Vice Vinnie kept busy with Sex

Graduate Courses in Student Development Theory 

In an article in the May 13, 2014 Knoxville News Sentinel,  new University of  Tennessee Vice Chancellor for student life, Vincent Carilli describes for the reporter how half of his time has been spent dealing with Sex Week at the University of Tennessee.  Fortunately, Chancellor Carilli has graduate courses in Student Development Theory in his past.

Ok, so, here is my thing.  I don't give a fig how much time students at the University of Tennessee spend having sex, thinking about sex or talking about sex.  They can talk about gender and transgender roles 24/7/365.  I don't care. I wish I had known about the Drag Lip Sync show.  UT had the Blurred Bynes video on the Sex Week website, but I don't think DWV was at the show.  Darn!

I just wish that while they were talking about SEX, they would include a little GRAMMAR in the conversation.  The students could learn about the difference between "Let's eat, Grandma." and "Let's eat Grandma."  Grammar and sexual innuendo all in one.

Or, how about learning the difference between your and you're or to, two and too or there, their and they're. Again, it could be slipped right into the sex discussions.  For instance, used in a sentence.  "They're not having sex there."  Or, "Would you two like to have sex, too?"  Or, one more "You're not going to have your boyfriend and girlfriend over at the same time?"

Don't blame it on the internet.  If kids only learned what was on social media (bad grammar), you wouldn't need sex week.  

I had to google Student Development Theory.  I had never heard of it before.  I read the whole freaking wikipedia article.  I read about all the different theories.  I think that I have come up with a relatively good description of Student Development Theory.  This theory attempts to explain that sentient beings learn everywhere and from everything. Sentient beings learn not just from the classroom but also experientially.

See, I learned something from Sex Week at the University of Tennessee!

Go Vols!