tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4180385090465619270..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: If you hate linked articles don't click on the fucking linkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54884246905003412472015-03-28T07:55:38.592-04:002015-03-28T07:55:38.592-04:00Thanks for the link, Archie. I clicked on it, and ...Thanks for the link, Archie. I clicked on it, and even on some links that were in the article itself!<br /><br />So, the fact that there are still monkeys disproves evolution? And the counterargument about there still being Catholics can't work, because Baptists came first? Then why are there still Baptists? Duh!<br /><br />I actually read some of the transcripts from the Kitzmiller trial. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70161425590879806042015-03-27T20:33:04.765-04:002015-03-27T20:33:04.765-04:00I teach our big (for us, that is, it's usually...I teach our big (for us, that is, it's usually about 40 students) gen ed "Introduction To Physical Sciences", and I include a unit on Global Warming in the Earth Sciences part of the course. The push-back is modest, but I think that mostly reflects the level of apathy the course evokes in the third of the class that is simply counting on <i>"D is for Done"</i>.dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89432217995603574042015-03-27T19:02:31.981-04:002015-03-27T19:02:31.981-04:0010 minutes? The lines at your institution are a lo...10 minutes? The lines at your institution are a lot shorter than those at mine. Anyone who left to get a coffee in the middle of one of my classes would simply be gone for the duration. But yes, barring the student yelling "you lie" on the way out, it's usually wise to assume that student departures from the classroom don't have much to do with the instructor and/or what (s)he Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43054153570665029612015-03-27T17:05:42.476-04:002015-03-27T17:05:42.476-04:00Genius!Genius!EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2981368038273063202015-03-27T16:39:25.804-04:002015-03-27T16:39:25.804-04:00I teach chemistry so evolution isn't on the ag...I teach chemistry so evolution isn't on the agenda. Still, I might add a week of "evolution" to the syllabus just so that a few more students will drop my class. When we get to that point in the semester, I'll claim it was a typo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11491022411690565582015-03-27T16:36:27.039-04:002015-03-27T16:36:27.039-04:00Thankfully, this problem doesn't come up in ch...Thankfully, this problem doesn't come up in chemistry. I do get into discussions/arguments with family and such about evolution, the Big Bang, etc. I tell them that students don't have to believe what science claims, they just need to know what science claims and be able to apply it. Thankfully, science doesn't care if you believe in it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91162168411481177322015-03-27T15:10:38.540-04:002015-03-27T15:10:38.540-04:00I find that the number of students who are outspok...I find that the number of students who are outspoken evolution skeptics peaked in late 2005, during the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial. After this, they suddenly went away, and I haven't heard much from them since. Maybe it's also because I do give them outs. For example, at the top of Homework 1, I have this:<br /><br />"We’ll cover many of these events over the Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44181293115174919232015-03-27T15:02:36.495-04:002015-03-27T15:02:36.495-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2311218695413878402015-03-27T13:37:56.714-04:002015-03-27T13:37:56.714-04:00This really does create a conundrum. Pedagogicall...This really does create a conundrum. Pedagogically, it makes a great deal of sense to teach evolution at the beginning of the semester, because, as the author points out, our understanding of evolution and how it works shapes much of how we approach the rest of biology (even I, an English proffie, know that). But strategically, it's going to turn off some students, or even push them into Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21746340906204303692015-03-27T13:13:02.829-04:002015-03-27T13:13:02.829-04:00At least there is some original commentary. I see...At least there is some original commentary. I seem to remember that, back in the primordial ooze (i.e. the debate over linked articles that precipitated the initial appearance of the duck), we agreed that the original commentary was as or more important than the flava. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81705167359181524862015-03-27T12:40:36.845-04:002015-03-27T12:40:36.845-04:00I have students get up and walk out. Or they sit ...I have students get up and walk out. Or they sit stone-faced, arms crossed across the chest, not writing a single thing down. This is Canada, so they're polite about it.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73060307511758611182015-03-27T12:37:50.957-04:002015-03-27T12:37:50.957-04:00Very glad to see "the flava". It's ...Very glad to see "the flava". It's been awhile.<br />I'm patiently waiting for the return of "Please to enjoy." I miss that.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31163835042149524832015-03-27T12:10:19.246-04:002015-03-27T12:10:19.246-04:00Oh, I understood. Just messing with you.Oh, I understood. Just messing with you.Angry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56506842401980822902015-03-27T12:02:23.185-04:002015-03-27T12:02:23.185-04:00Excellent article. I teach evolution in my course...Excellent article. I teach evolution in my courses and recently I had students write down what they know/think about evolution in just a few sentences. I was shocked that only one person outright told me it was wrong. Did the others just tell me what they thought I wanted to hear? Are more of them creationists and just being quiet? Everyone else knew what evolution was on some level and theyFrennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76240705363088349832015-03-27T12:00:06.171-04:002015-03-27T12:00:06.171-04:00I'm sorry, Archie. I was just making a joke. I...I'm sorry, Archie. I was just making a joke. I really didn't mean anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19504087744725348602015-03-27T11:57:54.374-04:002015-03-27T11:57:54.374-04:00Yeah, you're right of course. I even knew it w...Yeah, you're right of course. I even knew it while I was writing it. But for various reasons today is a day in which I have barely any fucks to give, and I wasn't going to waste one of them on that one. But normally I would.Angry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-92135007613124172622015-03-27T11:27:55.644-04:002015-03-27T11:27:55.644-04:00I'd give anything for Angry Archie every day, ...I'd give anything for Angry Archie every day, but since there's no Cal-type to correct these things...from the CM Glossary: <i>Flava<br />1. Just a smidgen of the real thing; usually used to refer to a snippet of a linked article.</i><br /><br />I'm not being an asshole. Just now that I see Fab has KILLED THE PAGE FINALLY, I want us to go out on top! (And following arcane rules.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com