tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2133357720279495149..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: These Are The People I Worry About. Sid from Santa Fe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89565211975811315462015-08-01T21:37:34.518-04:002015-08-01T21:37:34.518-04:00I have a version of this where I teach, except it ...I have a version of this where I teach, except it comes in the guise of "God's will." If something doesn't go as planned, because the student didn't plan well, "it must be God's will" or "it must be because God is trying to teach me a lesson." Um... yeah, the lesson would be to plan better so you don't have to "learn a lesson" from The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83271818166545007662015-07-31T07:45:22.275-04:002015-07-31T07:45:22.275-04:00I guess what's potentially worrisome is the ap...I guess what's potentially worrisome is the apparent lack of understanding of how to keep something like this from happening again. This is victim-blaming and using absence of evidence as evidence of absence, but it strikes me that most people, upon being handed a lesson in how shitty the world can be, even if they launch into some hippy-dippy zen thing, they'll express some sentiment Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20505264005192256622015-07-31T05:11:59.465-04:002015-07-31T05:11:59.465-04:00Sid has written some of my favorite posts, especia...Sid has written some of my favorite posts, <a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2012/07/sid-from-santa-fe-on-individualized.html" rel="nofollow">especially this one.</a><br /><br />And as for this person, in the real world I'd think she was awfully zen and cool and probably will never have an ulcer. And I admire her spirit. But, I, too, like Sid, I guess, instantly imagine what kind of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57701655425487565192015-07-31T00:02:45.901-04:002015-07-31T00:02:45.901-04:00Alvin Toffler discussed this at book length in &qu...Alvin Toffler discussed this at book length in "Future Shock" in 1970. It's all come true. I get it whenever I encounter college students who won't read, even a couple of lines. What worries me most about that is that it may be because they can't read.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com