tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1697177264969020291..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Misere meUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60681692079089730852015-04-24T10:23:11.788-04:002015-04-24T10:23:11.788-04:00I was trying to remember why "misere me"...I was trying to remember why "misere me" was so familiar. Of course, there's "miserere mei deus" as part of Psalm 51, which has been put to music by various composers (I've performed more than one such piece in choirs), but that wasn't it. Slowly it came to me: Gilbert & Sullivan.<br /><br />Peter Paul & Mary have a nice take on it. <a href="https://Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34992225398577095272015-04-22T23:07:42.883-04:002015-04-22T23:07:42.883-04:00"Do modern workplaces really allow this much ..."Do modern workplaces really allow this much leeway to their employees?" Time to find out.<br /><br />I think if 1/2 your batch of raw material is cut off, then you have every right to request deferment of the batch operation till all the material is in. I see you've said you "can't leave them all until later", but that may bear reconsideration. It sounds very much Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59136615318529066762015-04-22T21:55:00.202-04:002015-04-22T21:55:00.202-04:00Cc, what you decribe reminds me of Walmart. Their ...Cc, what you decribe reminds me of Walmart. Their pricing is cut throat, they keep their payroll costs low but they will let a customer return items for any reason, even bad reasons, just to keep the customers coming back. It's not a bad business model and it's consistent with your description of academia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74199743753526749912015-04-22T21:15:18.175-04:002015-04-22T21:15:18.175-04:00"labarynthine quality control processes about..."labarynthine quality control processes about which I may rant another time"<br /><br />They glance at them - it takes time.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-214042579998497082015-04-22T19:10:00.533-04:002015-04-22T19:10:00.533-04:00I kinda like the graphic (well, I like the little ...I kinda like the graphic (well, I like the little hamster. It took me a second or third look to realize that the other object was an "extended' hamster -- though if the instructor is also a hamster, then it works very well, since it sounds like the instructor in this case is being overextended/stretched to the limit). <br /><br />It's definitely an odd phenomenon that even as we areContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com