Maya Collapse...Big Fuckin' Deal

I thought about writing about our discussion in Senior Seminar yesterday (you know, like the "issues" I'd posted before on Human Violence and such), but it was about the collapse of the Maya civilization, and I thought the two arguments were arguing the same thing essentially, so I won't bore anyone with the details of that one. I will say, though, that we make our teachers love their jobs but hate their students. I had to lead the discussion with one of the most opinionated guys in the class (we actually agree on a lot of Anthro issues, it's weird). I should mention the class is taught by an archeologist and a cultural anthropologist. The archeologist is our Anthro Dept. chairperson, and she always teaches Senior Sem. The cultural anthropologist is from New Mexico and she is one of those anti-corporate hippies. Needless to say, this money-loving son of a bitch does not get along with her. So imagine my delight when my discussion co-leader brought her to the point of almost screaming at him. In exasperation, she asked him, "Does nothing please you?" to which he answered somewhere along the lines of "Not yet."
That, and the fact that there were brownies were the reasons I had no trouble staying awake for this lame discussion.