tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1765434851087425840..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Anyone else want to cut this bitch?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79443345916681147892012-04-17T00:01:12.761-04:002012-04-17T00:01:12.761-04:00That's just a matter of opinion. Some people, ...That's just a matter of opinion. Some people, including myself, take an opposite view, that is, that remaining fully clothed is more important than being honest. There is a story about some female inmates who would say "OK, we are stealing, but we are not selling ourselves". Those inmates who used to be prostitutes would reply: "We sell what we have, we didn't steal it"Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91706984521525840912012-04-16T20:39:55.431-04:002012-04-16T20:39:55.431-04:00You could give assignments, write them for some of...You could give assignments, write them for some of your own students through those paper mills, then bust those students for plagiarism.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86374516476818042162010-07-29T14:41:42.651-04:002010-07-29T14:41:42.651-04:00For all that my maths students drive me insane wit...For all that my maths students drive me insane with their incredible lack of background and attitude to the subject, I still count myself lucky. I'd be in a permanent stage of anger and despair if I also had to put up with the plagiarists this person encourages. Reading the comments alone is enough to sadden me - there's far too many defending her and her clients' actions.<br /><br Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152778218277191283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40675255271481509242010-07-29T12:25:40.414-04:002010-07-29T12:25:40.414-04:00I think the author of this article assumed that sh...I think the author of this article assumed that she could justify her behavior by telling us how conflicted she is. Epic fail.<br /><br />I kept waiting for the end when she would reveal that this was five years ago, and now she's stopped, and she knows it was wrong, and she wishes she hadn't done it. Then I might at least feel a twinge of sympathy since she told us this story to Ruby from Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756121084410280787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22654017201464531902010-07-29T10:03:22.961-04:002010-07-29T10:03:22.961-04:00Ohhh, OK, yes, I've been a ho once, but it was...Ohhh, OK, yes, I've been a ho once, but it was a gang-bang. I curved an entire class up 1/3 grade because, well, they had the worst average of any class I'd ever taught, below a C, so I thought, maybe it's me. I guess my line is I won't do for one student what I won't do for all of them.<br /><br />But good god, Englishdoc. I guess I'm lucky never to have had a superiorFrog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51123278182591180862010-07-29T05:54:43.793-04:002010-07-29T05:54:43.793-04:00Wow Englishdoc, that's quite a story!
What ...Wow Englishdoc, that's quite a story! <br /><br />What I have found is that it is not pressure from the administration to grade higher that slowly might be eroding my standards, but simple exhaustion. I am so tired of fighting already, and I have only been full time for seven years! Prior to that, when I was part time at many different kinds of institutions, I saw that not all students Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-359774010704989162010-07-29T00:44:58.610-04:002010-07-29T00:44:58.610-04:00I did this exactly one time. My third year on the...I did this exactly one time. My third year on the tenure track, Trophy Boy Student enrolled in my technical writing course. He was the darling of the administration because he belonged to our national academic honor society and had won some big minority scholar of the year award. Thus he brought a lot of positive publicity to the college.<br /><br />At first I was very excited to see his name EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54017058535173579682010-07-29T00:27:37.026-04:002010-07-29T00:27:37.026-04:00As a professional astronomer with tenure (I hope n...As a professional astronomer with tenure (I hope not among the last of them), during my student and postdoc days, I was tempted to make some quick bucks by casting horoscopes. I never did: I wouldn't have been able to bear the shame. That, and it would have been too hard to keep a straight face.<br /><br />I have made money on the side from consulting, from aerospace firms, who had me Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75568924050368382522010-07-28T23:35:36.109-04:002010-07-28T23:35:36.109-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22563092754649171282010-07-28T23:19:15.694-04:002010-07-28T23:19:15.694-04:00I have my price, but it's more than any studen...I have my price, but it's more than any student can afford. Basically, I need enough to retire early, and comfortably, which is to my mind about 1.5- 2 million dollars. Anyone that wants to give it to me will get a lovely essay in return, written and researched to their specifications.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71561740476840372762010-07-28T21:00:58.096-04:002010-07-28T21:00:58.096-04:00Recently, I saw a student message board where a st...Recently, I saw a student message board where a student was asking about "honest essay websites." One person responded as follows:<br /><br /><b>have you tried essaywriters.net? my classmates says they've got really great essays...and free of plagiarism</b><br /><br />Oh really? Because I would hate for the prof to think I was taking someone else's words and passing them off Elsa Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03038133077768613833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52753598173186998672010-07-28T20:04:36.047-04:002010-07-28T20:04:36.047-04:00A few years ago, I had a kid in a class who was th...A few years ago, I had a kid in a class who was the director's daughter. In fact, the only reason the course ran was because his daughter needed it to graduate and she had failed it prior. Other people had given her Fs. She barely barely made it through. I gave her a generous C-. Sure, I felt like a whore, but I make no apologies. I was in grad school living in survival mode, contract to Dr. Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01544814759723000405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24190455756960380552010-07-28T19:37:22.390-04:002010-07-28T19:37:22.390-04:00Reminds me of that old chestnut:
A man asks a wom...Reminds me of that old chestnut:<br /><br />A man asks a woman if she'd sleep with him for $1 million. The woman thinks about it and says, "Sure. I guess so..." Then the man asks, "Would you sleep with me for $1?" The woman immediately recoils and says, "What kind of woman do you think I am?" The man replies, "We've already established that. Now I'm Misanthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03063030360577402013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70965795792072145912010-07-28T19:36:44.367-04:002010-07-28T19:36:44.367-04:00Once upon a time, I had an academic job that paid ...Once upon a time, I had an academic job that paid me $1K/month after taxes, and yet was tenure-track, 40+ hours a week, and in one of the most expensive cities in the country (my rent for a single room was $600). Yes indeed. I cleaned houses, took adjuncting gigs, tutored a small child, and worked as a personal assistant. My boss in the latter job was completing an MA. I checked out books forFrog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14539479730066330782010-07-28T19:18:41.216-04:002010-07-28T19:18:41.216-04:00My line: I have considered offering my talents to...My line: I have considered offering my talents to an essay mill. I would be doing it right now if not for other issues...<br /><br />When you go a semester or two without an adjunct gig (or you have 4 and still can't pay the rent), and non-teaching jobs are non-existent, you consider LOTS of options.<br /><br />In the end, I know I couldn't do it -- I write too well and care about my The_Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621186404597424842noreply@blogger.com