tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7637228274492384928..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: 8 Years Ago Today.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54181723144653692662016-09-18T08:22:03.121-04:002016-09-18T08:22:03.121-04:00I have seen nothing in my current students to indi...I have seen nothing in my current students to indicate that this event would be less likely today.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10563024647275098372016-09-18T04:40:52.029-04:002016-09-18T04:40:52.029-04:00". . . still need someone to tell them what t...". . . still need someone to tell them what the grown-up response to such a situation is."<br /><br />Perfect formulation, PP. And the pinch-hitting prof did exactly that. And got at least some of them to feel deservedly ashamed of themselves, too.Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48562756471656276942016-09-18T03:06:02.635-04:002016-09-18T03:06:02.635-04:00Some people outside the profession have no clue th...Some people outside the profession have no clue this is the attitude many of us face daily.<br /><br />And a reminder: THIS IS FROM 8 YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55597663526672441482016-09-17T17:21:48.581-04:002016-09-17T17:21:48.581-04:00Taking attendance is pretty much required. Univers...Taking attendance is pretty much required. Universities need to track their students' attendance due to federal student loan rules; th' gummint wants to make sure people aren't defrauding the system by enrolling in classes but never actually attending. <br /><br />At my university, for example, if we file a grade of F for non-completion of the course, we have to report the last date Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24317836792080632682016-09-17T15:49:49.733-04:002016-09-17T15:49:49.733-04:00Right - but that's why I'm a bit surprised...Right - but that's why I'm a bit surprised by the "I took attendance" part. Isn't that a high school thing? It's got to be time consuming, unless you know them all by name, in which case you don't really need to do it to know a student has been missing a lot. <br /><br />Isn't the whole idea that you simply demand they perform (exams, homework, papers, whateverThree Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56488802508239255402016-09-17T15:21:38.333-04:002016-09-17T15:21:38.333-04:00I'm still wondering if, having told the others...I'm still wondering if, having told the others to stay, I would have told the high-fivers to just leave. <br /><br />I understand that we all may experience schadenfreude, but it's usually accompanied by a sense that the person was due for a karmic bitch-slap. To publicly celebrate another's undeserved misfortune, seemingly because of misplaced belief that it would benefit one's Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63315574629393794712016-09-17T14:52:29.900-04:002016-09-17T14:52:29.900-04:00There is a sense in which they are adults and resp...There is a sense in which they are adults and responsible for their own inanities so you should just let them go.<br /><br />But I know I wouldn't have just watched them leave, either. For Dr CarWreckLady's sake, because she'd then have to try to make up the lost time latter; no doubt while still hurting. And because a significant fraction of them are only adults <i>de jure</i>, and dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7559386901799716012016-09-17T12:04:14.457-04:002016-09-17T12:04:14.457-04:00Oy. Another sign that students often don't un...Oy. Another sign that students often don't understand the difference in high school and college culture. At least in my experience, at the college level, it's not at all unlikely that the short-notice sub will be the department chair or program or class coordinator (in other words, someone of equal or higher rank than the missing proffie, who stepped in hirself when contacted by the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6969123963284097502016-09-17T09:27:44.677-04:002016-09-17T09:27:44.677-04:00Sigh, I'm jealous some of her students recogni...Sigh, I'm jealous some of her students recognized that you aren't her.<br />1184 Days until Retirementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915199543025704045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75972974384535241022016-09-17T08:44:56.522-04:002016-09-17T08:44:56.522-04:00I have slowly come to realize that the best way to...I have slowly come to realize that the best way to avoid witnessing their disappointing reactions to certain information is to just not give them that information.<br /><br />"Are you a sub? Like, a part-timer?"<br /><br />"I am Dr. Carwreck's colleague. So that your education can continue unimpeded, I'm covering this class today, as Dr. Carwreck can't be here. You are Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.com