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General Discussion / Pen Spinning... As a Class?
funny story
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 12:10:02
So yesterday in English, we were kind of just rambling on about the oddest stuff...
Mental disorders > Autism > OCD > Odd habits...
And then in the middle of talking about "odd habits" my teacher blurts out to the class "Speaking of, have you guys seen Evan spin his pen!?"
And about half of the class said, "Yeah!". One kid even said, "I know! It's amazing! I have no idea how he does it!"
So the teacher asked if I would volunteer to show the class about it, and I did.
I showed off fundamentals, and a few advanced ones. But not too much since I totally didn't want to overwhelm them.
Then, at one point I showed them "combos" and "freestyle". But since my hands were shaky since I was nervous, and I messed up at one point.
The pen went flying, but I caught it in my left hand (I spin right), and the teacher shouts, "Jesus, he can even catch on mess-ups!".
I replied, "Well, when you start learning to spin a pen, you by force learn to catch it when it drops all the time." Everyone lauhged.
I used two volunteers, and I got one of them to nail the TA. They spun my MSXAs.
I thought it was really funny because this class of my peers (16~17yr) watching in amazement as if I was presenting the cure for cancer. xD
I mean, just sheer awe. And it got me wondering, what if PSing became a class?
Or what about a class dedicated to manipulations in general?
Discuss, please! -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 12:21:43
Haha that's awesome. If there was a manipulations class it would probably be the only class in school I'd have 100% attendance.
Sweet story
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 13:01:28
isn't that what they were doing in Japan? The PSAJ, and then the people got autographs afterwards, or was that different?
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 13:10:11
that's an interesting experience you went through
I wouldn't have the guts to show my classmates unless some of my fellow spinners in the class went with me -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 14:35:57QUOTE (Tim @ Jan 4 2008, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>isn't that what they were doing in Japan? The PSAJ, and then the people got autographs afterwards, or was that different?
No, never heard that before. Many people in japan consider Heavy Pen Spinners a uber geek who watches hentai all day. Light Pen SPinners are considered normal though. Since i stopped being a heavy pen spinner few month ago, no one calls me geek as a joke to me anymore.
Now when i say heavy pen spinner, it doesnt mean they spin heavy stuff. i meant that they are really into pen spinning -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 16:03:38QUOTE (Tim @ Jan 4 2008, 01:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>isn't that what they were doing in Japan? The PSAJ, and then the people got autographs afterwards, or was that different?
They've held a penspinning workshop only once. Autographs?...I don't know about it...
http://www.upsb.info/forum/index.php?showtopic=2959 -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 16:06:22
That's cool, you been call out to pen spin for whole class to see.
I like this kind of attention. -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 16:19:22
I had something kind of similar (but not really
) in my calculus3 class this past semester.
I was spinning my MSXA in class during a test and my teacher was just staring at me doing some tricks for basically the entire test, and then when he was collecting the test papers, he reached down, picked up my msxa and did a shadow.
I was completely amazed (the guy is like 60). And now I stop by his office every now and then to share combos
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 16:30:02
O_O
no wai. -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 16:55:25QUOTE (Outlander @ Jan 4 2008, 10:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I had something kind of similar (but not really ) in my calculus3 class this past semester.
I was spinning my MSXA in class during a test and my teacher was just staring at me doing some tricks for basically the entire test, and then when he was collecting the test papers, he reached down, picked up my msxa and did a shadow.
I was completely amazed (the guy is like 60). And now I stop by his office every now and then to share combos
How many other tricks can he do and where did he learn how to spin?
I think that it would be nice if it was a class.
It would be fun to be a pen spinning teacher at a school. -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 17:10:08
I did post that one internet video on yahoo on upsb. It was all about pen spinning classes in Japan. So yeah, they do have em (maybe not here though.)
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 17:43:15
i span in front of my class once in english
i had to do this impromptu presentation
so i did it on penspinning
and i got a 4/5! awesome
cause i spoke too fastso i lost a mark
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 18:18:38
Yeah a manipulation class would be the best class ever!! But it would need to be an option class or something cause else the 3/4 of the class would say it sucks
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 19:31:28
Well, I don't see that so far fetched. When one of my teachers was in college he took a class on how to solve the Rubik's cube. I can't remember what college it was (he told me this like 4 years ago when he saw me cubing after a test).
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 20:13:35
well rather than a class, a manipulation club would seen more possible
me and calhoun are thinkign about making a club for pen spinning, i guess perhaps some other manipulations as well, to teach others how to pen spin and to spread the word
currently, there are only about 4 people that i know of who can actually do the fundamentals (nobody's mastered teh fingerpass though) and a couple people who now know how to do a ta (due to the efforts of calhoun and i xD)
so next year, once the both of us become better (since i fail completely at penspinnign >.<) , then we'll try to start a club and teach say a trick every week or two and have maybe some otehr manipulations just as a one day thing every several meetings
but penspinnign as a class, that'd be pretty funny
"OKAY, POP QUIZ, EVERYONE DO A BACKFALL"
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 20:31:22QUOTE (-JC- @ Jan 4 2008, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>"OKAY, POP QUIZ, EVERYONE DO A BACKFALL"
(i'd fail that
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or every1, do a backfall 1.5 into a thumbspin 20.5
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 20:50:47
yeah..grades would become quite a problem in a penspinning class >.<''
since a big part of penspinnign is personal preference
who decides that a combo that a student does isn't nice or if a mod isn't as good as k4s's (xD)
if i ran a class like this and my student spun a comssa...
student:about to spin his comssa for a test
me:.....fail
student:whyyyy??? i practiced 10 hours yesterday
me: *points at comssa* 'cause of that thing....
so that wouldn't be fair at allll
unless you have a panel of teachers/judges to check and balance each other, but we all know that that's not gonna happen
plus, parents would never approve of such a useless class since it'd probably look bad on college applications
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Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 21:00:29QUOTE (-JC- @ Jan 4 2008, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>yeah..grades would become quite a problem in a penspinning class >.<''
since a big part of penspinnign is personal preference
who decides that a combo that a student does isn't nice or if a mod isn't as good as k4s's (xD)
if i ran a class like this and my student spun a comssa...
student:about to spin his comssa for a test
me:.....fail
student:whyyyy??? i practiced 10 hours yesterday
me: *points at comssa* 'cause of that thing....
so that wouldn't be fair at allll
unless you have a panel of teachers/judges to check and balance each other, but we all know that that's not gonna happen
plus, parents would never approve of such a useless class since it'd probably look bad on college applications
It wouldn't look bad on college apps at all. It adds a bit of uniqueness that helps you stand out. Standing out is a good thing (if you stand out in a good way) when you're just another piece of paper to be judged. -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 21:17:16QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Jan 4 2008, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It wouldn't look bad on college apps at all. It adds a bit of uniqueness that helps you stand out. Standing out is a good thing (if you stand out in a good way) when you're just another piece of paper to be judged.
mhmm...that's true i guess...
i guess when i wrote that, i just instantly thought that colleges would think penspinning to be stupid (as most adults who dont' penspin do, and good luck trying to get a penspinning college application reader to read your application xD) so they would sorta just look down upon it
but uniqueness is a possible reason why they may like that...but i still think that they prefer more intellectual classes instead
but i can imagine parents revolting...about how penspinnign takes up so much of one's time (and money for that matter as well xD) when their kids should be studying -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 21:24:39
Never in America.
But if it were to happen I'd do well then I'd fail. I'm on my Pen Spinner's block.
How would you cheat on a test besides the test like "when did bonkura die?" -
Date: Fri, Jan 4 2008 21:31:14
OH, well i guess you could have tests where it's just like historical facts about penspinning
or the teacher does a combo a couple times (sorta like listening comp., but instead, it's watching comp.) and the students have to write the breakdown
and then for bonus questions, the teacher does a hybrid and then the student has to identify it
or the teacher could ask, for bonus, do a "backfall 1.5 into a thumbspin 20.5" (
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but in the end, no matter how much we'd like this to come true, it's never gonna come true cause the board of ed. wouldn't allow it as a class >.< -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 00:37:54QUOTE (-JC- @ Jan 4 2008, 04:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>OH, well i guess you could have tests where it's just like historical facts about penspinning
or the teacher does a combo a couple times (sorta like listening comp., but instead, it's watching comp.) and the students have to write the breakdown
and then for bonus questions, the teacher does a hybrid and then the student has to identify it
or the teacher could ask, for bonus, do a "backfall 1.5 into a thumbspin 20.5" ()
but in the end, no matter how much we'd like this to come true, it's never gonna come true cause the board of ed. wouldn't allow it as a class >.<
The first part is called Dictation. I had to do it in Band last year, it sucks.
It COULD come true, its called a club or an elective. -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 05:17:36QUOTE (Cybrax @ Jan 5 2008, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The first part is called Dictation. I had to do it in Band last year, it sucks.
It COULD come true, its called a club or an elective.
Thats possible in my case, kinda. My school does so many clubs: maths, creative writing, art, even an anime club O.O ... i don't see why pen spinning shouldn't be included xD like... the club could meet up at lunch and discuss tricks we can do, help each other out... that would be awesome 8D -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 05:17:55
HOWEVER, there are other options in attempting to make this into a class!
1) The class would meet every other day.
2) The class would be only a one semester course.
3) The class would be pass/fail, so no grades. Just some effort.
Exams could be based on monthly progress. Master a trick, then present.
Mid-terms/finals could be 15/30second combos. The breakdown would be provided to the teacher, and would be recorded for accuracy.
Group projects could be researching new forms of manipulations. Or mods.
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I mean, it could work. But because it's just so vastly new, people might be hesitant.
If it wouldn't be a class, it could be one hell of a club. -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 05:19:29
i partially integrated it into my physics class
examining the physics of TA was a bitch when you add in vectors, force, acceleration, etc. -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 05:41:41
Evan honestly it's just me you and John. If we asked Seinfeld to approve a pen spinning club/class he would laugh at us then go roll down a hill.
On another note, it would be pretty sweet to have a manipulations class. But what else would be taught besides pen spinning? There has to be some kind of other course material. -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 05:47:50
penspinning history and theory could fill up a decent sized textbook
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Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 06:05:20
isn't pen spinning supposed to PASS TIME IN CLASS, not making it A CLASS...no offense...not happening, its like giving a class to knowing how to binge drink properly or How to become a Great Person in Bed...its rather pointless, EVERYONE learns differently..just horribly horribly horribly unrealistic
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Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 06:37:02QUOTE (Crzyazn @ Jan 5 2008, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i partially integrated it into my physics class
examining the physics of TA was a bitch when you add in vectors, force, acceleration, etc.
ahaha, i have to make an attempt at thatQUOTE (Cleptomatic @ Jan 5 2008, 12:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Evan honestly it's just me you and John. If we asked Seinfeld to approve a pen spinning club/class he would laugh at us then go roll down a hill.
On another note, it would be pretty sweet to have a manipulations class. But what else would be taught besides pen spinning? There has to be some kind of other course material.
welll, as for other manipulations (that i'm thinking of adding into a club, although i don't know how well that'll turn out since not everyone might have that certain object that you need for that manipulation) well, they're all in the manipulative arts forum
ex. rubix cube, yoyo, card manipulations, poker chip manipulations, and i'm sure we can find a bunch of other ones too
and although in our school, there may be the only 3 of us (4 if you count anne), and a couple others who may probably join...a class for ps will never come true in our school
in other schools, at least there's a greater population of penspinners, but even then...i doubt that penspinning will even become an elective, because they're gonna need a qualified teacher and there's not one teacher who used penspinning as a major to get their bachelors or masters xDQUOTE (iMatt @ Jan 5 2008, 01:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>isn't pen spinning supposed to PASS TIME IN CLASS, not making it A CLASS...no offense...not happening, its like giving a class to knowing how to binge drink properly or How to become a Great Person in Bed...its rather pointless, EVERYONE learns differently..just horribly horribly horribly unrealistic
and this is true...penspinning is jsut a hobby, not a class that people where people learn about it
if people want to learn penspinning, then just go here...to upsb
there's no reason for schools to have to pay the teacher a salary to make school fun xD, school isn't suppose to be fun (most of the time)
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Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 08:18:57
I prefer learning tricks and making combos myself,cause I don't like getting help from other people,so even if there's some kind of pen spinning class at my country,I wouldn't attend to it.
Hmm,if there's one,I wonder how a pen spinning test would be... -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 16:15:20
Even so, a club is more likely.
Just do some tricks and ask, "WANNALEARNHOWTODOTHIS!?". -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 16:52:34
If only..
Seriously, a club?
Pen spinning does not simply nail itself to the minds of spectators and the general public. The club/class would be very unpopular, abused, and laughed at.
Maybe in a few years, when pen spinning is more known to the public.
However, it doesn't hurt to try. My hat's off to the first person who actually tries to start a class/club in school. -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 17:00:02
yah, calhoun and i are gonna make an attempt at making a club next year once we get better...
but that's gonna be a while from now, but when we make it, after a week we'll post up how our progess is doing or something
@calhoun-or we could think about getting it started now, attract some members, and then practice over the summer, and then come back with some okay spinners, and us being even better...i dunno...how do you think of that?
if we start it now though, i wouldn't be able to stay too long in the club every day, cause i still have tennis after school too....so i would only be able to stay not that long...
clepto will still be there too..maybe...so it wont' be just you -
Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 17:13:01
it will never happen in my country,coz penspinning is still not popular at all in my country
and many ppl laugh at us(me and my friends) who penspinning and said that penspinning is just stupid,wasting time.... -
Date: Sun, Jan 6 2008 02:52:54
To all those who'd suggested, grading pen spinning won't work. Please... Think about this, "oh, you can't do a 360 and Backflip on your BMX, fail" or "can't solve the Rubik's Cube within 1 min? fail". Will that work? I think the answer is obvious.
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Date: Sun, Jan 6 2008 03:01:58QUOTE (Dark Angel-REX @ Jan 4 2008, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>No, never heard that before. Many people in japan consider Heavy Pen Spinners a uber geek who watches hentai all day. Light Pen SPinners are considered normal though. Since i stopped being a heavy pen spinner few month ago, no one calls me geek as a joke to me anymore.
Now when i say heavy pen spinner, it doesnt mean they spin heavy stuff. i meant that they are really into pen spinning
you're definitely a geek
tell yourself what you need too
you'll always be a geek
i thought about a pen-spinning class before
i also thought about just forming a pen-spinning club
which basically would have been an after school class to teach people to spin