tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post616775244282342028..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Oberlin, Amirite? #2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36976559530539833142014-12-21T22:35:25.196-05:002014-12-21T22:35:25.196-05:00My moles at Oberlin report that the student body i...My moles at Oberlin report that the student body is very much of several minds about this. Many students have attended attended protests and events, and requests for rescheduling academic exercises are often born of students' having mismanaged their time. Other students feel that the time to have asked for extensions was before attending the events, so suck it up. Some feel that in light of Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91826502147176009612014-12-20T16:36:20.373-05:002014-12-20T16:36:20.373-05:00They are nothing if not opportunists. Encouraged b...They are nothing if not opportunists. Encouraged by their success in high school (as CM points out above), they feel like the same tactics will work in college. Sadly, some proffies will allow it, and they should be remanded to Strelnikov's labor camp forthwith.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46277187292015709182014-12-18T10:33:43.108-05:002014-12-18T10:33:43.108-05:00YES. And like CC, it is amazing how much they wan...YES. And like CC, it is amazing how much they want to do missed work ~2 weeks before the end of the semester!Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81713914985948302042014-12-17T16:56:12.466-05:002014-12-17T16:56:12.466-05:00"But the students ARE in a place to take thei..."But the students ARE in a place to take their finals.<br />It's called a university."<br />- EC1<br /><br />Finals could be done in an empty warehouse.....it's everything you do before the finals that counts.<br /><br />Labor camp all Oberlin students because of this one girl.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85358525164440781372014-12-17T14:44:56.965-05:002014-12-17T14:44:56.965-05:00That would be supported by the emails I'm gett...That would be supported by the emails I'm getting from students who disappeared 4-8 weeks (or more) ago, and are reappearing in my email inbox, wanting to meet with me, now that I've recorded the Fs that accurately reflect the amount of work I receive from them on the registrar's website (about a week after the final deadline for turning in work for the class, which is very clearly Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36162443107425336152014-12-17T14:31:29.166-05:002014-12-17T14:31:29.166-05:00But the students ARE in a place to take their fina...But the students ARE in a place to take their finals.<br />It's called a university.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5282828213840709552014-12-17T13:58:02.401-05:002014-12-17T13:58:02.401-05:00I have a colleague who says that the thing that is...I have a colleague who says that the thing that is missing the most in the modern student is any sense of accountability. They are used to getting the redos and the do overs.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22950917632449763882014-12-17T12:44:01.746-05:002014-12-17T12:44:01.746-05:00By standing firm, that prof taught the students a ...By standing firm, that prof taught the students a valuable lesson. Real life often involves having to make decisions, neither of which may be palatable, and whatever choice one makes, it will come at a cost.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3465256965108787502014-12-17T11:47:51.435-05:002014-12-17T11:47:51.435-05:00Okay, I'm seeing a bit more context in the vid...Okay, I'm seeing a bit more context in the video below. This isn't Della's idea alone. I'm still coming down on the side of this being a lesson in time management and the consequences/costs of activism. Sometimes you have to give something else up to fight for what you believe in. Owning those choices is part of adulthood. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-637352812558755142014-12-17T11:32:51.960-05:002014-12-17T11:32:51.960-05:00Maybe there's more backstory than I realize (a...Maybe there's more backstory than I realize (and I am aware of the similar requests at some law schools, whose students can at least claim a professional interest in the subject; still, juggling an interest in public affairs with everyday obligations is presumably something aspiring lawyers need to learn to do), but it strikes me as particularly questionable that this self-identified white Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53857546892152347472014-12-17T11:02:13.909-05:002014-12-17T11:02:13.909-05:00I like the cut of this professor's jib.I like the cut of this professor's jib.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19549788854973767832014-12-17T10:40:36.682-05:002014-12-17T10:40:36.682-05:00Post of the Week! Also, I want to marry this profe...Post of the Week! Also, I want to marry this professor.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.com