tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6425987812730342352..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: First ImpressionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12873143887161072542013-02-11T15:32:09.564-05:002013-02-11T15:32:09.564-05:00Thanks, Fred. You sound like A-O-K. No, I don...Thanks, Fred. You sound like A-O-K. No, I don't really want to attack you.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6604173881994760292013-02-11T08:29:59.343-05:002013-02-11T08:29:59.343-05:00Yes, Bubba, I am just one person. But go ahead and...Yes, Bubba, I am just one person. But go ahead and attack me all you like... I am a high school teacher so I'm used to it. I am not a conglomerate and trust me, I don't make any money being Teacher Misery. If it makes things easier for you, feel free to call me Fred. <br /><br />I had tried to start my own k-12 version of this site (with the moderators' blessings) back in the summer. Teacher Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159720318253056794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62141142778072886962013-02-09T16:51:09.998-05:002013-02-09T16:51:09.998-05:00There's too much ambiguity here for me.
For...There's too much ambiguity here for me. <br /><br />For one thing, I doubt the various commenters on this post would even agree that they know whether we're discussing college students or secondary students (on this post). Those can be two very different animals. I bet Cassandra's and my comments would be at least slightly different for college versus K-12. Intermingling these twoSouthern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77103813022026713892013-02-08T17:34:35.825-05:002013-02-08T17:34:35.825-05:00I get your point, Bubba; presumably the student is...I get your point, Bubba; presumably the student isn't really free to write "nothing." But writing teachers (and others who assign writing) often do need some sort of sample of the students' prose at the beginning of the semester (as a diagnostic, as a reference point for comparison with later out-of-class work in case of suspected cheating, etc.) I ask somewhat similar Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39525671673051454062013-02-08T17:28:39.741-05:002013-02-08T17:28:39.741-05:00I, too, would use our process for reporting a &quo...I, too, would use our process for reporting a "student of concern" to pass the text (and the in-class comment) on to student/psychological services. They're in a position to collate information from different sources/semesters -- a sum which may, eventually, add up to more than its parts. <br /><br />The student may, indeed, simply be trying to shock, presumably because he wants Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91140375287775691142013-02-08T13:45:55.264-05:002013-02-08T13:45:55.264-05:00You are compelling someone in captivity to write a...You are compelling someone in captivity to write a one-page letter. Not about hamsterfurology, but about "<b>anything</b> you would like me to know about you."<br /><br />You have the luxury of responding to my comment by fearlessly calling me a fart head, but your student doesn't have that luxury. S/he cannot actually tell you <i>"anything"</i> s/he would like you to Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24694273721104467782013-02-08T10:39:00.058-05:002013-02-08T10:39:00.058-05:00Seriously, that's someone who needs to be repo...Seriously, that's someone who needs to be reported to someone; I couldn't tell you who.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21002999879268959902013-02-08T09:30:15.720-05:002013-02-08T09:30:15.720-05:00Perhaps it appears that this student was just mess...Perhaps it appears that this student was just messing with me and mocking the assignment. However, this was last semester, and throughout the semester he only spoke once. It was to ask me which I thought was worse- raping one's own children or someone else's. Teacher Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159720318253056794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-989699204096170182013-02-08T09:25:58.866-05:002013-02-08T09:25:58.866-05:00That is not necessary Bubba. I find this to be an ...That is not necessary Bubba. I find this to be an interesting psychological study actually. And I find out a lot of interesting things about my students... you fart head.Teacher Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159720318253056794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6924320924644046922013-02-08T03:32:57.661-05:002013-02-08T03:32:57.661-05:00I'm so glad I don't have to read student e...I'm so glad I don't have to read student essays. This one would have gone straight to Student Health Services.<br /><br />On the other hand, once (a long time ago) a student turned in a test with almost nothing written on it, just a sketch of a guy holding an axe dripping blood. I didn't report her, but today I probably would have.<br /><br />I like the line near the beginning of Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65779041172562152242013-02-07T20:10:34.121-05:002013-02-07T20:10:34.121-05:00"You find batshit crazy to be refreshing?&quo..."You find batshit crazy to be refreshing?"<br /><br />I do indeed. Of course, refreshing isn't the same as employable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18040901320836346802013-02-07T17:34:28.555-05:002013-02-07T17:34:28.555-05:00"'1984' warns of dependency on techno..."'1984' warns of dependency on technology and how humanity is mutated rather than enlightened."<br /><br />No, Orwell's novel is about the inhumanity of bureaucracy, the ultimate end result of the Panopticon society, and how fascism could survive in a post-nuclear command economy. North Korea tries to be Oceania, but there is no perfect authoritarian/"totalitarian"Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40369189793227180602013-02-07T14:36:16.917-05:002013-02-07T14:36:16.917-05:00Don't care more about their destruction than t...Don't care more about their destruction than they do.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19081810588190434212013-02-07T13:50:22.913-05:002013-02-07T13:50:22.913-05:00Hmm, I'm reading this quite different. Faced ...Hmm, I'm reading this quite different. Faced with such an "assignment", I'd have wanted to stand out from the crowd with a purposely off-kilter piece of writing. Why would I enroll in a class to only write boring ass crap? Surely some of you have had students who enjoyed writing and would write something you didn't expect. It doesn't mean I'm actually crazy, it Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56469637281502324022013-02-07T13:42:25.806-05:002013-02-07T13:42:25.806-05:00When a teacher compels a student to respond to suc...When a teacher compels a student to respond to such a "prompt" on the first day, then the teacher has issues. The first issue is that the teacher doesn't know how to punctuate, but there are more substantial issues. Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38020497580227065422013-02-07T13:40:37.184-05:002013-02-07T13:40:37.184-05:00Indeed, he needed the nominative pronoun "the...Indeed, he needed the nominative pronoun "they" at the end.HPPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11927706471904009157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80899275042851894562013-02-07T13:15:17.039-05:002013-02-07T13:15:17.039-05:00"I am better than them" is the red flag,..."I am better than them" is the red flag, for me.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75575021753290897572013-02-07T12:52:31.084-05:002013-02-07T12:52:31.084-05:00It's hard to tell if this is the deep violent ...It's hard to tell if this is the deep violent crazy, or the teenage emo that comes from leading a slightly less sheltered life than the person sitting next to you.<br /><br />I like the bit about how the way they plan on educating their peers about how all life is pain. They will push others away and wait for them to come crawling back, because the worst punishment there is is to be denied Irritated Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415532947857584043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89058142263755838272013-02-07T11:35:05.961-05:002013-02-07T11:35:05.961-05:00You find batshit crazy to be refreshing? This dud...You find batshit crazy to be refreshing? This dude sounds like he's already plotting the next Virginia Tech under some delusion that he has to kill everyone to save them.InvertedSquarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704558162599421719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7387265174459970702013-02-07T11:25:54.071-05:002013-02-07T11:25:54.071-05:00Do they think they're all going to get their o...<i>Do they think they're all going to get their own reality TV shows? I do believe they might.</i><br /><br />They already are their own reality show. Not only does the audience <i>want</i> to know everything about them, the audience <i>needs</i> to know everything. How else will they keep their ratings up?Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83982319103304213972013-02-07T08:48:49.730-05:002013-02-07T08:48:49.730-05:00If a job candidate wrote this in an application, I...If a job candidate wrote this in an application, I'd find this person's audacity and candor to be very refreshing. I'm afraid that few of the other committee members would see it that way, though: certainly none of the administrators would.<br /><br />Also, I think you mean "Brave New World," not "1984." I too have no idea why everyone wants to post the details of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9885432565734751812013-02-07T08:22:45.296-05:002013-02-07T08:22:45.296-05:00Forget background checks. A short essay would rev...Forget background checks. A short essay would reveal the people I don't want to have a gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com