tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1062428643818418085..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: B-ball Blane Begs and BulliesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9569431295430319942010-12-28T13:58:08.833-05:002010-12-28T13:58:08.833-05:00@Wisconsin Will: Love it! Going to start stapling ...@Wisconsin Will: Love it! Going to start stapling my syllabi to those forms too!Snarkygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067007187692484910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72761607284501298922010-12-23T22:41:10.155-05:002010-12-23T22:41:10.155-05:00@Wisconsin Will: You are my Hero of the Day.
Math...@Wisconsin Will: You are my Hero of the Day.<br /><br />Mathsquatch out.Mathsquatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214283890697119803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30553939232188899932010-12-23T16:41:02.802-05:002010-12-23T16:41:02.802-05:00This is one thing I do like about BB/webct; your c...This is one thing I do like about BB/webct; your coach can look at the screen over your shoulder if he or she is curious about your academic performance.Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84415507502810152322010-12-23T16:28:16.194-05:002010-12-23T16:28:16.194-05:00@Wisconsin: Good!!!@Wisconsin: Good!!!Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59868121940238666872010-12-23T15:38:20.538-05:002010-12-23T15:38:20.538-05:00One year I got one of those detailed forms from th...One year I got one of those detailed forms from the football team's advisor. It had the names of all the players in my various classes, and a ton of questions about what "we" could do to keep the players on track.<br /><br />I stapled my syllabi to the fucker and sent it back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3242275042761808582010-12-23T15:33:59.672-05:002010-12-23T15:33:59.672-05:00Blane has likely been told by coaches or advisors ...Blane has likely been told by coaches or advisors that he'll get the grade he really wants. I've had a lot of student athletes who get told a pile of lies about how easy the college part of this deal is going to be, and then it's the instructors who take the brunt of the misery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41198139850660341312010-12-23T15:28:24.403-05:002010-12-23T15:28:24.403-05:00I actually don't mind the coach-note thing. If...I actually don't mind the coach-note thing. If the student actually wants to work and is looking for a way to get help (not from me) to make up for time and energy spent on the field, then I can always point them (and the coaches) to our writing center, tutoring center, and so on. But I did teach one place where I got WEEKLY notes like this. Bullshit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42900996887206797932010-12-23T14:58:05.567-05:002010-12-23T14:58:05.567-05:00I don't return those forms from coaches, becau...I don't return those forms from coaches, because they have a legally dubious standing (student athletes are often not told that they have the option not to sign them at my campus, and they often feel considerable pressure to sign anything the coach asks them to sign). You don't need to feel guilty about not sending them back.<br /><br />However, perhaps I am just a SlackerBunny. I no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26379285394336385752010-12-23T14:30:20.205-05:002010-12-23T14:30:20.205-05:00Dr D: I have to admit that I don't fill out th...Dr D: I have to admit that I don't fill out those forms, mostly because so many of my students, like the athletes, work long hours to pay for school, and encounter many of the same difficulties in scheduling classes, finding time for homework, etc., but without the same degree of support. It doesn't seem fair, to those students or to the athletes, who aren't gaining the same basic Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20676408579633424732010-12-23T14:08:55.844-05:002010-12-23T14:08:55.844-05:00Don't be mad. Being B-Ball Blane is punishmen...Don't be mad. Being B-Ball Blane is punishment enough.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52705749580568150112010-12-23T13:57:03.881-05:002010-12-23T13:57:03.881-05:00I've dealt with a 2-3 athletes (5th year eligi...I've dealt with a 2-3 athletes (5th year eligibility types; grad students) and I filled out forms for their coaches at least twice during the semester stating their progress and current grade. That's a good system, assuming the resources are there.<br /><br />One of the athletes was very smart and COULD have been an A student (easily). But... he seemed too distracted and finished with a Dr Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444414777736734711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81480029615268545422010-12-23T13:48:50.886-05:002010-12-23T13:48:50.886-05:00I am currently the chair of our department, and ha...I am currently the chair of our department, and have spent the past two days dealing with such individuals, even though final grades went in over two weeks ago. One of the more onerous jobs.Paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07952088638231881617noreply@blogger.com