Back 2 Cool

So I am taking an undergrad lecture course this semester. I know, yuck it up and judge my complaining about 18 credits in light of that all you want. It is about Transitional Justice, this professor is this really cool lady I have been reading about since I got here, it's basically perfect for me-- including, of course, the fact that I have taken classes on everything we are talking about before.
But I digress. There is a lot of reading and kind of a lot more work than I would have expected, I was a little nervous-- this time just to balance everything, as opposed to last semester when I was worried about looking dumb. So today was our first class. The professor gives us a definition of transitional justice, as asks for an example of when these methods were used. A kid raises his hand, first student participation of the term--

"That thing that came after the Civil War that starts with an 'R'-- what's that called?"



So to my mind, it's not that he couldn't summon the word, "reconstruction" that makes me suspect he is dumb... but his willingness to bring up something he can't even remember in front of the class. Was he not teased in elementary school? Does Wisconsin not properly socialize its children? Geez, louise!

The various other folks proceeded to bring up all and only the examples that were provided in the syllabus and one girl asked what an annotated bibliography was.

So. Um. I am not really so worried anymore.