tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2828175946573504992..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: What Have Your Students Been Up To? (a Beaker Ben-inspired Thirsty)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43584141363770049712011-11-20T17:57:00.365-05:002011-11-20T17:57:00.365-05:00Mine have mandatory attendance (tied into the grad...Mine have mandatory attendance (tied into the grade) so I hear reasons all day why they should be allowed to miss. Yawn, no.Professor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91884462097006638202011-11-18T12:13:35.415-05:002011-11-18T12:13:35.415-05:002% are absent, after emailing me to detail the sym...2% are absent, after emailing me to detail the symptoms of their special strain of influenza otherwise known as "hangover." <br />2% are absent, after emailing me about the details of their court dates.<br />4% are sleeping with their heads tipped back in ways that seem potentially lethal given the pressure on their spinal cords.<br />12% are talking to each other even though I am cmthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814447289455034068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20171054028885704972011-11-18T06:51:41.834-05:002011-11-18T06:51:41.834-05:00The exam is unfair because I've never heard of...The exam is unfair because I've never heard of marsupials. <br /><br />Do we have to know how to spell marsupials?<br /><br />How much soup do marsupials group if marsupials could group soup?<br /><br />(ok, I'll stop now)Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12538312632900898612011-11-18T05:50:53.773-05:002011-11-18T05:50:53.773-05:00About 5% of mine are "drive-by students"...About 5% of mine are "drive-by students". They don't show up for weeks, manage to come in for the exam (even if it's postponed a day), flunk it, and don't show up for weeks again.<br /><br />The rest generally show up, but of those:<br /> 20% don't take any notes;<br /> 20% are much more concerned with flirting than with finding out about the topic;<br /> 50% nod and Eskarinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854383335265386899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82973794428393405062011-11-17T21:19:56.653-05:002011-11-17T21:19:56.653-05:00Mine are all occupying something or other today. A...Mine are all occupying something or other today. At least that's what they told me. Did I get suckered? Am I going to have to make an example out of one of them?Angry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58551592998200981852011-11-17T19:51:44.035-05:002011-11-17T19:51:44.035-05:00Geez, Beaker, no comments yet? I'm first!
Rig...Geez, Beaker, no comments yet? I'm first!<br /><br />Right now, my students are <a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-dumbest-things-students-do-when-cramming-exams/" rel="nofollow">studying for an exam</a>.<br /><br />And by the way, which one of us wrote that article for Cracked?introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.com