tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7014373841171009414..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Since It Appears the Mods Have Killed Off Flashbacks, Here's One I Like. From Seven Years Ago on RYS!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55352279056361631172013-03-19T00:49:17.325-04:002013-03-19T00:49:17.325-04:00I experienced something similar while I was teachi...I experienced something similar while I was teaching. It wasn't so much a department I was in but, for most of my time there, a fiefdom run by a monomaniacal head who used his position as a way of advancing himself at the institution.<br /><br />I eventually gave up making suggestions in meetings when it became abundantly clear that anything that didn't increase the head's chances ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83957578864768380772013-03-18T20:36:32.108-04:002013-03-18T20:36:32.108-04:00I stopped going to faculty meetings a while back. ...I stopped going to faculty meetings a while back. My department is so conservative (academically), nothing new is ever proposed. If somebody puts forward an idea, it dies in committee. It's very top-heavy, and the older people are comfortable with the way things are (two-thirds of the full profs were already there 24 years ago.) And all votes are "advisory to the head", anyway. He Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70733370652069319552013-03-18T11:44:07.085-04:002013-03-18T11:44:07.085-04:00That is high quality colleague smack. Like snowfl...That is high quality colleague smack. Like snowflakes, these morons are a universal problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15359201894693842362013-03-18T08:54:01.414-04:002013-03-18T08:54:01.414-04:00Hi Hiram. We haven't discontinued the series. ...Hi Hiram. We haven't discontinued the series. It's just that they get so few views that we've determined it's not a popular feature. We're glad you like to revisit old posts from RYS and CM, so when you see a dandy one, feel free.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2660097190890093622013-03-18T08:52:17.897-04:002013-03-18T08:52:17.897-04:00"but nobody - gets to write that their reader..."but nobody - gets to write that their readers are "waiting breathlessly" for a new tome."<br /><br />maybe his readers are mostly asthma patients?? Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.com