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Pop Culture in the Classroom

Written by Sara Wallace, Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

As I sat in a crowded McCosh 50 on the first day of class listening to the opening arpeggios of Bruce Springsteen's 1973 song "Growin' Up," I couldn't help but think that this was too good to be ...

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  • 12:11 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    River

    So Eighties. I want high-protein classes. These are serious times, and frankly, all the profs trying to teach pop culture are way too old for it.

  • 1:58 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    bruce

    great article

  • 2:03 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    yay

    it's nice to have a change of pace with an article that does not focus on either grade deflation or feminist issues.

  • 2:04 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    george michael

    sara wallace is the best writer for the prince.

  • 2:09 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    12

    I agree with River. Learn about pop culture on your own time, a Princeton class should be about addressing serious topics, not fluff. Why a Bruce Springsteen song is essential to a discussion of crime and punishment in modern America– a subject worthy of a whole course in its own right– is beyond me.

  • 2:17 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    other 12

    I disagree. If you read the entire article you'll see they don't spend class talking about a song. Popular culture provides a lens through which one is able to view societal movements and tensions. For example, the writer mentions the class where the cop and the guy from the hood both came in to speak.

    Furthermore, no one is forcing you to take that class. If you're more concerned with flaubert or whoever take a different class. Obviously some pretty insightful people think that these classes are worthwhile otherwise leading institutions such as Princeton and Harvard would not offer them.

  • 8:48 p.m. on Dec. 3rd, 2009
    Posted by
    lonely boy

    GG(!)

  • 10 p.m. on Dec. 4th, 2009
    Posted by
    ocd

    What's with the weird capitalization in the headline? It's really bothering me.

  • 6:58 p.m. on Dec. 9th, 2009
    Posted by
    Seriously?!

    I have nothing against studying pop culture in an academic context, but each time I think about the inclusion of Twilight on the reading list for an English class, I throw up a little in my mouth.

    Also, hilariously, my security word is 'throat.'

  • 1:52 a.m. on Jan. 20th, 2010
    Posted by
    uboj

    beautiful.

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