Death Penalty Discussion

• Attendees are given a minute or two to find their way.

• The class will be fun.

• The magic light indicates recording has started.

• The speaker said they were overwhelmed at seeing people walk into the classroom as it gave them a positive feeling.

• The class will go over the syllabus: what a bright shiny A+ looks like.

• Students must sign in, especially this week to ensure they are in the right classes.

• A scary e-mail was sent to professors stating they must meet with students virtually.

• The speaker said he is a rule follower and meeting with his class because the "bosses" say so.

• The pandemic gave flashbacks of teaching during COVID life.

• Several students were in 8th grade when COVID-19 first impacted schools.

• Others would have been sophomores, mostly sophomores, or freshmen.

• The speaker sent invitations to the morning class, including rules.

• People started declining the invitation.

• The class starts at 8:30 AM, requiring being there in-person.

• The speaker thought declining meant sleeping in due to the snow day.

• The speaker is old school and throws paper at his students, although he will try not to do too much of it.

• There are four novels to read this semester.

• There is more reading material than expected.

• Students should put anything they do for the class on their time card.

• Electives are all full, so students only taking online classes cannot be helped at this time.

• Catto may not have heat and may be hard to get to.

• No drinks or food allowed in the class.

• Every classroom is a new technology learning adventure.

• The good news is there are also movies.

• There will be movie days as well as novels.

• The speaker has to go to a conference for a week right in the middle of the semester.

• Those in the criminal justice major program know they were placed in the humanities division.

• A classical liberal arts education can benefit everybody.

• The speaker wants political science, English, humanities, and liberal arts to be working alongside those who are going into law enforcement or a facet of law enforcement.

• The speaker mentions a backlash against lawyers, police officers, and judges.

• The speaker thinks it's a good idea to train those in the legal profession to be humanitarians.

• It is important to be a good thinker and communicator; to write, think, and answer well.

• Those going into law enforcement may have to make some snap decisions.

• The English Department says answers to justice can be found historically.

• People have wrestled with the definition of law, and the difference between just and unjust laws.

• We are in a moment in history in which things can change dramatically overnight by the "strike of a pen.".

• Executive branch can change laws.

• Philosophers have had great conversations about law for a long time.

• Athenians, like Socrates, questioned why laws are followed and who makes/enforces them.

• Some in the room will write extensively about rules, and some will stand up for/persevere those who need to be persecuted.

• Crime shows have good conflict and good stories.

• The reason a lot of writers write about crime is because it's full of good conflict.

• Students ended up in the class that they inherited as English majors.

• There seems to be a reputation of being an easy grader, but the speaker aims to prepare students very well for the exams.

• The speaker will try to take care and take part in the little exercises.

• There is a note card exercise going out the door today.

• Students will go to the movies for extra credit and will be fine.

• Students will have a week off in the middle of the semester when the speaker goes to a conference in New Orleans instead of Oklahoma City as originally stated.

• Students are welcome to say hello in English 3363 and make sure to sign in.

• He is in AC Schreiner, the best building on campus, in room 204 upstairs, office hours are posted.

• The building didn't have heat for a while, but they finally fixed it.

• He can "get away" with his office hours for one more semester because he is till a mid-level administrator who's always sitting in other buildings doing meetings by appointment.

• Students can contact him if they need anything.

• Contact him anytime via Schrier email.

• The students are already exhausted as he's over his usual end time.

• He is winding down already as he has trouble with off times

• Has a class to teach at 11:40, other ends at 11:30

• "I get pulled a lot of directions", is good on email.

• They will most likely be here the whole class.

• Binge shows: Game of Thrones, crime dramas, and Wolfman.

• The speaker says how good he thinks it is because ADHD looks like this.

• Read a few things from their text, uh, from their catalog.

• Schreiner catalog says we are gonna explore some literary texts about crime, punishment, justice, uh, from diverse periods and places in order to explain how the questions of right, wrong, fairness have been and are understood catalog description. That's absolutely dead on.

• Some were motivated by the recent criminology background of Dr.Woods, while others were like "officer, the cuffs are hurting me," leading him to share his disclaimer.

• Sometimes says things for effect for the because to keep you awake.

• Apologizes in advance if I offend you in any way, shape, or form.

• Warns against cursing in a job interview, careful on that

• Says "WELL FNA" "I mean, I well, what did you be careful"

• "you are a captive audience", "I want this to be an open welcome environment. Now we're gonna be talking about some heavy crap in here", "uh, that's. I'll get to my disclaimer on the crime stuff in a minute, may say something to defend you and apologize in advancel, not trying to before you go tattle on me, "would you its your right", “Are allowed come talk to me first

• "I've tried to make you use a Comma correctly for years and nobodys listening"

• Again, you are a captive audience You don't hear my rambling stories about being arrested uless you and those kind of comments later come back.

• “OK, I beat that horse in my face and I'm apologizing now”.

• And it goes on and on apologizing for the material you’ll exposed to and disclaimer “that you just can’t study CORE crime fiction”

• You will have to know the career choices, hell yes, that you go out there and do good

• Says tough out job.

• Meet the people on the worst absolute form, especially law enforcement

• Jamie’s favorite show = Texas Law

• I like, they're like, I thought you guys were just. Worried about me, taking a deer, you know, like harvesting a hop wrong deer.

• I'm told that's the single most dangerous job in law enforcement because everyone you meet is armed heavily and also not happy to see you some of the material that we're gonna look at is, uh, I try not to pick stuff just to like shock you or horify. Is not doing like none of the readings that we do are to go like, no. So, I just wanna see how, how much I can push this like you can come talk to me too.

• Had an upper horror class one time Dracula film and whatever was great

• I just want invited back because the speaker had a older woman say she didn’t believe this class was for her and now when the speaker watches horror he is more cautious of spoilers.

• Rough, class the material will be rough be they will get through the material.

• Talk about how writers fiction by the way; we gotta tall about the Gendras.

• Some optional films if you wanna see the stuff if y’all wanna come watch

• Not forcing you to

• Wants us to be good readers

• Non english majors, don’t worry, you all will get there.

• Ready to do advanced stuff

• Won’t be a surprise to you

• Lots of readings online , canvas terminology that they can work around with , “cms”

• They will also have paperbacks little paper packs. Said which can be little tough but not down that much

• You’re not gonna bog down/ 2-3 weeks.

• Says like muscle so have exercise to it

• They are between al artificial intelligence with their papers and tiktoks now almost didnt for a couple hours.

• Few felt that way, few felt that way in the room

• Like “ my 77, my beloved middle man.

• 2.4 the beloved , that where do the middle that he would always say stuff ab his beloved Oldest

• "Where is the forgotten middle child"

• This is between so they go over some texts that they can’t do anymore Kids

• Got his and that he would always say story from them

• Mike really got worked up.

• I became the close.

• Talk of congress for speech, ACLU dad, I think

• He was very relieved and some that for.

• You are in a weird area with the advent of AI and social media

• "Guys make stuff you're in this and you gonna have too much but the time."

• "People will come to me and say Dr. Woods read a novel. Well, I have never have never Dr. Woods."

• Don't brag about that it's terrible

• It's a sad thing for you to say I want you to read a novel. You guys read the novels. Please

• But we need to keep up, people need to read Breasts my heart

• But we are moving in the society if things were like " because if the country says so I "I sit in a meeting for like well I mean to read anymore"

• It is not right and so on

• What are you going to do? Then we will all get back to our own novel list

• This is something "there's something I wanted to tell you with TikTok

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• Is a minute left
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A discussion on the death penalty covers its primary goals, concerns regarding content usage on platforms like TikTok, and debating legal matters. Truman Capote's view on the death penalty in 'In Cold Blood' is examined. There's also a mention of Hammurabi's Code to illustrate certain points.