tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4060497515047234832..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Remember When?" Tuba Playing Prof Goes Back In Time.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78505930401743638942015-05-18T11:32:36.169-04:002015-05-18T11:32:36.169-04:00I was the student, not the prof, in a scenario lik...I was the student, not the prof, in a scenario like J's. It was a German lit course, with a bunch of classmates who'd been studying the language a lot longer than I had, and a gigantic reading load (all in German, of course). I was a rather slow reader in German at that point, but I improved out of sheer necessity—it was that or drown. At the end of the semester, I might not have had the Pennsylvania Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17554566920089893921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67138168451260540492015-05-17T14:15:40.399-04:002015-05-17T14:15:40.399-04:00Sadly, they're all blurring together right now...Sadly, they're all blurring together right now. I suspect I'll remember a few good ones once I've had several full nights' sleep in succession. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-428841159353502942015-05-16T20:02:44.074-04:002015-05-16T20:02:44.074-04:00Several times, I've had the chance to work wit...Several times, I've had the chance to work with graduate students over a year or more (rather than in just one class) and since I emphasize both face to face and written participation, I have had the distinct pleasure of watching some grow into themselves. They have become more confident, more assertive, more thoughtful. They may not have been the "best" students but they are the Prof Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217936415069624428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67734905704236110722015-05-16T16:38:09.302-04:002015-05-16T16:38:09.302-04:00I've had a few research students that I was un...I've had a few research students that I was unhappy to see graduate but I enjoyed twlling their parents about how good they were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com