tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4501126982257957923..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Beating this meme photo to death...from ELS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60046730749413075982016-04-10T14:00:44.246-04:002016-04-10T14:00:44.246-04:00Thank you, OPH. Thank you, OPH. Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34202087606431047432016-04-09T23:30:43.964-04:002016-04-09T23:30:43.964-04:00In case the context of Ovreductd's comment is ...In case the context of Ovreductd's comment is unclear, Erin/Eren of Yakama made a comment sometime between April 8, 2016 at 11:21 PM and April 9, 2016 at 4:11 AM, but the comment was since deleted. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83686068528442996392016-04-09T08:56:06.962-04:002016-04-09T08:56:06.962-04:00Though I might occasionally vent, grumble, or grou...Though I might occasionally vent, grumble, or grouse, I try not to bitch. I think of bitching as the lowest form of complaining. Instead, I try to inform and educate, and to propose solutions.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3434760296050933212016-04-09T04:11:12.741-04:002016-04-09T04:11:12.741-04:00You didn't add the comma or the question mark ...You didn't add the comma or the question mark on your second attempt either. Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35166626517124239582016-04-08T23:21:51.231-04:002016-04-08T23:21:51.231-04:00Good evening, Erin, and welcome to our humble dwel...Good evening, Erin, and welcome to our humble dwelling. Here you'll find the water cooler heavily fortified with bourbon. In case that's not your style, over there is the bourbon. <br /><br />It seems you are a relative newcomer here, so I'll try to fill you in on how things work in these parts. This is a community very much of, by, and for the community. Being of the community Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75070989632867451072016-04-08T20:11:14.074-04:002016-04-08T20:11:14.074-04:00Ok with me when you delete cretins like that. Ok with me when you delete cretins like that. Reg W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70219758051867114762016-04-08T13:18:32.975-04:002016-04-08T13:18:32.975-04:00I know people are quite averse to the moderator de...I know people are quite averse to the moderator deleting comments, but I think calling her a bitch is reason enough to stop shit like this.Eating Low Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21381615036472456292016-04-08T09:18:46.743-04:002016-04-08T09:18:46.743-04:00It’s heartbreaking to think that I can't even ...It’s heartbreaking to think that I can't even get close to 140 characters without messing up.<br /><br />Not sure what's going on with this guy, but it seems he's now approached 3 different proffies with 3 different stories. If it was just the original one, the office hours thing would make a lot of sense.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87855490746475570042016-04-08T09:17:14.513-04:002016-04-08T09:17:14.513-04:00I hate when we don't have a big thirsty.I hate when we don't have a big thirsty. College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82218281402510515692016-04-08T08:09:43.834-04:002016-04-08T08:09:43.834-04:00Change the 2nd "to" to "the" a...Change the 2nd "to" to "the" and it makes more sense. If you ask enough professors, it is possible to get some extra help, one-to-one style. Probably not a full lesson, but close enough.<br /><br />If it was typed on a phone, the/to substitution is an autocomplete fail I've seen quite a bit. Depending on your typing history, the predictive algorithm could pull up "to&Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67554009085166842072016-04-08T07:56:15.127-04:002016-04-08T07:56:15.127-04:00We feel much the same way when we're doing a f...We feel much the same way when we're doing a faculty search. New faculty tend to find their new colleagues more like those at their previous gig than not.<br /><br />When a candidate trash-talks their colleagues during the campus visit, I'm thinking, <i>if we hire you, I give you three to five years till you're trash-talking me to another search. Or worse, you don't even make Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72147059890916485092016-04-08T07:19:51.921-04:002016-04-08T07:19:51.921-04:00Was the teacher referring to "office hours&qu...Was the teacher referring to "office hours" and the student heard one-to-one?1184 Days until Retirementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915199543025704045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72408721906479629292016-04-08T03:50:40.781-04:002016-04-08T03:50:40.781-04:00"My other teacher was such a bitch."
Th..."My other teacher was such a bitch."<br /><br />That's always a red flag. Every single time an undergrad has bad-mouthed another instructor to me, the student has always - ALWAYS - proven to be a problem later in the term. Kinda makes you think the student was the one with the problem all along....The_Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621186404597424842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61060718780429423972016-04-07T23:45:10.269-04:002016-04-07T23:45:10.269-04:00I see . . . Were you getting many one to one less...I see . . . Were you getting many one to one lessons in high school?Drama Queennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38923740078304481202016-04-07T23:06:10.943-04:002016-04-07T23:06:10.943-04:00A colleague had this one today:
"My high scho...A colleague had this one today:<br />"My high school teacher said I could get one to one lessons if I asked to professors"EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.com