tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7028829243905019910..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Holding the Line. From Max in Manchester.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23543994713375143912014-12-13T07:43:16.461-05:002014-12-13T07:43:16.461-05:00As Bubba would tell you: the horse is off limits.As Bubba would tell you: the horse is off limits.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49206297584061684922014-12-13T07:13:23.487-05:002014-12-13T07:13:23.487-05:00Frod, your comment could mean:
1. Women love red ...Frod, your comment could mean:<br /><br />1. Women love red but not as much as they love Bubba's horse.<br />2. Women love red but not as much as Bubba's horse loves red.<br /><br />For anybody else, I'd assume statement 2 is the intended meaning but you "animal lovers" out at Fresno sometimes have odd ideas about these things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54548167485983975432014-12-12T23:14:05.931-05:002014-12-12T23:14:05.931-05:00Yeah, the women absolutely love it. But not as muc...Yeah, the women absolutely love it. But not as much as Bubba's horse. ;-)<br />Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9883474533704546042014-12-12T23:13:01.131-05:002014-12-12T23:13:01.131-05:00Reading this comment of QMV's is a nostalgic e...Reading this comment of QMV's is a nostalgic experience for me. Before I had tenure, I was beaten with every one of the edubabble terms in quotes. Ah, happy memories! ;-)/2<br /><br />Good for you, Max. Stick to your guns. More than once in a heated exchange with a student over grades I have pointed out that I may be the last professor left in the English-speaking world who has integrity. It&Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42150467067373906062014-12-12T23:10:40.362-05:002014-12-12T23:10:40.362-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17316043065532529892014-12-12T17:51:49.713-05:002014-12-12T17:51:49.713-05:00At (YP)^2 College (You pay! You graduate!), where...At (YP)^2 College (You pay! You graduate!), where I used to teach, it was rare for students to ever be blamed for their academic misfortunes. The administrators used any excuse to let the little darlings off the hook.<br /><br />In my case, I apparently didn't create a "safe learning environment", I "intimidated" them by having a Ph. D., or I somehow failed to "Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45004958039454266402014-12-12T17:45:29.683-05:002014-12-12T17:45:29.683-05:00Red is sexy, dangerous, and virile.Red is sexy, dangerous, and virile.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35941815385914830062014-12-12T17:45:06.518-05:002014-12-12T17:45:06.518-05:00I like your avatar, Hiram. And besides, don't...I like your avatar, Hiram. And besides, don't you do your own (very cool, or at least so-uncool-they're-cool) graphics?<br /><br />I second the welcome to Max, and the suggestion that shorter deadlines might help. 24 hours is brave (I don't think I could get away with that, given my students' schedules), but a week is usually reasonable/doable, and actually easier on the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59098068976017025682014-12-12T15:43:57.938-05:002014-12-12T15:43:57.938-05:00Welcome, Max. I like your vibe very much so. Hope ...Welcome, Max. I like your vibe very much so. Hope you'll be around.<br /><br />And I DIDN'T want to bring it up, but how come Max gets a SLAMMING AVATAR ON HIS FIRST FUCKING DAY and I've been stuck with that monstrous red one for years?<br /><br />That is all.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71170255804494152682014-12-12T14:44:00.557-05:002014-12-12T14:44:00.557-05:00Rhetorical question; I too teach at a "TLC&qu...Rhetorical question; I too teach at a "TLC" university. Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37048949303827419692014-12-12T14:37:14.783-05:002014-12-12T14:37:14.783-05:00from Tanya
Because about 70% of all college facul...<i>from Tanya</i><br /><br />Because about 70% of all college faculty in this country is imperiled by retention rates, student evaluations, and pass rates.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34254063406662272232014-12-12T14:34:08.361-05:002014-12-12T14:34:08.361-05:00"If they can't or won't do the work, ..."If they can't or won't do the work, they do not get the grade."<br /><br />What I do not understand is why this is considered controversial. Harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953435368705942387noreply@blogger.com