tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7802965184330379013..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: See? Wikipedia really is written at the level of a shitty undergrad essay.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35657760936017777632012-07-25T07:16:17.763-04:002012-07-25T07:16:17.763-04:00Jules Verne versus Mad magazine? Now I think I und...Jules Verne versus Mad magazine? Now I think I understand your trouble with the Doppler effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78754292978897342382012-07-25T00:05:59.801-04:002012-07-25T00:05:59.801-04:00I think I might need some bath salts!I think I might need some bath salts!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60619610311721131082012-07-25T00:05:31.209-04:002012-07-25T00:05:31.209-04:00OMG, I rebelled against going into teaching, but i...OMG, I rebelled against going into teaching, but it was genetically predetermined for me to become an English prof b/c of my reading habits. Confounded by that damned reading!<br /><br />If I could get my college students to read anything beyond Wikipedia (which they only read to get randomly irrelevant quotes), I'd probably be marginally happier than I am now.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56979070682260841772012-07-24T15:57:55.469-04:002012-07-24T15:57:55.469-04:00Counterexample (and Froderick is probably another)...Counterexample (and Froderick is probably another): I, like Froad, read anything that I could get my hands on, better than 15 hours a week (sometimes reading 1200 pages in one sitting). I did better on my linguistic SAT and GRE than I did in the math.<br /><br />But I'm not an English proffie.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58435135697211205012012-07-24T13:06:23.276-04:002012-07-24T13:06:23.276-04:00So, F&T, if you read 15 hrs a week you will en...So, F&T, if you read 15 hrs a week you will end an English professor . That's my story too -- not in English -- and yet the dumbest student in my High School class is now Speaker at the regional house of representatives, with a clear shot to governorship. So maybe we should encourage our children to stay away from books.<br />(Speaker, house of representatives, governorship roughly French Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66601688888002183412012-07-24T12:13:07.494-04:002012-07-24T12:13:07.494-04:00Like F&T, my sibling and I had no real restric...Like F&T, my sibling and I had no real restrictions on reading material growing up, so I support the any-reading-is-good philosophy. (Among my favorites were the copies of Ms. magazine that my mother carefully planted around the house.) The only downside for me is that my eyes have been nearsighted to blindness level since high school, but hey! I made it through grad school in a lit Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57143612893766543062012-07-24T09:32:08.510-04:002012-07-24T09:32:08.510-04:00OK, well, Frod, I was allowed to read anything, as...OK, well, Frod, I was allowed to read anything, as long as it was the printed word -- comics, porn, the back of a cereal box, my dad's linguistic textbooks, whatever. TV was all but forbidden. By the time I was 7 I was reading about 15 hours a week and grew up to be an English prof. So, you know, any reading whatsoever is still OK with me.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52361217686125146402012-07-24T09:09:11.789-04:002012-07-24T09:09:11.789-04:00It reminds me of Harold Bloom's criticism of H...It reminds me of Harold Bloom's criticism of Harry Potter novels. He was horrified that their advocates note without irony that they prepare young readers to go on to become readers of Steven King novels. <br /><br />Back in the '60s, my Dad didn't like me to read Mad magazines, or even Doctor Seuss, so I instead took to reading Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Now, adults are happy when Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36978893560055876662012-07-24T08:41:22.424-04:002012-07-24T08:41:22.424-04:00I guess I'm lucky. Most of my students are alm...I guess I'm lucky. Most of my students are almost at that level.<br /><br />Screw the bourbon; it's Everclear® time.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50193270052013239272012-07-24T02:18:29.919-04:002012-07-24T02:18:29.919-04:00Raising student writing to the level of Wikipedia....Raising student writing to the level of Wikipedia. Sweet mother of fuck that's a depressing goal.<br />Bubba? (looks hopeful)drunk in a midnight choirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648918436053645324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29180632304322093972012-07-24T01:59:01.907-04:002012-07-24T01:59:01.907-04:00OK, I'm supplying bourbon for the house this t...OK, I'm supplying bourbon for the house <i>this time</i>.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66338457356634174252012-07-24T01:56:57.651-04:002012-07-24T01:56:57.651-04:00In fairness, the instructor seems to be trying to ...In fairness, the instructor seems to be trying to *raise* student writing to the level of wiki-pda, which we should all be able to agree is a worthy short-term goal.Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31802406484790992962012-07-23T23:59:07.323-04:002012-07-23T23:59:07.323-04:00Get them for the house.Get them for the house.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81752002511994036162012-07-23T23:48:00.030-04:002012-07-23T23:48:00.030-04:00YES BOURBON PLEASEYES BOURBON PLEASEAcademic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.com