tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2199801027668704826..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Don't know if I can do this anymore ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68586110185959129362010-12-21T22:24:04.840-05:002010-12-21T22:24:04.840-05:00Oh how I long for UG only teaching. For every coho...Oh how I long for UG only teaching. For every cohort of grads there is always one shit-stirrer who is fueled by his/her need to be top dog. They gossip, trash professors, tell students not to take classes with [fill in the blank] and if they are good, they cause faculty to fight with each other...had this experience today. In the end none of it worked, but I am still livid. So fuck grad Snarkygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067007187692484910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53042790355094676282010-12-20T23:30:34.742-05:002010-12-20T23:30:34.742-05:00Is it lame to say I love gradflakes, and realize t...Is it lame to say I love gradflakes, and realize that at any moment, and quite to their benefit, they might disappear and I might go back to undergrads-only teaching? I dunno, I still consider it a privilege to have them.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58373198538986697632010-12-20T23:21:28.792-05:002010-12-20T23:21:28.792-05:00Yeah, this. I almost think I'd rather go back...Yeah, this. I almost think I'd rather go back to undergrads, because at least they're young enough to still be somewhat afraid of authority (as it were). The worst student I had this semester was a woman in her late 40s who was an absolutely contemptuous bitch. I got a lot more attitude and laziness from my grad students, although the best of my students were truly great. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65322147113689907972010-12-20T22:35:13.548-05:002010-12-20T22:35:13.548-05:00I use Facebook and have been paralyzed by fear tha...I use Facebook and have been paralyzed by fear that I would inadvertently like something here that would then show up on my Facebook page for colleagues to see. (I'm a naughty CM user who is not OUT of the closet.)<br /><br />Does ANYONE use it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43861878182402386502010-12-20T22:29:51.249-05:002010-12-20T22:29:51.249-05:00I think J Harker is on to something. We should all...I think J Harker is on to something. We should all come out to each other. Do ask; do tell. I want those 5 original posters from Miami of Ohio to out themselves for the good of the fair play and above-boardedness of this page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44028930666750891062010-12-20T17:54:15.062-05:002010-12-20T17:54:15.062-05:00Even worse: grad students are the idiots who have ...Even worse: grad students are the idiots who have been convinced that grad school is a good idea.<br /><br />Bart: Look at me, I'm a grad student. I'm 30 years old and I made $600 last year.<br /><br />Marge: Bart, don't make fun of grad students. They've just made a terrible life choice.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10465209740389373382010-12-20T17:32:07.070-05:002010-12-20T17:32:07.070-05:00While I see some overlap, I must report that I see...While I see some overlap, I must report that I see a big difference between grad students and undergrads. The writing is _generally_ much better, the research skills, the whole willingness to actually engage material that is not on answers.com. I see a difference between the 100 level and the 400 level and again in the jump to grad school. I would be horribly depressed if I didn't.<br /><br /AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15180083387441789602010-12-20T17:20:30.979-05:002010-12-20T17:20:30.979-05:00Just remember, the undergrad snowflake of last yea...Just remember, the undergrad snowflake of last year is the gradflake of today, and even better, preselected for inferior social skills, especially in the sciences. Great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72082405541323535042010-12-20T17:14:58.273-05:002010-12-20T17:14:58.273-05:00Not on this post per se, but is anyone else wary o...Not on this post per se, but is anyone else wary of the new option to 'Like' things on CM via Facebook? Or am I the only one worried about it contributing more to the potential loss of anonymity? Just a thought.M. Paulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925739628467279898noreply@blogger.com