tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1048820894087839906..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83451770380968434682016-04-08T07:19:35.823-04:002016-04-08T07:19:35.823-04:00Yup, I've heard it from all demographics, all ...Yup, I've heard it from all demographics, all kinds of destinations, "exotic" or no.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12028811952807175292016-04-07T23:49:16.199-04:002016-04-07T23:49:16.199-04:00I got the same excuse yesterday from a student who...I got the same excuse yesterday from a student who was going on vacation in the Dominican Republic, and who was neither rich nor blue-eyed. Drama Queennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44736727123041076102016-04-07T13:30:54.097-04:002016-04-07T13:30:54.097-04:00I'm thinking of copying the image and doing my...I'm thinking of copying the image and doing my own MEME, because, like, kids love the memes! Or maybe that was 5 years ago. I don't know. I was surprised that Wrestlemania was still going on.Eating Low Saltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54966961944516788632016-04-06T22:05:09.575-04:002016-04-06T22:05:09.575-04:00This site seems to be some kind of projective test...This site seems to be some kind of projective test for that guy. Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87449492885900949552016-04-06T20:09:02.839-04:002016-04-06T20:09:02.839-04:00Things may be quite different elsewhere, but at my...Things may be quite different elsewhere, but at my joint, if I were to approach these situations on the assumption that "white = affluent" or "non-white = non-affluent", I would be wrong so often as to make the approach impractical.<br /><br />While family trips of these types seem statistically more likely with affluent students, it is also far from 100% in my experience. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21442388449742872062016-04-06T17:48:48.252-04:002016-04-06T17:48:48.252-04:00It's the same effing picture from a few days a...It's the same effing picture from a few days ago.<br /><br />Isn't it a stock photo???The_Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621186404597424842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36179543185871695082016-04-06T16:43:53.894-04:002016-04-06T16:43:53.894-04:00At least at my institution, this student would be ...At least at my institution, this student would be far closer to "average" than a similarly well-coiffed and well-dressed blond girl (or guy). And, although there are definitely associations between skin color and privilege, it's also true that, when it comes to individuals, privilege knows no color. In fact, the really privileged high school graduates of European descent from my Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49499550166963849962016-04-06T09:39:49.785-04:002016-04-06T09:39:49.785-04:00Those excuses come from the affluent. I've go...Those excuses come from the affluent. I've gotten a few of those messages over the years and it's always been a white student. <br /><br />Just go back over your old finals and collect some of the tougher problems from each and give the snowflake that exam.Fulton Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30014517840225126992016-04-06T08:08:48.442-04:002016-04-06T08:08:48.442-04:00I didn't submit this photo, but I can tell you...I didn't submit this photo, but I can tell you that a blond-haired, blue eyed, white male uttered these exact words to me just a week ago, except it was for the two weeks centered on the midterm (35% of the course grade). <br /><br />I simply did not see any racial implications when I first viewed this, and I have to take a few logical leaps to see them now. The depicted student is Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58205887363160609582016-04-06T08:02:20.299-04:002016-04-06T08:02:20.299-04:00More bravery from Anonymous*. Ditto.
*who seems t...More bravery from Anonymous*. Ditto.<br /><br />*who seems to have taken the deviant spelling article to heart.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44679945215089840932016-04-06T07:05:03.214-04:002016-04-06T07:05:03.214-04:00More rasicm at College Misery. No big surpriseMore rasicm at College Misery. No big surpriseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com