tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4977353730883310782..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Speedy RantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31082973021682482742013-09-04T07:34:22.916-04:002013-09-04T07:34:22.916-04:00Unfortunately, that would require the student to a...Unfortunately, that would require the student to actually show up in Dr. Sapphire's office.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51451924032373816962013-08-07T14:55:18.178-04:002013-08-07T14:55:18.178-04:00*like**like*Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36963902164260630142013-08-06T21:06:23.358-04:002013-08-06T21:06:23.358-04:00This student seems typical of many of her generati...This student seems typical of many of her generation. She likely grew up in a social setting where movies, music, and news are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and are available on demand whenever she wants them. She probably figures that services and the people who provide them should be as well, so why shouldn't professors or instructors?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39411502111537631212013-08-06T21:05:22.836-04:002013-08-06T21:05:22.836-04:00"....and now you expect me to be available wh..."....and now you expect me to be available whenever DURING THE SUMMER WHEN I AM NOT ON CONTRACT?"<br /><br />It would be better if you said that to the student's face, while punctuating every word by slapping a lead-weighted pool cue against your desk.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41137035937660562002013-08-06T16:17:30.634-04:002013-08-06T16:17:30.634-04:00Time to put a vacation message on your email, sign...Time to put a vacation message on your email, signifying your unavailability until you <i>are</i> on contract (sadly, for me, I think that's in about 6 days, though things don't really start happening until the week after that). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61845804096249531302013-08-06T05:50:33.284-04:002013-08-06T05:50:33.284-04:00I've got one like this, only she's just a ...I've got one like this, only she's just a change of major who doesn't seem to get that I'm not sitting on campus, like, at all, being that I'm not on for summer! I don't mind meeting, I'm on campus working out and all, but still, I'm not just going to hang out there in the hopes that this student finds her way to my office.Mad Doc Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016353099533618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13522433237893644442013-08-06T03:17:55.542-04:002013-08-06T03:17:55.542-04:00I'm so wary of transfer students, even though ...I'm so wary of transfer students, even though I have encountered some that I was very happy came to our program.<br /><br />I had one of these today. I woke up early, put on actual clothes (not my shorts and a t-shirt) and went in to my office. Transfer student did not show up. She did email me later today to ask me to email her a schedule for the next three years so she would know what The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.com