"Sometimes when student notes get left behind I read them and wonder if we've been in the same lecture room", - Professor P. Taylor, international communications expert - THES October 2
INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY. LECTURE ONE FIRST YEAR.
PROFESSOR G. TOPPING.
Notes taken by: Sally Webster, Tutu College, University of Poppleton, Poppleton, England, United Kingdom, Earth, Universe, Space
'It's crucially important to distinguish between validity and reliability. Validity means..... (too fast) ... It's valid but reliable means something else(?)
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU BUT DID YOU GET WHAT HE JUST SAID ABOUT VALIDITY?
WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
THE MAN AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. THE ONE WHO'S TALKING.
OH, HIM! VICTOR MELDREW. NO, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT HE'S ON ABOUT. I'M PLAYING BATTLESHIPS WITH MY FRIEND. BYE.
BYE.
'The person who is often said to have a lot to do with semi-ology is an Italian called Humbert O. Echo. He is still alive unlike someone else in Paris who was run over' 'You won't find this absolutely essential reference book in the library because someone has stolen it.'
'Now you're at university it's very important that you learn to think for yourselves and do not merely write down everything everyone tells you as though it were the word of God'
'Has anyone got a spare stick of chalk?
10.36 LECTURE STOPPED BY FIRE ALARM
10.52 BACK AGAIN
Something about somebody called Nightshirt who recognised the WILL TO POWER. There are lots of good things in Nightshirt but we shouldalways take him with a pinch of salt because he may have caused the hollow cost.
My Darling Michael, I miss you very very very much. I'm going to the college bar tonight with Keith who is in Hotel Management but I am still thinking of that last night we had together at Scamps.
(NOW HE'S LOST THE CHALK AND THE DUSTER AND COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED UNDER THE LECTERN. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE GOING, MAY AS WELL JOIN THEM.) THEEND, FINIS, FIN, THAT'S ALL FOLKS