University offers course in training the Jedi way

Sign me up!

It's a little ridiculous but if it helps people to recognize themselves and others, I say go for it.

this is teh win!!1!... i'm totally spending the pounds sterling on this while people starve!!!1!

funny but I actually want to do this

i like it
i'd do it if i had the money

Another generation of kids who aren't getting laid.

I convinced family to write/choose "Jedi" as religion on the last census
- some needed a lot less convincing than others
a.

Who will the young Jedi fight, Bush-Cheney-Rove-McCain, May the force be with them.

A complete nerd and their money are soon parted.

(The course, entitled “How to train in the Jedi way”, will use the psychology of the Star Wars knights to teach techniques for personal development. )

first of all, George Lucas, you are done son.
put your money in bonds, not clone wars.

but, to all you naysayers, this sounds like an awesome course!
positive thinking is the only way.
but, if poopooing on this idea is your way of personal development, are you really human?

this would be good for ppl who want to be in fields such as psychology and business, helping you be able to know what your going to say or how the person might react to what you are going to say etc thats awesome

Mindfulness is probably the single most relevant thing from which people of the US could benefit and grow out of an excessively multi-tasking and commercial distracting culture.

finallly....the force can be with us once again

I realize this is a publicity stunt but I'm sure they are going to get a lot of obsessed and "unbalanced" people in their course. Good luck with that.

FINALLY, i think i might sign up right know.

I disagree: the viscocity of magma can have some serious implications for understanding our planet's internal processes better, giving us the ability to predict eruptions better and save lives.

Yeah, because a basic college education really gets you so fucking far...

I think the ideas behind this class are more important than "Volcanoes" (a class necessary for me to fulfill a psych degree). The idea of life-long learning is more important than being able to calculate the viscosity of magma... unless of course you live in the immediate vicinity of an active volcano... in which case i would highly recommend the 'volcano' course.

What an utter load of TOSH!!!!!

If students are willing to pay for it then go ahead. I'm more concerned that students will be using federal grant money on this type of coarse while others try to get a basic college education.

No such thing as telepathy? I can prove otherwise.....

Forensic science classes at the college I attended were suddenly completely full once they started officially calling them C.S.I. courses.

interesting. I think it's clever and a good idea to use something like this to teach real life skills and lessons. to reach out to a group of people in a way they truely understand and care about is genius.

I know a good percentage of my guy friends who be in this class...

THE FORCE IS WITH US ALL!!!

this is a great day for nerds and geeks all over the world

Traditional tuition methods are slowly fragmenting. And i do believe the guncore tutors of future generations will be creative types, advertising executives and media producers - but this is blatantly going a step too far.

The benefits sound minimal; so it's nice to hear the University itself admits it's a PR exercise.

what would that course help you towards......nothing.

Oh my god that is ridiculous. I would be horrified if I had to pay for a course like that. I can't see if helping my case for employment.