tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3359652805953230538..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: An Open Note From Prof. Chiltepin. POW.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50221595320839217152014-12-29T18:45:25.508-05:002014-12-29T18:45:25.508-05:00Amen, to all of it.Amen, to all of it.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10925725185140887102014-12-29T14:53:13.170-05:002014-12-29T14:53:13.170-05:00Amen (to the post and the comments, especially A&a...Amen (to the post and the comments, especially A&S's and Hiram's). <br /><br />And now I'm going to go back to staying off the internet for a while, because I'm lucky enough to have a job that allows for that, and because, yes, it's Christmas (week), and because my brain needs the rest/rewiring. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76707189687902380002014-12-29T10:34:43.569-05:002014-12-29T10:34:43.569-05:00Seconded.Seconded.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19578854118937590602014-12-28T22:54:21.547-05:002014-12-28T22:54:21.547-05:00A&S you have elucidated so much of what I hear...A&S you have elucidated so much of what I hear from the part-timers at my college. We are destroying the profession on the backs of amazing folks like you. You deserve better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83093107166854378242014-12-28T22:17:21.809-05:002014-12-28T22:17:21.809-05:00"Just rubber stamp this assignment with your ..."Just rubber stamp this assignment with your self-of-steam reminder of how awesome I am and lets move me one step closer to that piece of paper you're blocking my access to."<br />Painfully accurate (missing apostrophe and all). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66076167152265462302014-12-28T22:06:16.293-05:002014-12-28T22:06:16.293-05:00A & S:
I know only too well what you're g...A & S:<br /><br />I know only too well what you're going through. I endured several years of something similar.<br /><br />My situation was made worse by certain colleagues and, later, administrators who thought my being hired was the biggest mistake in the institution's history. They never failed to remind me of that. Those same administrators bullied and harassed me for most of Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12483616203797789842014-12-28T08:33:59.206-05:002014-12-28T08:33:59.206-05:00I agree this is well said PC ... and I used to agr...I agree this is well said PC ... and I used to agree with the sentiment ... <br /><br />I remember when the coming of a new semester still brought that charge of hopeful inspiration. An echo of the enthusiasm that came during my own studies when each semester brought a new slate of classes, a representation of new challenges and knowledge to come. <br /><br />But living the life of the accursed Aware and Scaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700345349806280657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74062465187428904092014-12-27T10:57:20.233-05:002014-12-27T10:57:20.233-05:00Prof. Chiltepin, I agree wholehearedly, as do appa...Prof. Chiltepin, I agree wholehearedly, <a href="http://academicwatercooler.blogspot.com/2014/02/omebody-sent-us-some-electronic-mail_9.html" rel="nofollow">as do apparently many others</a>. This blog and others like it are clear evidence of the passion we have for our jobs and for the people we encounter while in it.<br /><br />If we didn't care, if we thought we and our jobs were already Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50521414296753432332014-12-27T10:52:37.194-05:002014-12-27T10:52:37.194-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21363551004414000122014-12-27T09:56:42.201-05:002014-12-27T09:56:42.201-05:00Loving this. Thank you! And may everyone's New...Loving this. Thank you! And may everyone's New Year be full of curious, hard-working students!<br /><br />In a related note, my UPS delivery of a rainbow unicorn is only days away.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63211595758927783612014-12-26T22:46:13.342-05:002014-12-26T22:46:13.342-05:00Excellent and true.Excellent and true.Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50367840136898416292014-12-26T20:32:44.883-05:002014-12-26T20:32:44.883-05:00POW!
(both Post of the Week, and a Batman-like sma...POW!<br />(both Post of the Week, and a Batman-like smack around the chops to the trolls)EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76219838222085480942014-12-26T19:15:57.043-05:002014-12-26T19:15:57.043-05:00I, too, love the sherry analogy. How else do we im...I, too, love the sherry analogy. How else do we improve if not to point out the problems? Not pointing out flaws or expecting those in Education to be silent about the problems and concerns is what drives a cultist mentality...The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39090542800355891032014-12-26T16:43:47.496-05:002014-12-26T16:43:47.496-05:00Well said, PC, and the sherry metaphor is perfect....Well said, PC, and the sherry metaphor is perfect. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80854407397670353602014-12-26T14:49:22.117-05:002014-12-26T14:49:22.117-05:00I can't figure out why we, of all people, aren...I can't figure out why we, of all people, aren't allowed to complain about our jobs. Even ignoring the trolls (yes, let's do that), some people still believe we should love every minute of being a prof. Maybe they think we "get the summer off" or some bullshit like that. Maybe they think that the nobility of our work - a view I agree with - supersedes the right to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37794075911103952342014-12-26T13:00:17.651-05:002014-12-26T13:00:17.651-05:00Hear, hear!
Especially: "That could be becau...Hear, hear!<br /><br />Especially: "That could be because, you know, it's Christmas. "Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.com