tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2420549546435215814..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Lament's TermsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32711117348316504892013-05-13T20:16:22.490-04:002013-05-13T20:16:22.490-04:00When I was a young rookie with a brand-new B. Sc. ...When I was a young rookie with a brand-new B. Sc. in my engineering discipline, I remember seeing something at the place I was working. It went something like this:<br /><br />Rule #1. The boss is always right.<br />Rule #2. When the boss is wrong, see Rule #1.<br /><br />That was one maxim that was true no matter where I worked in industry and was particularly so while I was an instructor. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28038251250213711272013-05-13T17:35:13.282-04:002013-05-13T17:35:13.282-04:00I need to learn to suppress my inner YFFC (must b...I need to learn to suppress my inner YFFC (must be inner; I certainly don't qualify on the outside), which tends to pop up once I get a decent night's sleep and can see a free week or two on the near horizon and start saying things like "if you pointed out to the department/the dean/the president why over-reliance on contingent faculty isn't working out well for anyone, they Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15411753657897954652013-05-13T16:53:03.794-04:002013-05-13T16:53:03.794-04:00I want to call the blog College Misery and Lamenta...I want to call the blog College Misery and Lamentations... In lament's terms sounds perfect!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39429267848575411512013-05-13T11:12:45.628-04:002013-05-13T11:12:45.628-04:00That sounds a lot like some of the in-service cour...That sounds a lot like some of the in-service courses I attended, particularly one on "alternate" learning styles.<br /><br />We spent a lot of time verifying the insufferably obvious. ("The sun rises in the east." "Really? We should look into that. Let's break up into workgroups and examine it.") Now, if someone had said that the sun rises in the west, thenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47359811176725286332013-05-13T11:08:26.270-04:002013-05-13T11:08:26.270-04:00That sounds like the place I used to teach at.
Ye...That sounds like the place I used to teach at.<br /><br />Years ago, the department head once called a meeting of all the instructors to see what subjects we felt should be added. We went through the whole process and there were actually some good ideas as they addressed things that employers would be interested in.<br /><br />What became of all that? Absolutely nothing. The meeting ended and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9582250093082367822013-05-13T09:52:18.105-04:002013-05-13T09:52:18.105-04:00I'll second the nomination.I'll second the nomination.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-598239348617283572013-05-13T07:05:55.804-04:002013-05-13T07:05:55.804-04:00Or intergender.Or intergender.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17217652732641372452013-05-13T07:03:42.859-04:002013-05-13T07:03:42.859-04:00Tell her it's either la mente's terms or l...Tell her it's <b><i>either</i></b> la mente's terms <b><i>or</i></b> le ment's terms. She can't make something transgender just because it tickles her fancy.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89455330400931208942013-05-13T07:01:43.842-04:002013-05-13T07:01:43.842-04:00Another favourite story...
We were at a big "...Another favourite story...<br /><br />We were at a big "in house" conference with some high priced speaker brought in to tell us revolutionary new ideas like "the sun rises in the east for today's student".<br /><br />We were broken into smaller working groups where we got to work with folk we didn't know from other parts of the institution. We were tasked with a Cambridge0101https://www.blogger.com/profile/12153435765355501551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24475744741520540432013-05-13T06:48:58.198-04:002013-05-13T06:48:58.198-04:00Our institution prides itself on involving all sta...Our institution prides itself on involving all stakeholders in decisions. There are endless calls to serve on committees.<br /><br />A summary of the last committee I served on...<br /><br />Dean comes to meeting with representatives of all disciplines involved. Blah blah blah, here's what we have to achieve, please go off and come up with your individual proposals and we'll meet again Cambridge0101https://www.blogger.com/profile/12153435765355501551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20995551857455745472013-05-13T06:06:07.813-04:002013-05-13T06:06:07.813-04:00Ouch, Stella, ouch. I feel your pain.
In a simil...Ouch, Stella, ouch. I feel your pain. <br /><br />In a similar vein, OUR administration regularly wishes to appear to seek our input on major decisions they have already made. Its all I can do to stay silent, while my YFFC email their impassioned comments to each other about how the decision should be altered (and of course they feel a great need to hit REPLY ALL each time so I have to read each Dream-Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899352252923649504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74550932188471337802013-05-13T01:45:47.479-04:002013-05-13T01:45:47.479-04:00Is it too early in the week to nominate a POW?Is it too early in the week to nominate a POW?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.com