tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5484273781298215301..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Welcome to Dr. Python: "It's Tuesday; I'm not Hiram, but I am Baffled..." An Early Thirsty for the Ages.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2172463458351390312013-09-25T11:52:49.221-04:002013-09-25T11:52:49.221-04:00Miles' Law: Where you stand depends on where y...Miles' Law: Where you stand depends on where you sit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38946912697697614652013-09-25T09:42:39.084-04:002013-09-25T09:42:39.084-04:00Fortunately, our buttweasel got hired away to a m...Fortunately, our buttweasel got hired away to a more lucrative/prestigious gig somewhere else. We're still cleaning up.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42822287179723778592013-09-25T08:45:50.452-04:002013-09-25T08:45:50.452-04:00Dr. M, I nearly shot coffee out of my nose! Spot....Dr. M, I nearly shot coffee out of my nose! Spot.On. We have an ambitious buttweasel here and buttweasel is amazingily apt. Thanks!Academic Charlotte Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617435890922621735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46491821284322708152013-09-25T06:30:40.568-04:002013-09-25T06:30:40.568-04:00There are a lot of prof flakes. More than I ever ...There are a lot of prof flakes. More than I ever realized. I hope this is not true, but maybe some admins just get jaded, thinking all the profs are like the more vocal prof flakes. I have to always remind myself to focus on the good students----they take up so much less of my time, but actually, at least usually, there are (slightly) more of them than the snowflakes in a given class.Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15439191860442684992013-09-24T20:59:56.367-04:002013-09-24T20:59:56.367-04:00YES!!! I have a second-hand futon (as in the last ...YES!!! I have a second-hand futon (as in the last renters left it here when we moved in). I want NEW NEW furniture that I can scuff up myself instead of wondering about the mystery stain on the side... And maybe my own computer (I have a laptop my dept. bought for me that I cart back and forth). I did, finally, buy my first new car ever (because Honda had 1.9% APR loans) a few years ago. It'sThe Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66311777538940863982013-09-24T20:47:01.626-04:002013-09-24T20:47:01.626-04:00Don't you dream of furniture? As in NEW furni...Don't you dream of furniture? As in NEW furniture from a furniture store, not hand-me-downs or things that you garbage pick? And maybe a computer that isn't 10 years old?Hellish Harpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187940052450516822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84762517397269777502013-09-24T20:44:56.378-04:002013-09-24T20:44:56.378-04:00I would do nearly anything to get a new seductive ...I would do nearly anything to get a new seductive sofa. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-92130926365325574522013-09-24T20:06:47.564-04:002013-09-24T20:06:47.564-04:00It's the money. Finally, for the first time i...It's the money. Finally, for the first time in their life, they can actually own things and pay the bills. It feels good. So they do what they think they have to do to keep the job. There is plenty of empirical evidence that being a douchebag advanced a person in administration, so they do that. Sofas, my friends, are very, very seductive.Hellish Harpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187940052450516822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91453430031899316632013-09-24T16:51:41.732-04:002013-09-24T16:51:41.732-04:00I think they just start believing the things they ...I think they just start believing the things they say.Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18038593088532675152013-09-24T15:55:42.997-04:002013-09-24T15:55:42.997-04:00Power corrupts....
Gore Vidal was a fool in so ma...Power corrupts.... <br />Gore Vidal was a fool in so many ways, but he could turn a phrase: "Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so." Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5353221282835017712013-09-24T13:38:08.238-04:002013-09-24T13:38:08.238-04:00Don't forget the ambitious buttweasel. This ty...Don't forget the ambitious buttweasel. This type of adminiflake has always just wanted to be in charge, for no particular reason other than to Be In Charge. They're easily recognizable by their tendency to dress like their immediate superiors.Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34359042085284684122013-09-24T08:38:14.237-04:002013-09-24T08:38:14.237-04:00most of our administrators are not from the facult...most of our administrators are not from the faculty at all, they have degrees in "college administration" or "educational leadership" others come from business or even hospital administration. In the last couple of reorganizations of the college the admins were very careful to remove every "academic" from the pool of deans. This of course makes it difficult for Academic Charlotte Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617435890922621735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13231463434902003362013-09-24T07:32:20.586-04:002013-09-24T07:32:20.586-04:00We have to look at the different reasons why acade...We have to look at the different reasons why academics become adminiflakes. In the brains of many of us there lives a little alien larva, just waiting for the right moment to take over the organism. There are different types of trigger:<br /><br />a) the mediocre scholar, who never did much in their discipline, and can just imagine a long future of lonely obscurity. Join the ranks and <i> ta-dah!Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46797587853284527462013-09-24T07:23:52.377-04:002013-09-24T07:23:52.377-04:00Now that they are on the admin side, our former co...Now that they are on the admin side, our former colleagues get to peek inside the accounting ledger. It is not pretty. Sure, there's enough money to fund the administrative retreat, their office assistance and the redecorating of the president's complex but after that, things get tight.<br /><br />There is room for advancement in the administration so people jockey for position. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com