tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1864056554584219800..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Oooh My Head." A Speedy Rant From Jeff in (Not That) Jamaica.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25340997900409243892014-09-23T12:35:58.368-04:002014-09-23T12:35:58.368-04:00Stuff like that makes me glad I quit teaching when...Stuff like that makes me glad I quit teaching when I did.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48886045308279182022014-09-22T22:48:30.678-04:002014-09-22T22:48:30.678-04:00I'm sure they've now coined that term and ...I'm sure they've now coined that term and will be vapidly saying it online in the same way that Paris Hilton popularized: "That's hot." You're a celebrity-by-proxy now. Wow. <br /><br />And I'm sorry! The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7197201511226963592014-09-22T20:07:45.537-04:002014-09-22T20:07:45.537-04:00At this point, I think you should just be grateful...At this point, I think you should just be grateful that they have progressed to the point of being able to name body parts. Next, they'll be able to identify individual colors!Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43293656851308627782014-09-22T18:59:32.774-04:002014-09-22T18:59:32.774-04:00Didn't you give your consent by doing that? It...Didn't you give your consent by doing that? It is legally permission to sign a consent form with an illegible signature, or even an X, so that your making any mark at all on the paper can and probably will be construed as a signature.<br /><br />P.S <br /><br />(Q) What's this? X X X<br /><br />(A) Three modern students co-signing a loan.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29165153653578632922014-09-22T17:15:36.486-04:002014-09-22T17:15:36.486-04:00I don't know whether to celebrate or weep over...I don't know whether to celebrate or weep over the fact that there's already a section in my syllabi which I could cite should I ever face this situation (which I'm pretty sure I wouldn't, since my chair would run interference with dad rather than passing on the darn thing). A few semesters back, after a spate of students posting cellphone videos of proffies and fellow students Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91438758726903631562014-09-22T14:54:39.985-04:002014-09-22T14:54:39.985-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85511563279538141552014-09-22T14:52:27.684-04:002014-09-22T14:52:27.684-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87757822893035419502014-09-22T11:24:05.258-04:002014-09-22T11:24:05.258-04:00Why are you stopping them from achieving greatness...Why are you stopping them from achieving greatness?College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48022469470367765802014-09-22T09:11:54.299-04:002014-09-22T09:11:54.299-04:00I had an Internet celebrity once. It was murderous...I had an Internet celebrity once. It was murderous. I was asked to sign a "release" form for any video or photos that were shot in my classroom. It was a form a lawyer had prepared and the student's father delivered it to my department chair.<br /><br />In the space marked with a yellow arrow post-it for my signature, I wrote, "No thank you."Eating Low Salthttp://www.happy.orgnoreply@blogger.com