tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3838113237572115106..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: If It's Wednesday, Hiram Must Be Pissed Off.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18469806631078564752014-11-09T07:59:23.820-05:002014-11-09T07:59:23.820-05:00That's the shit right there. Plus 1, like, etc...That's the shit right there. Plus 1, like, etc.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42870705091247085562014-11-08T14:08:46.208-05:002014-11-08T14:08:46.208-05:00Dear Student -
If you can't be specific about ...Dear Student -<br />If you can't be specific about "What you don't get", I can't help you. For all I know, you "don't get" how to chew bubble gum and walk at the same time. <br />Your Instructor<br />P.S. - My high schooler uses this line on me when she needs help with her Chemistry and Calculus assignments. Surely, you can be more articulate than a high Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082283964371898512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17810662168286841532014-11-06T22:06:55.069-05:002014-11-06T22:06:55.069-05:00@CC: I think part of it is the deer-in-headlights ...@CC: I think part of it is the deer-in-headlights phenomenon of overwhelming anxiety. It's exhausting to deal with overwhelmingly anxious people.<br /><br /> I used to feel "I just don't GET it" about sines (because that's spelled wrong), tangents (because tangents are lines that touch a circle at one point so how can they be slopes with no circle nearby?), and secants (Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37285591221780292022014-11-06T22:03:06.777-05:002014-11-06T22:03:06.777-05:00@ QWV: "Build a man a fire, and he'll be ...@ QWV: "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett<br /><br />@ BurntChrome: I use the BrainRules.net approach to teach the Little Dears how studying actually makes their brain cells grow new connections. Some of them actually get the message. Others start to use their brains as scapegoats.<Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39653089296075927512014-11-06T17:25:03.382-05:002014-11-06T17:25:03.382-05:00"Welp, sounds like your body is rejecting you..."Welp, sounds like your body is rejecting your brain. It'll have to come out. Honey, go get the ice cream scooper!"Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-338303670774400082014-11-06T13:55:02.300-05:002014-11-06T13:55:02.300-05:00My five year old son uses the "My brain doesn...My five year old son uses the "My brain doesn't want me to eat the chicken" "My brain told me to pee on the floor NEXT to the toilet."<br /><br />I thought that was just a five-year old thing.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49316958777394200242014-11-05T22:24:52.606-05:002014-11-05T22:24:52.606-05:00I'm running into this this year and a technica...I'm running into this this year and a technical skills class, for the first time. An unusually high number of students aren't getting it, and aren't doing the work either, which guarantees that they will continue not to get it.usually the ones that are left by now are doing the work. I am puzzled.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3911012725571734952014-11-05T18:13:53.825-05:002014-11-05T18:13:53.825-05:00The "I just don't GET it" wail is de...The "I just don't GET it" wail is definitely getting more common (though not, thank goodness, ubiquitous, at least not at my school, at least not yet). I, too, answer it with "what part don't you understand?" and tend to get crickets in reply (because, yes, reading the assignment enough to ask a question tends to solve the problem, at least partially). I'm not Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85877341633330050062014-11-05T16:22:54.770-05:002014-11-05T16:22:54.770-05:00PG:
You probably heard the saying: "Give a ...PG:<br /><br />You probably heard the saying: "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime." That was what I attempted to accomplish when I took a student step by step through a problem, getting him or her to figure out how to solve it.<br /><br />More often than not, I'd be interrupted partway through, if I was even allowedQuarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12522393597734481522014-11-05T14:05:42.741-05:002014-11-05T14:05:42.741-05:00Conversation last week:
"Professor Galore, m...Conversation last week:<br /><br />"Professor Galore, my brain is having trouble getting this Hamster Classification."<br /><br />"Okay, which part?" <br /><br />"Well like I don't even see the point. Why do we need to know all these, like, data points?"<br /><br />"Oh. That's covered in Chapters 6 and 7. Which parts didn't make sense to you[r brain]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28631425677254608002014-11-05T14:03:11.420-05:002014-11-05T14:03:11.420-05:00Agreed. Hiram bent over backwards for the Little D...Agreed. Hiram bent over backwards for the Little Dears twice last weekend. No need for him to bend over forwards now.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18582376115860760192014-11-05T11:18:37.246-05:002014-11-05T11:18:37.246-05:00Of course we all face what Hiram does. The problem...Of course we all face what Hiram does. The problem is when people in our own departments fail the students and their colleagues by caving in and pleasing the little shits.<br /><br />I can't tell you how many times I've heard my colleagues explain how they get on their knees to help students pass. Ridiculous.<br /><br />Hiram, you did the right thing. Stick to your guns. You offered, theyReg W.http://www.atlantic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9403036438057979612014-11-05T10:41:52.027-05:002014-11-05T10:41:52.027-05:00What they really mean by that statement is: "...What they really mean by that statement is: "Will you do my work for me and give me full credit for it?"<br /><br />As I mentioned in a different post a few days ago, often my students knew how to solve a problem I gave them. They were either lazy or simply had no idea how to compile all the information and techniques to actually producing a solution.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88062157674117727852014-11-05T09:16:36.640-05:002014-11-05T09:16:36.640-05:00"I understand the concepts, I just can't ... "I understand the concepts, I just can't do the assignments!" Then you didn't understand the concepts after all.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22192554045389444042014-11-05T08:31:49.144-05:002014-11-05T08:31:49.144-05:00I often get this questions "I don't GET i...I often get this questions "I don't GET it" to which I ask "What is it that you don't understand". I require that they are more specific, to tell me what they do understand about a topic and what they do not understand to ensure that they have read the information and the instructions for the assignment. I have found that when I require a specific question they often Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653265363298375065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46055793351896422172014-11-05T08:03:39.451-05:002014-11-05T08:03:39.451-05:00But Doctor Hiiiiiiirrrraaaammmm, we're suppose...But Doctor Hiiiiiiirrrraaaammmm, we're supposed to meet the students where they aaaaaarrrrreeeeee. <br /><br />They're just not in the LMS on a weekend. So we'll have to meet them somewhere else.<br /><br />Maybe Facebook? I'm not on FB, but I'm thinking its user experience has to be way better than the discussion board on Blahboard. At some point, I just know I'm going toOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47157604515815522622014-11-05T05:36:52.394-05:002014-11-05T05:36:52.394-05:00I actually don't have a specific comment for H...I actually don't have a specific comment for Hiram. But seriously, what are we going to do about this sort of student? I only have 10 years to teach, but I don't see how I'm going to survive it. I haven't had this specific experience that Hiram describes, but several like it.<br /><br />I used to be able to get some fire by threatening their grades, their progress to the next Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.com