Welcome! Please consider how your attitude affects your and other students' experiences of the lesson.
Be respectful, come prepared, and show interest to have the best possible educational experience.
🕒 ~20 minutes ✍️Think - Pair - Share 🎯 Influence classes and tests
1. Discuss with your classmates what you think of Feke's teaching:
About how things are going and whether what you learn feels useful?
Whether the lessons feel motivating and if you get the help you need?
About how we treat each other and whether there is a calm study environment?
And concrete suggestions on how Feke can develop?
2. Respond to the evaluation - use the link that Feke will share. Answer the four questions according to the ten-point scale and make suggestions under "Suggestions for improvements".
3. We analyse the results together and discuss how Feke's teaching can be even better - thanks to you!
🕒 ~120 minutes ✍️In Pairs or Groups of Three 🎯 Create Satire
Your goal is to create an original piece of satire that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or sarcasm to communicate a hidden message about something ridiculous or a real issue in society.
TTMER-method Checklist:
TARGET - What issue are you criticising?
If you want inspiration, have a look at the drop-down list below.
TECHNIQUE - Which satirical techniques will you use?
MESSAGE - What do you actually want people to understand?
EFFECTIVE -List several different ideas before choosing one. For example:
Fake Advertisement
Ridiculous News Report
Social Media Profile
Magazine Cover
Parody Music Lyrics
Political Comic Strip
REACTION - How should viewers react?
Laugh? Feel uncomfortable or shocked? Reflect or become critical?
These are suggestions and are by no means a blueprint concerning what foolishness or societal issue should be targets of satire.
School & Education
Students caring more about grades than learning
Teachers and excessive testing or homework overload
Students asking "Will this be on the test?"
AI being used instead of thinking
Stress culture among students
Technology
Smartphone addiction
If you don't post on social media, you are not alive
Influencers as role models
Fake online lifestyles
Doomscrolling
People documenting experiences instead of enjoying them
Algorithms controlling attention
"Terms and conditions" no one reads
Consumerism
Buying things you don't need
Fast fashion
Constant upgrading of technology
Brand obsession
Luxury products as status symbols
Environment
Greenwashing
Environmental hypocrisy
Excessive plastic packaging
Disposable culture
Companies pretending to be eco-friendly
People caring online but not taking action offline
Society & Culture
Celebrity worship
Beauty standards
FOMO (fear of missing out)
Trends people follow without questioning
Extreme political tribalism
People filming emergencies instead of helping
The pressure to always be happy
Work & Adulthood
The Hamster Wheel
Burnout being treated as an achievement
Endless meetings
Corporate buzzwords
Work-life imbalance
A Thought on AI Use
I, Feke, am AI positive and believe AI can be a terrific tool when being creative. However, AI produced satire is unfortunately flat and inaccurate. Actually succesful satire requires a human touch.
Please do not create your satirical piece solely using AI - but a little help on the way is completely fine.
🕒 ~20 minutes ✍️In Groups and with Feke 🎯 Discuss Improvements
1. We discuss your experiences of reading the course together with Feke:
Your attendance in class
How you want your feedback from Feke (recorded or written)
How things are going in the subject
If you are given enough challenges
If Feke makes you believe in yourself
If you get the help and support you need
How safe you feel
2. Discuss "Stress to Strength" and find strategies to help you keep growing.
No Homework
Share your first draft