tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post133777661220762504..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A little smackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39766929186357028322012-05-01T08:52:16.430-04:002012-05-01T08:52:16.430-04:00Have a Jack Daniels on me.Have a Jack Daniels on me.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85527708528726636622012-04-30T16:41:17.900-04:002012-04-30T16:41:17.900-04:00I was just dealing with final grades today and I d...I was just dealing with final grades today and I discovered this particular fuckwit's fuckwittery managed to be the difference between a B and a C.<br /><br />VICTORY IS MINE!!!Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65458569854921605572012-04-30T16:40:12.763-04:002012-04-30T16:40:12.763-04:00Don't even get me started on Mommyjacking. STF...Don't even get me started on Mommyjacking. STFU, Parents does a great job of skewering the parent trap.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87176062972197986892012-04-30T16:11:19.193-04:002012-04-30T16:11:19.193-04:00Oh, the entitlement. I love how he thinks his kno...Oh, the entitlement. I love how he thinks his knowledge is better than yours. Why doesn't HE just teach the class then.Professor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62627629389953542232012-04-30T15:33:35.395-04:002012-04-30T15:33:35.395-04:00OMG, you're so mean! Didn't you read the p...OMG, you're so mean! Didn't you read the part about his mom crying? If that isn't relevant to their learning, I don't know what is? If they can't just draw from any old memory and apply THAT as an example, what exactly are they supposed to do? It's like you expect them to THINK or something. :o)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39314639886056259312012-04-30T13:42:00.599-04:002012-04-30T13:42:00.599-04:00Listen, fuckwit. Your recounting of your mom cryin...<i>Listen, fuckwit. Your recounting of your mom crying over some bullshit that happened 15 years ago has *nothing* to do with our homework assignment.</i><br /><br />That's so delicious I think I'll have it for lunch.junk sciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460689684693231890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72207941417050423512012-04-30T10:37:08.817-04:002012-04-30T10:37:08.817-04:00They like to make their own assignments...I mean t...They like to make their own assignments...I mean they're so sweet and wonderful, aren't they? Ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8309298784320503882012-04-30T06:56:53.477-04:002012-04-30T06:56:53.477-04:00But his mom was CRYING!!!!!But his mom was CRYING!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11840540227846932112012-04-30T00:11:07.265-04:002012-04-30T00:11:07.265-04:00Very true. And I know lit folks get a pretty big h...Very true. And I know lit folks get a pretty big helping of it, too. <br /><br />But it's the unreality of it in history that strikes me. They'd all have fought their way out of the concentration camps, taken the side of the Native Americans, opened up Rome to religious diversity, respected the women of their time, subverted the Mongol hegemony, etc....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76126527143302369282012-04-29T22:36:33.566-04:002012-04-29T22:36:33.566-04:00These are the kids whose moms bronzed their first ...These are the kids whose moms bronzed their first poop.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21673958464285547232012-04-29T20:28:42.057-04:002012-04-29T20:28:42.057-04:00I know some psych people who get lots of this crap...I know some psych people who get lots of this crap in Developmental Psych. "When I was a kid..." or "My little sister..."mathesianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439534799094303457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2509157086407024772012-04-29T18:07:48.376-04:002012-04-29T18:07:48.376-04:00History seems uniquely vulnerable to this: "I...History seems uniquely vulnerable to this: "If I were in that situation, I think I would have..." or "This is important history because it made me grateful that I live today...." is littered all over my students' papers, despite explicit instructions to focus attention on actual historical questions and sources....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com