raised their hands when "B" or "A" came up, which prompted him to announce that no one gets an "A" in his class.
Oh, the uproar from some was as humorous as his personality - he's that type of person who says very seriously, "I'm not joking," when he's really joking. But some people still don't notice that, and multiple carotid arteries are busted every day in there.
It seems like someone really needs to write "lighten up" across people's foreheads. What happened to having a sense of humor? College is supposed to be the time when students are having fun while learning, not stressing out over every little obstacle that is thrown their way. It's not good from a social standpoint, and it's not good health-wise, either.
Time for a quick anatomy lecture.
Adrenal glads lie within us, and they produce "shock absorber" hormones that the body uses to block the negative impacts stress makes mentally and physically. Long-term stress deteriorates these glands, affecting multiple parts of the body as well as speeding up the aging process.
Basically, unless you want to look like Joan Rivers, start laughing, right about ... now.
The number of times people laugh in a day goes down by 385 as they grow older - from 400 laughs a day in child years to only 15 laughs a day for adults. Now, it's very obvious that children are more carefree than adults are, but that doesn't mean grown-ups can't experience a little laughter every now and then as well.
In a world of 18 credit hours and go-go-go living, take time to sit down, watch an episode or two of "Family Guy," and forget what color the terrorist warning level is at.
Your adrenal glands will thank you.
Write to Ryan at
rjsmith@bsu.edu
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