tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4861551878625651666..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A New Excuse!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28050266545821641042011-04-24T16:06:58.804-04:002011-04-24T16:06:58.804-04:00Strelnikov—
First off, I wouldn’t bet the mortgag...Strelnikov—<br /><br />First off, I wouldn’t bet the mortgage that 50 percent of college students drop out. Recently, IHE or The Chronicle or someone reported that 2/3 of CA community college (where I work) students do not transfer. It would be easy to conclude that we’re wasting billions of taxpayer dollars until you look for the definition of a successful transfer student: Someone who Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10236923699198442202011-04-22T05:33:21.726-04:002011-04-22T05:33:21.726-04:00@ Philip
I believe that 60-70 percent of incoming ...@ Philip<br />I believe that 60-70 percent of incoming students are just not "there" academically and more importantly, do not understand the expense involved in American higher ed. Which is why about 50+ percent drop out and are then stuck with crippling debt for the rest of their lives because student loans are non-dischargable. The other 20-30 percent are douchebags or Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43903816829792205932011-04-21T02:48:27.542-04:002011-04-21T02:48:27.542-04:00So help me understand, Strelnikov, and I'm not...So help me understand, Strelnikov, and I'm not being snarky. <br /><br />You're trying "to change people's minds" about becoming part of "vast clusterfuck that is academia"? Nando is your role model? And "screaming like an insane street preacher" is the most effective way to do this?<br /><br />Have I missed something?Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71248571968228194712011-04-21T00:10:38.360-04:002011-04-21T00:10:38.360-04:00@ Philip
Good, I'm glad I disturbed you....did...@ Philip<br />Good, I'm glad I disturbed you....did you actually read the note? Did you catch the douchebaggery inherent in "next class time i will remind you about making up the test"? Wayward Wanderer might not even allow test makeups, and yet Scumbag Q. Snowflake THINKS he can BS his way into one.<br /><br />Whatever nastiness I come up with for undergrad stupidity remains Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21980929557553435822011-04-20T15:57:12.780-04:002011-04-20T15:57:12.780-04:00BlackDog is right: It's ALL about manners. C...BlackDog is right: It's ALL about manners. Colleges are middle-class institutions with middle-class rules of behavior (like not talking too loudly). Lots of students need to learn--or be taught--the rules.<br /><br />What's mind-boggling to most of us is students who should know better, like spoiled snowflakes in R1 institutions, who act out of their sense of entitlement and privilege.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72299329524512398682011-04-20T14:52:42.871-04:002011-04-20T14:52:42.871-04:00I did wonder if the actual teaching institution wa...I did wonder if the actual teaching institution was also in danger...I mean...is it "well, there hasn't been an official evacuation order but I AM GOING TO BE CAUTIOUS WITH MY BEERZ while you poor sods take the test" or is it "hey, there's an official evacuation order and I'm going to follow it."<br /><br />Also--I would be far, far more receptive to an "I cmthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814447289455034068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86602969954164347212011-04-20T13:29:28.735-04:002011-04-20T13:29:28.735-04:00Strelnikov's comment has been deleted, but it ...Strelnikov's comment has been deleted, but it was about blowing the student's head off with a pistol while hoping that a "cute Asian chick" in the class wouldn't be wounded by a ricochet. If that's "irony, satire, and hyperbole," then you're right, I don't get it.<br /><br />BTW, today's LA Times ("Wildfires rage on in Texas") quotes a Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47207819445609608312011-04-20T09:37:14.408-04:002011-04-20T09:37:14.408-04:00Philip, go take a rhetoric class, and please for t...Philip, go take a rhetoric class, and please for to study irony, satire, and hyperbole.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24888006208873046092011-04-20T08:41:49.414-04:002011-04-20T08:41:49.414-04:00I got a wild fire email excuse yesterday too, smal...I got a wild fire email excuse yesterday too, small world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75419690039144524182011-04-20T04:14:48.137-04:002011-04-20T04:14:48.137-04:00Jeezus, I've been doing this for 37 years, and...Jeezus, I've been doing this for 37 years, and I've got snowflake students just like this one, and I've received lots of similarly idiotic email messages, but you all--especially Strelnikov--are 'way, 'way more disturbing than adolescent students.<br /><br />Lighten the fuck up.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37889707197342779302011-04-19T19:22:23.920-04:002011-04-19T19:22:23.920-04:00"next class time i will remind you about maki..."next class time i will remind you about making up the test."<br /><br />What he really means is that he is going to stand at the front of the classroom and make a scene.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15774231879478087862011-04-19T18:55:59.749-04:002011-04-19T18:55:59.749-04:00Dear snowy,
Thank you for your concern that I may ...Dear snowy,<br />Thank you for your concern that I may forget that you missed the exam and that you will remind me about making it up. It will remind me to remind you that there are no makeups.I_am_not_nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164044353299362252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56494719456227055112011-04-19T18:30:46.084-04:002011-04-19T18:30:46.084-04:00Sorry for the mix-ups? What mix-ups? You held an e...Sorry for the mix-ups? What mix-ups? You held an exam, he went elsewhere, that seems to be that. <br /><br />Now, Wanderer, let ME apologize for the shit-storm that will result when you have to railroad this dumbass.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41101461941289901272011-04-19T17:35:38.268-04:002011-04-19T17:35:38.268-04:00At least he thanked you for your time!
Christ.At least he thanked you for your time!<br />Christ.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32702101041096557482011-04-19T17:29:52.245-04:002011-04-19T17:29:52.245-04:00Is this student's house about to catch fire? ...Is this student's house about to catch fire? Well, that's an excuse. But my guess is there's a road trip with beer involved.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40558514719096303162011-04-19T17:20:33.931-04:002011-04-19T17:20:33.931-04:00He'll "remind" you about making up t...He'll "remind" you about making up the test? Good of him.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38211553942329338522011-04-19T16:50:14.754-04:002011-04-19T16:50:14.754-04:00Received!Received!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com