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Originally Posted by troutman
At UWO I had an English course on Science Fiction and Fantasy. We read Lord of the Rings. Watched Star Trek.
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Had a similar course at Waterloo, and it became the source of my favorite academic story. Having not done my reading assignment, and with a presentation on said book due to be delivered to the class that day, I got up in front of the class and took potshots at both Star Trek and Star Wars in comparison to what I read about the book from the inside cover. This naturally led to a huge flame war which I very lightly moderated, and as a result, I got an A for doing a presentation on a book I neither read nor discussed during the presentation.
Moral of the story - polarize the trekkies and the star wars nerds, and they'll do the heavy lifting for you.