So just what is it about those students in the back?

Hey everyone, this is your favorite cartoonist speaking. So, while I am definitely not a writer on par with some of the Loyolan staff, I do like to get my opinions out every now and then. My editors and myself thought that me posting on this blog would prove to be somewhat interesting to the rest of you.

First, a bit about myself. I am a senior animation major (yes, we exist) at LMU and aside from slaving away at toons for my thesis and the Loyolan, I am also an active member in Laser Squad Bravo. Speaking of my thesis, I have another blog that I'll be updating throughout the year that will serve as a production diary to my thesis. I urge all of you to go check it out!

Now, onto Loyolan stuff. Today I only had one picture in the Loyolan so this'll be pretty short. The article itself was about the kids who sit quietly in the back of the classroom. The author basically argues that she (a self proclaimed quiet student) is just as sociable as the other students in class.

Bullshit. Now, I understand that some people do need a little push to get going, but what this article says to me is "I am not going to attempt to talk to you, but you should talk to me. If I come off as quiet and standoffish, then its partly your fault."

Now I know that I'm coming off harsh right now. I have no personal malice on the author. The article is well written, I just happen to disagree with it a bit.

That's the trouble with being a cartoonist for the Opinion section. I do not always agree with the stances of the articles I'm assigned, and sometimes when I do agree with the final opinion, I do not support the argument. Take the "Greek Weak" pro/con feature that we had a few weeks back. I am Greek myself, so I obviously lean more toward the pro side. But the "pro" Greek side was a terribly written opinion piece. I'd hate to be harsh like that, but it really did nothing but reinforce why some people hate the Greek community. And while James' "con" piece brought nothing new I really don't think it needed to. The Pro side had a greater responsibility to uphold and it did not get that creative in it's argument (ABC's GREEK? Really? REALLY?).

So in the end for both articles, this week's and "Greek Weak", my cartoon questions the entire topic a bit. The toon this week shows a bunch of students all speaking their minds from varying classes and then we have the quiet student. Now, most comments said in class tend to be completely un-thought (is that even a word?) provoking anyway. There are some people that you just wish would stop raising their hand because they are wasting our time as students. So perhaps it really is OK to be a quiet student.

I think I just defeated my own argument. You will have to excuse me, being an animation major I average about 3 hours of sleep a night. Hopefully my next entry will be a bit more coherent.