tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2150926010374955227..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Scrambled eggsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76666478342827057242010-07-01T09:13:47.381-04:002010-07-01T09:13:47.381-04:00Yes! I have a standard 'hey, I'm not on T...Yes! I have a standard 'hey, I'm not on TV' spiel I deliver early in the semester that addresses this very issue. I ain't a bunch of swirling phosphor dots, I'm not on a screen, I'm actually standing here in front of you - and if you can hear and see me, then I CAN DAMN WELL HEAR AND SEE YOU TOO. You're only eight feet away, for chrissake.Enoch Soameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951817033911216350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82179459894815107342010-06-29T13:55:16.438-04:002010-06-29T13:55:16.438-04:00Snarky, dig up Conrad Kottak's book "Prim...Snarky, dig up Conrad Kottak's book "Prime-time Society: An Anthropological Analysis of Television and Culture."<br /><br />In the 1st chapter he discusses a phenomenon he had been observing in the 80s of students who treated him and the classroom as if they were at home in their living room in front of the TV. They'd get up and leave, wander around the room, bring a big meal, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67972811148142654472010-06-29T13:17:30.727-04:002010-06-29T13:17:30.727-04:00The one time a student started sketching a picture...The one time a student started sketching a picture of me during class, I just leaned forward mid-lecture and asked, mock-incredulously: "Is that a picture of ME?"<br /><br />Horrified and eyes wide, she slid the paper off of her desk and into her lap, slow-motion.<br /><br />Honestly, I think some of them just think that we are like television sets--unable to see them, even though they Dr. Snarkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927913541614307813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56767016653204265062010-06-29T02:12:45.554-04:002010-06-29T02:12:45.554-04:00"Holy fool" describes my artist exactly...."Holy fool" describes my artist exactly. I hope the world is treating her kindly.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76542911622338251052010-06-29T01:06:40.270-04:002010-06-29T01:06:40.270-04:00I had a student (who kept taking my classes) who w...I had a student (who kept taking my classes) who would wear a wide-brimmed hat that wouldn't have been out of place on a 17th century Quaker. He also liked to unbutton his shirts and show off his pigeon chest. Since he was an accomplished classical pianist and generally attentive I was willing to let him fly his freak flag high. Holy fools are much less annoying than genuine snowflakes.Werner Herzog's Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918845193415571702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6200312816964919782010-06-28T21:25:16.913-04:002010-06-28T21:25:16.913-04:00Let's see: Cheerios, Special K, Nuts 'n...Let's see: Cheerios, Special K, Nuts 'n' Honey, Fruit Loops, Apple Jack, Breakfast of Champions, Quake, Quisp, Kippers, Grits, Eggs Benedict, Cream of Wheat, Mush, English Muffins, and of course Frankenberry... There's lots of potential here. Thanks for the idea! ;-)<br /><br />The only problem I have with it is that I'm in a physics department. All my students are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65545783296096102772010-06-28T17:48:43.174-04:002010-06-28T17:48:43.174-04:00I had a wonderful one a few years ago. She came t...I had a wonderful one a few years ago. She came to me at the beginning of class to explain that she would be sketching throughout the lectures because "it helped her concentrate". She was a good artist and it was rather a pleasure, as I lectured, to watch quite marvellous sketches appear, upside down from my perspective, in her sketchbook in the first row. She never missed a day, sheMerely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.com