tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8937088696300524682..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Why do they give up so easily?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61247901026492749592011-11-28T09:41:53.184-05:002011-11-28T09:41:53.184-05:00I love how she wanted to "go over" each ...I love how she wanted to "go over" each grade with you. Of course if you cannot explicitly explain why she "lost" points, she will expect them back. (This is part of the mentality that they have 100% and lose points for mistakes. But that is for another rant.)<br />I get the same BS. If I have a high drop rate, I am too hard or a bad teacher. Even when I have a pass/fail Gauss from Grinnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833535701520898069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1323285632189726572011-11-24T09:12:50.192-05:002011-11-24T09:12:50.192-05:00I got an email (sent to our whole department) yest...I got an email (sent to our whole department) yesterday from our student services director about a precious flake who'd been expecting to graduate in the spring, only to discover that a C- in HAM 102 from 3 terms ago was going to prevent that. SS Director related that she'd asked Flakey what she could have done, and Flakey replied "I could have worked harder, but it would have been BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30189816586075650272011-11-24T09:01:53.204-05:002011-11-24T09:01:53.204-05:00Gak! I apologize for my typos. I read this on iPa...Gak! I apologize for my typos. I read this on iPad and the font is tiny. I didn't see it until now (and also know this wasn't my first typo).Professor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27760729966088032222011-11-24T07:51:19.627-05:002011-11-24T07:51:19.627-05:00Prof B-C, et al.,
Feeling your pain!
Just got an...Prof B-C, et al., <br /><br />Feeling your pain!<br />Just got an EMail from a student who got a barely average grade for her barely average paper. <br /><br />"I did everything you told me ... but am left with the impression no matter what I did, I couldn't get more than a C."<br /><br />Hmm ... "did everything"? <br />Like basing your paper on two articles on WOMBAT Aware and Scaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700345349806280657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57230974582817814742011-11-24T00:05:42.332-05:002011-11-24T00:05:42.332-05:00Are you guys living my life? Wow!
I have the s...Are you guys living my life? Wow! <br /><br />I have the same snowflakes. One told me the other day that _I_ was keeping her our of advanced underwater hamster ball rolling as I took points away on technique (for something very technique dependant- like underwater hamster wheel oiling- very pertinent to the test she is taking now). Not that she needed to just DO BETTER.<br /><br />Also, Professor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34526341439309799742011-11-23T23:42:03.085-05:002011-11-23T23:42:03.085-05:00I just wanna know the real name of the hamster fun...I just wanna know the real name of the hamster fungus and what treatment you got, because I think I've had it for a month and the antibiotics aren't working.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86723989781713873632011-11-23T22:49:08.318-05:002011-11-23T22:49:08.318-05:00Surely all you need to do is show your chair the e...Surely all you need to do is show your chair the emails (including the one where you're ordered to stay in bed for a week)? Mary is an entitled little twerp who badly needs a wake-up call.<br /><br />And no, there is nothing more you could possibly have done, and this is not your fault.Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36572272209881836032011-11-23T17:49:15.187-05:002011-11-23T17:49:15.187-05:00Yes, we are now in a world where "student suc...Yes, we are now in a world where "student success" = completion of the course with a C or better. The powers that be keep telling us that they don't want us to lower our standards; they just want us to be able to teach better so we can reach more students. I think I've mentioned here before that the magic number being held over our heads is 70%. When folks at our local medicalEnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5747207497070807542011-11-23T16:43:01.268-05:002011-11-23T16:43:01.268-05:00Darla and Slave nailed it, I think (and Lex, I'...Darla and Slave nailed it, I think (and Lex, I've done the same, occasionally even during the first week of class, but yeah, one doesn't tell the students that, and the feeling usually waxes and wanes over the course of the semester anyway). <br /><br />The other key factor: it sounds like she realizes that she can use dropping as a threat to try to cow you into submission (and/or unwiseContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39318313417476953202011-11-23T16:27:08.414-05:002011-11-23T16:27:08.414-05:00Darla's right. I'll go one more step.
Yo...Darla's right. I'll go one more step. <br /><br />Your problem is that you are not Christ - a mind-reading, all-forgiving, self-sacrificing, heart-door knocking, song-inspiring, omnipresent Father. The only thing Christ-like about you is that the key to understanding you is locked inside an undecipherable text that is much too long and complicated to ever really read - not unlike the AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45822708558502845562011-11-23T16:07:22.401-05:002011-11-23T16:07:22.401-05:00I can see where you went wrong. You didn't lov...I can see where you went wrong. You didn't love her enough. You didn't look into her true soul and see the golden hue of positive feedback she's used to getting.<br /><br />You've been grading her on the value of her work.<br /><br />It's a simple error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62508868478762553542011-11-23T15:36:31.078-05:002011-11-23T15:36:31.078-05:00"'Lost the will' to finish the class&..."'Lost the will' to finish the class" <-- amazing.<br /><br />I've almost lost the will to finish mine, too, but I sure as hell don't tell them so.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.com