tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6940767357346713947..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: They WeepUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5926689496246708012016-04-20T23:09:55.906-04:002016-04-20T23:09:55.906-04:00In which EC1 and I banter about:Rebranding Leather...In which EC1 and I banter about:<br><br><a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2015/06/strategic-vision.html?showComment=1433375430175#c6746884992468252932" rel="nofollow">Rebranding </a><br><br><a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2015/05/so-this-is-saturday.html?showComment=1432433958571#c6220066068510091895" rel="nofollow">Leather Upholstery</a><br><br>Those were good times.<br /><brOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49083730957230063682016-04-20T22:03:47.834-04:002016-04-20T22:03:47.834-04:00Why does this make me think of our leathery-faced ...Why does this make me think of our leathery-faced and/or vehicled president here?<br /><br />In other news, we're rebranding ourselves from Batshit U to SNAF U.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79558955580389414212016-04-20T21:32:08.586-04:002016-04-20T21:32:08.586-04:00HAH! I wonder if that would work on students.
Oh,...HAH! I wonder if that would work on students.<br /><br />Oh, you need a tissue? Here's a paper towel. HTFU!<br /><br />Oh, you couldn't see the video I assigned on the LMS because <a href="https://youtu.be/unkIVvjZc9Y" rel="nofollow">the link wasn't "clickable"</a> and copy/pasting it into the address bar was "tooo haaaaarrrrd"? HTFU!Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85842081215799912622016-04-20T20:56:19.391-04:002016-04-20T20:56:19.391-04:00She's probably broken fewer laws than I have. ...<i>She's probably broken fewer laws than I have. I once, long ago, hired a reentry!!!</i><br><br>Color me intrigued. I've heard the term "reentry" used in contexts of freed prisoners reentering society, and aliens reentering a country after being deported or removed from it (see 8 U.S.C. 1326). It would seem hiring one of the the former is legal in many or most cases, but hiringOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84002029132746332252016-04-20T20:22:48.567-04:002016-04-20T20:22:48.567-04:00Here's apropos fer ya:
https://www.youtube.co...Here's apropos fer ya:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9YThe Gognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52170084160009676022016-04-20T20:12:36.627-04:002016-04-20T20:12:36.627-04:00The thing about morons is, they don't always h...The thing about morons is, they don't always have the smarts necessary to come to a realization like that.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22035214786509288862016-04-20T20:07:11.440-04:002016-04-20T20:07:11.440-04:00In searching for other comments and posts on a dif...In searching for other comments and posts on a different subject, I ran across this:<br><br><a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-do-you-do-when-they-cry.html" rel="nofollow">What do you do when they cry?</a><br><br>It seemed apropos.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10660146380806713882016-04-20T15:05:30.408-04:002016-04-20T15:05:30.408-04:00Sometimes it's hard to tell what just happened...Sometimes it's hard to tell what just happened, other than that you did your best, and, as others have pointed out, there's almost certainly other stuff going on in the student's life. But that doesn't make this sort of encounter any less emotionally exhausting (and such encounters are, indeed, more common at the time of year when we, too, are pretty much wrung dry). <br /><br /Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42945676972988136732016-04-20T13:06:12.029-04:002016-04-20T13:06:12.029-04:00Perhaps, for the first time ever, the student real...Perhaps, for the first time ever, the student realized s/he is a moron?The Gognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84417852553599464962016-04-19T19:59:37.676-04:002016-04-19T19:59:37.676-04:00You just reminded me that I need to restock my tis...You just reminded me that I need to restock my tissues, for crying season is upon us.<br /><br />What if Weepy Wendy wasn't upset that you were questioning her beliefs, but instead because she is an "A student" and you were the first to say her precious baby is ugly?<br /><br />You haven't graded the paper yet, have you? Refutation or confirmation of my previous hypotheses may Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86984866674871450092016-04-19T15:04:48.425-04:002016-04-19T15:04:48.425-04:00Magic does exist, we just call it electricity.Magic does exist, we just call it electricity.Johnny Questhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448509039133648681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43478515184347751902016-04-19T09:15:52.060-04:002016-04-19T09:15:52.060-04:00The student might be certifiably nuts (sorry to th...The student might be certifiably nuts (sorry to throw around technical jargon) and the student might not know what they hell she's saying. Maybe the former influences the latter. You can encourage the student to get some counseling. In the end, this is the student's problem, not yours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37271608501082339662016-04-19T08:37:25.824-04:002016-04-19T08:37:25.824-04:00Tears happen. Students often get stressed out and...Tears happen. Students often get stressed out and faculty who they deem approachable often bear the brunt of it. I go through a lot of tissue, like Dr. Amelia does. You're not a failure. You're just human. Take Amelia's advice and suggest they come back tomorrow to talk. That'll be enough time to get their stuff together.Fulton Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44157307738904910762016-04-19T08:26:20.309-04:002016-04-19T08:26:20.309-04:00It's a rare semester when I don't have a s...It's a rare semester when I don't have a student cry in my office (I have 3 boxes of tissues in there just for that purpose). But I've learned over the years that it's usually not me. They've been up for 3 days or their boyfriend just dumped them or they got a D on a test in another class and just hit last straw at my door. So I don't take it personally, but if they can&#drameliahttp://amelia.ameliarox.comnoreply@blogger.com