tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2814394778021106870..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: mondayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67166515433716738632016-12-06T08:16:45.916-05:002016-12-06T08:16:45.916-05:00I hear you, Frod. A number of folks have written t...I hear you, Frod. A number of folks have written to me to say they like the open forums because it's a place for short bits of misery that can't be turned in to full posts. But you are not alone in your thoughts.<br /><br />The "stat porn" postings are an old trope of the site, and so I asked Cal to make me the recent graphic.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3442133106598898632016-12-06T07:31:40.302-05:002016-12-06T07:31:40.302-05:00Who are you going to taunt. There's nobody her...Who are you going to taunt. There's nobody here. Apexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41678035647649327162016-12-06T02:56:08.072-05:002016-12-06T02:56:08.072-05:00So help me, RGM, if you don't stop nagging us ...So help me, RGM, if you don't stop nagging us to produce more content, or that hits are down, I am going to resort to that old tried-and-true standby, taunting humanities proffies! It never fails to get a rise out of them!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71706996098189961732016-12-05T18:58:53.880-05:002016-12-05T18:58:53.880-05:00What a shame you can't respond with a good, sw...What a shame you can't respond with a good, swift, solid smack in the head. Don't hurt your hand.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40755388633813263102016-12-05T14:22:13.017-05:002016-12-05T14:22:13.017-05:00I like the idea of setting a deadline based on the...I like the idea of setting a deadline based on the grant administration. Perhaps I can say that the program officer wants to see a published paper by the time I turn in my annual report. It's probably not a lie--all program officers want to see published papers. Thanks for the tip.Uggy from Uticanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73967066690832359252016-12-05T13:53:03.135-05:002016-12-05T13:53:03.135-05:00So many like Potter. Shame on our profession.So many like Potter. Shame on our profession.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83853147534330975552016-12-05T13:39:15.500-05:002016-12-05T13:39:15.500-05:00My student loan payments are more than my monthly ...My student loan payments are more than my monthly salary. I dread telling people what I do for a living, because then I have to explain that I am an adjunct. I'm stuck--and may forever be stuck--teaching composition. I have severe ADD and never finished the Ph.D., so am utterly useless. FML X 6.<br /><br />Still, two students came to see me at office hours today. They brought with them essaysProf. Potternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27601301572919738882016-12-05T12:34:01.504-05:002016-12-05T12:34:01.504-05:00I've taught APA documentation for a final rese...I've taught APA documentation for a final research paper for 6 weeks in a sophomore level major class.<br /><br />Just got a rough draft with ZERO citations, ZERO sources, and a 80% score (bad!) from Turnitin.com. This is a major who's been through an intro course that also teaches documentation.<br /><br />Compound Crystalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30052386198957582032016-12-05T09:20:49.197-05:002016-12-05T09:20:49.197-05:00I've had spitballs thrown at me, but the stude...I've had spitballs thrown at me, but the students were junior-high-aged (and English, at a supposedly very selective, civilized girls school. They were pretty awful. See earlier discussion about 11-13-year old girls.) Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8445491171369411962016-12-05T09:19:05.001-05:002016-12-05T09:19:05.001-05:00I am not wise in the ways of grant-funded science,...I am not wise in the ways of grant-funded science, but is there any way to phrase the deadline in a way that's more "we need to meet this deadline, or we'll be forced to change our current arrangement -- i.e. the student will become a TA rather than an RA" rather than "I'm laying down the law"? I can see major arguments against doing that (after all, you are the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26945785729783935502016-12-05T08:04:42.317-05:002016-12-05T08:04:42.317-05:00I need to have a come-to-Jesus talk with my gradua...I need to have a come-to-Jesus talk with my graduate student who has been funded by my federal grants for over two years and is showing no signs of writing a paper. I'he had it up to HERE because this student is actively resisting guidance, even to the point of telling me that a comparison with previous results would not be "logically accepted." I want to tell it straight: I've Uggy from Uticanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61666312887623079372016-12-05T06:55:43.113-05:002016-12-05T06:55:43.113-05:00Maybe the paper was a confetti substitute and they...Maybe the paper was a confetti substitute and they were celebrating their marriage?EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54774493295650958922016-12-05T05:58:47.956-05:002016-12-05T05:58:47.956-05:00There was a little lass
Who had a little class
Of ...There was a little lass<br />Who had a little class<br />Of freshpersons who meet in the morning,<br />And when they are good, they are very, very good<br />And when the immature, pre-frat-bro gentlemen in the back can't keep it together, they are horrid<br /><br />With apologies to Longfellow, but, you guys, a couple of them were throwing little pieces of paper at each other in class the DrAmeliahttp://amelia.ameliarox.comnoreply@blogger.com