tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8216013025958091408..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Here's to Huffy Harry." From Horrible Meanie Prof.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1512214398708007922013-11-23T19:31:35.269-05:002013-11-23T19:31:35.269-05:00So, when I get to the Restaurant at the End of the...So, when I get to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, I can look the Great Zarquon straight in the eye and say, "OK, I did my bit. Jeez Louise, was it a struggle!"<br /><br />Or maybe I can't. All that bad mentoring inculcated in me sloppy habits that I am ashamed to admit I haven't fully exorcised. But then, the bar has been set too high (or low, depending on how you Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30254465444823989642013-11-23T17:06:06.019-05:002013-11-23T17:06:06.019-05:00Ah, but I still am active in research!Ah, but I still am active in research!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81155739173632181412013-11-23T06:21:01.088-05:002013-11-23T06:21:01.088-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-383454337082056942013-11-22T23:41:38.739-05:002013-11-22T23:41:38.739-05:00My case is quite different. From the beginning, I ...My case is quite different. From the beginning, I was known for being tough, and for pushing students. My elders had drunk the Kool-Aid, though, so instead of encouraging me, they did everything they possibly could to undermine what I did. One yelled at me for "not caring about students' feelings," and insisted that "less is more" and that the teacher was wholly Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27641212429758563062013-11-22T22:21:43.163-05:002013-11-22T22:21:43.163-05:00I found myself starting to say, "When I was a...I found myself starting to say, "When I was a new professor," and promptly clamped my mouth shut because I didn't want to be our version of Huffy Harry. For now, I'm denial about it.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85808774740239117582013-11-22T22:10:56.110-05:002013-11-22T22:10:56.110-05:00"is the bitterness always inevitable?"
..."is the bitterness always inevitable?"<br /><br />Not if you replace it with rage.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86276998900475459012013-11-22T16:13:53.793-05:002013-11-22T16:13:53.793-05:00does it have to be that way? is the bitterness alw...does it have to be that way? is the bitterness always inevitable? should i try to resist it or just give in?Frank Intercoursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392025581401087233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68759227948659758952013-11-22T14:17:49.469-05:002013-11-22T14:17:49.469-05:00I'll raise one to the Huffy one later today! ...I'll raise one to the Huffy one later today! I realized last year why so many of my more advanced colleagues were as bitter as they were. I'm with them now.Zeke Zymurgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103634342855587849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81148336314685513432013-11-22T14:16:05.655-05:002013-11-22T14:16:05.655-05:00Cool post, Meanie. Makes me think that my kvetchin...Cool post, Meanie. Makes me think that my kvetching will one day be seen as genius by the junior faculty here. Of course I'll probably be in a box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86671557455643870122013-11-22T14:07:37.578-05:002013-11-22T14:07:37.578-05:00This is a great post! Nice work, Horrible Meanie. ...This is a great post! Nice work, Horrible Meanie. Isn't it something that we keep learning?!?!<br /><br />Huffy Harry, I salute you, too. <br /><br />I had a mentor very early in my career, a complete dunce.<br /><br />By the time he was dead and I was mid career, I realized he was a genius. Argh.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23752158343295628092013-11-22T13:12:29.664-05:002013-11-22T13:12:29.664-05:00No, you build a 1/2 scale version of the Palace of...No, you build a 1/2 scale version of the Palace of the Soviets, with a statue of Huffy Harry on the top in that Lenin pose, one arm reaching towards the Future, the other hanging on to his suit jacket.<br /><br />BUILD NO DOME WITHIN THE BUILDING, AND THE BASE CAN HANDLE THE WEIGHT.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.com