tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2563772288159838579..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Evil Pleasures Fall 2013: Moments to remember. A Big Thirsty From HorribleMeanieProf.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57349550254478280062013-12-14T03:55:30.665-05:002013-12-14T03:55:30.665-05:00YES! (Fist pump.) So glad you won, and that you p...YES! (Fist pump.) So glad you won, and that you posted the results. Maybe we should have an end-of-semester thread where people say how their blogged crises turned out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86336972340227568562013-12-13T11:49:53.728-05:002013-12-13T11:49:53.728-05:00I think this is awesome. Please buy this woman an...I think this is awesome. Please buy this woman an adult beverage of her choice on my behalf.Miss Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738133130130308032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15025623047052650612013-12-12T23:47:53.356-05:002013-12-12T23:47:53.356-05:00I had a small unexpected pleasure just a few days ...I had a small unexpected pleasure just a few days ago. My performance review had been stuck in the Dean's office since September. That's when my department Chair grudgingly gave me a "meets expectations" rating, decorating it with ridiculous comments. I then uploaded a point-by-point rebuttal to the faculty review system, including a partial account of our interview, which I hadPeter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58019000116653504132013-12-12T21:42:45.905-05:002013-12-12T21:42:45.905-05:00The colleague who spent 15 minutes of a meeting gi...The colleague who spent 15 minutes of a meeting giving a boring, sanctimonious speech about [pointless departmental issue]; lost the vote; and then complained that her "voice was being silenced."<br /><br />LOL. ROFL. LMAO.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84380112014123116462013-12-12T21:36:47.983-05:002013-12-12T21:36:47.983-05:00I hear you. It's all about usage. Sorry.I hear you. It's all about usage. Sorry.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78754083725538986212013-12-12T20:17:20.045-05:002013-12-12T20:17:20.045-05:00Bring "Pinball" back to the glossary.
h...Bring "Pinball" back to the glossary.<br /><br />http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/search?q=fiddlebrightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65939245026221795152013-12-12T19:48:05.974-05:002013-12-12T19:48:05.974-05:00After our provost went on and on about how wonderf...After our provost went on and on about how wonderful our faculty are, a prof asked him point blank, "So why do you pay us so poorly?"<br /><br />"Ah, well, there's a budget, you see, and, uh, there just isn't any money to give raises like that..." He was clearly ill-prepared for this line of questioning.<br /><br />The the she twisted the knife. "Yes, after you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15241584162007832082013-12-12T19:39:49.141-05:002013-12-12T19:39:49.141-05:00After 4 weeks of trying to pound perspective drawi...After 4 weeks of trying to pound perspective drawing into my students' poor confused brains, GilbertGoofOff was telling me he should have alternate assignment because he just didn't *get* perspective drawing. One of his tablemates straight up said "You're doing it to yourself. Just follow the damn directions." I had to walk away because I couldn't keep talking Gilbert watercathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12592663814187083645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53657593601314347562013-12-12T19:21:28.530-05:002013-12-12T19:21:28.530-05:00Last year, our weaselly V. P. of Faculty Affairs t...Last year, our weaselly V. P. of Faculty Affairs tried to help our idiot former Provost break up our College of Science and Mathematics and our College of Arts and Humanities, as a cost-saving measure. They were genuinely surprised at the outcry, from faculty, students, alumni, and especially major donors, and they reneged. Our idiot former Provost is now gone, having become President of another Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66485676893887760502013-12-12T16:28:30.600-05:002013-12-12T16:28:30.600-05:00I'm seeing gendered pronouns in both, and a ve...I'm seeing gendered pronouns in both, and a very-gendered picture in one, but whatever. <br /><br />I'll now wander off and contemplate whether it's progress or not that "dismissive and haughty" professors should no longer be assumed to be male. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10220295721933749762013-12-12T16:16:35.499-05:002013-12-12T16:16:35.499-05:00It was an oversight in one case, and in the other ...It was an oversight in one case, and in the other there were no gendered pronounsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83153214416060381652013-12-12T16:02:58.529-05:002013-12-12T16:02:58.529-05:00Prickly, I know I shouldn't engage, but I'...Prickly, I know I shouldn't engage, but I'm curious: you've now referred to two proffies clearly identified as female in a post and/or comment as "him." Is this deliberate provocation? Poor reading skills? An odd brain glitch? Do all the professors at your institution appear to you to be male? If so, you might want to look a bit more closely (but not too closely, please)Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54659055973494707072013-12-12T14:52:14.530-05:002013-12-12T14:52:14.530-05:00At least your "haughty" colleague is wri...At least your "haughty" colleague is writing and working. Kudos to him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33874425429971583412013-12-12T11:32:45.142-05:002013-12-12T11:32:45.142-05:00I'm determined to somehow be content despite t...I'm <a href="http://youtu.be/FwvZ0G5JPZQ" rel="nofollow">determined</a> to somehow be content despite the current higher education environment, but "pleasure" is too strong a word for anything I've experienced on campus lately.<br /><br />Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84130839187976186492013-12-12T10:54:23.730-05:002013-12-12T10:54:23.730-05:00A dismissive and haughty junior faculty member who...A dismissive and haughty junior faculty member who had to admit that her forthcoming book had been "rescheduled" until 2015. It's now making the rounds again as its author is searching for a "better" publisher.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53079500113832679992013-12-12T10:38:54.929-05:002013-12-12T10:38:54.929-05:00I like to go outside when classes get out and coun...I like to go outside when classes get out and count how many snowflakes run into each other while staring at their smartphones and/or texting while they walk. I wonder if the student health center has seen an increase in concussed students?Zeke Zymurgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103634342855587849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11825732017315956552013-12-12T09:51:00.275-05:002013-12-12T09:51:00.275-05:00One of my students dresses like he should be an ex...One of my students dresses like he should be an extra on Jersey Shore or The Sopranos. I mean hair product, gold jewelry, really loud sneakers, sometimes a sweatband on his head, the whole bit.<br /><br />I wouldn't care, except for the fact that he is also...well, a jerk. Bad student, too. Unless he pulls a miracle out of his ass, he is going to get a D.<br /><br />Anyway, it came to passMiss Margohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738133130130308032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68215954980578369642013-12-12T07:05:36.110-05:002013-12-12T07:05:36.110-05:00"Dear Who Everver!!!!
Please give us the inf..."Dear Who Everver!!!!<br /><br />Please give us the information!!!!!!!"<br /><br />The entire body of an email sent by a member of our faculty union to a member of the administration (with whom they had had numerous meetings) that attempted to respond to the large number of demanding and incoherent messages sent to our campus email listservs. I wrote a post about some early emails - TShirt Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920738568454156856noreply@blogger.com