tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2994068114823108462..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I have to do what to retain students?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7116879663271677492016-01-05T15:30:31.042-05:002016-01-05T15:30:31.042-05:00This:
"My deans implied that my teaching was...This:<br /><br />"My deans implied that my teaching was causing the problems; however, once I saw this site, I realized that I could not be such a bad teacher that I was causing these problems nationwide."Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75658492052911108842016-01-05T06:09:50.048-05:002016-01-05T06:09:50.048-05:00The best way to rectify, ameliorate, and combobula...The best way to rectify, ameliorate, and combobulate all this would probably be for Frod to mesmerize everybody by throwing down one of his fancy digital photos of a galaxy far, far away.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40968815821047165892016-01-04T21:17:50.208-05:002016-01-04T21:17:50.208-05:00It happened at Northwestern, too, when I was an un...It happened at Northwestern, too, when I was an undergraduate there. <br /><br />I agree with Bubba that this is nothing new, and that it's not at all desirable. I disagree that this story isn't newsworthy, since it does have something fundamentally new: it's the first time I've seen an INSTRUCTOR to be encouraged to participate this this. Just as jarring for me is it's TO Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10742479584495331652016-01-04T16:31:31.324-05:002016-01-04T16:31:31.324-05:00Hard to tell exactly what happened, since there...Hard to tell exactly what happened, since there's a lawsuit underway, and the usual multiple stories about what happened floating around, and the allegations are, indeed, quite extreme/sensational (and therefore truly awful if true; I actually lean toward the legalization of prostitution as a solution to keeping actual prostitutes as safe as possible, but that doesn't mean I think it has Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16839290649992167092016-01-04T15:46:11.185-05:002016-01-04T15:46:11.185-05:00I'm wondering if anonymous' experience is ...I'm wondering if anonymous' experience is so much different from ours. Is it the discipline, level, kind of school? <br /><br />I've lurked on these sites for a long time.<br /><br />I'm a long-time CC teacher in a full-time protected job. I have always found most students baffling, but I have always tried my best and I am no slacker. Needless to say, my student evaluations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40265085500986281692016-01-03T20:14:39.194-05:002016-01-03T20:14:39.194-05:00Oh, *that's* who you are! Snort. No wonder.Oh, *that's* who you are! Snort. No wonder. Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57687855784378274712016-01-03T20:04:04.072-05:002016-01-03T20:04:04.072-05:00*their*theirSouthern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37849638209400006992016-01-03T19:58:24.999-05:002016-01-03T19:58:24.999-05:00By and large, the people at CM have been great--an...By and large, the people at CM have been great--and the RGMs have been great.<br /><br />The issues of sex, prostitution, patriarchy, power, abuse, exploitation, justice, forgiveness, retaliation, and so forth, in academia have been discussed at CM many times. Here are a few of the <i>many</i> related posts: <a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2011/04/thirsty-on-fertility.html" rel="Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68318938276913436992016-01-03T17:57:37.387-05:002016-01-03T17:57:37.387-05:00I'd say that all of you here abuse your power ...I'd say that all of you here abuse your power pouncing on students and unnamed colleagues with your whining. You're definitely talking behind the backs of other professionals, and of course young people, to make yourselves feel better. If that's not abuse, nothing is.<br /><br />Students come to you for help, and you pick and pick to find their flaws and exploit them for the lowbrow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84528630612584615712016-01-03T17:55:06.304-05:002016-01-03T17:55:06.304-05:00Oh fucking moderation comes up again. I agree in p...Oh fucking moderation comes up again. I agree in principle with Fulton Fred about letting the conversations go, but too many times here it just devolves and then it's an unpleasant place to visit. And as inactive as it is, it will only take one more straw to break the camel's back.<br /><br />I've admired ALL of the others who've tried to save it, Terry, Ben, Kimmie, Crystal, etc.Reg W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28112709543209154812016-01-03T13:05:02.323-05:002016-01-03T13:05:02.323-05:00I'm keeping you on your toes. I'm telling ...I'm keeping you on your toes. I'm telling the truth about higher Ed, not your twisted and whining distortion of my profession. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36277395830981065322016-01-03T12:34:10.558-05:002016-01-03T12:34:10.558-05:00Perhaps the real question is what are YOU doing he...Perhaps the real question is what are YOU doing here? Most of us have our syllabi ready, thank you very much.Fulton Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35550608208573101512016-01-03T11:46:10.827-05:002016-01-03T11:46:10.827-05:00What are you people still doing here? This idea ha...What are you people still doing here? This idea has been dead for YEARS. How about proofing your syllabus or adding a different assignment this century?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17341646233625284152016-01-03T07:56:59.915-05:002016-01-03T07:56:59.915-05:00I agree that Bubba's comment is tone deaf. Th...I agree that Bubba's comment is tone deaf. This is more than sad. I do think it's newsworthy and(s)he feels differently. That's fine. I think the site should run comments like this, though. It spurs debate. What's the point of only running comments you agree with?<br /><br />Those who abuse power, I think, should be fired. Period. Others may feel differently about it.Fulton Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88859750606989614722016-01-03T04:30:20.831-05:002016-01-03T04:30:20.831-05:00That is incredibly tone deaf and reveals a great d...That is incredibly tone deaf and reveals a great deal about Bubba and any site that allows it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75808625378468524282016-01-03T01:14:51.181-05:002016-01-03T01:14:51.181-05:00Prostitution occurs in higher education. People a...Prostitution occurs in higher education. People abuse power. Sad, but not newsworthy.<br />Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51026482452784081812016-01-02T16:35:34.919-05:002016-01-02T16:35:34.919-05:00Wow. It's very tempting to allow my respect fo...Wow. It's very tempting to allow my respect for higher-ed to reach an all-time low after reading this, and I really wish I had access to all the facts in this case to examine for myself.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.com