tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3402110014524683765..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I Don't Care How Many People Dislike This, But I Cannot Stand When the Blog Has No New Material. If This Irks Anyone, Just Blame Me, Don't Blame Les. Six Years Ago Today. An RYS Flashback.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56542474900833210162013-05-31T12:45:24.199-04:002013-05-31T12:45:24.199-04:00What I like about this post, which like most of th...<i>What I like about this post, which like most of these I don't remember or have never seen, is the revelation of how much thought and worry the poor proffie in question had to expend because of this douchebag student.</i><br /><br />Yep. I recently spent hours of my valuable time documenting just where a student had plagiarized his work from, chapter and verse.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27124253651305035302013-05-30T10:11:53.623-04:002013-05-30T10:11:53.623-04:00The post says, "RYS Flashback." If you ...The post says, "RYS Flashback." If you don't like to read old posts, don't. Just don't whine about it.<br /><br />Personally, I like the opportunity to enjoy posts I may or may not have seen before.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21342813991636673752013-05-30T10:10:36.949-04:002013-05-30T10:10:36.949-04:00The post says, "RYS Flashback." If you ...The post says, "RYS Flashback." If you don't like to read old posts, don't. Just don't whine about it.<br /><br />Personally, I like the opportunity to enjoy posts I may or may not have seen before.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91870215300623964762013-05-30T06:46:21.497-04:002013-05-30T06:46:21.497-04:00I have to say, and I don't care if it ruffles ...I have to say, and I don't care if it ruffles anyone the wrong way, but Cal pretty much can do what he likes around here. If that's playing favorites or granting insider status to anyone, so be it. If anyone's an insider, it's him.<br /><br />And, I don't mind the flashbacks, and I understand his concern about no-post days.<br /><br />As has been chronicled here before, I haveCollege Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49121510630816257732013-05-30T02:54:11.887-04:002013-05-30T02:54:11.887-04:00I like the flashback posts, too. Not all of us hav...I like the flashback posts, too. Not all of us have been around since the golden days of yore, and as a relative newbie to the misery it's comforting to know we aren't exactly reinventing the wheel.<br /><br />I have to say, though, that it is at best optimistic and at worst hopelessly naive to suppose that this student will suddenly accept that all of this is actually her fault. As my Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74259489106982163392013-05-29T23:23:38.389-04:002013-05-29T23:23:38.389-04:00My memory, Hector, is that you're a bit of a s...My memory, Hector, is that you're a bit of a shit disturber. That's okay; I understand that.<br /><br />But everyone who knows the page knows that Cal has a fairly extensive proprietary claim to its existence, so cut him a break.<br /><br />Personally, I don't mind the flashbacks. When people don't post anything else, I don't mind seeing something that comes from the archives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58996025289938460492013-05-29T22:57:51.837-04:002013-05-29T22:57:51.837-04:00Well, Cal, this is not real content. I know you wa...Well, Cal, this is not real content. I know you want the page to have new material, but publishing 8 year old posts from a different blog is not the same thing.<br /><br />Why don't you write a new post if it matters so much to you. Anyone can copy and paste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82165292375013505612013-05-29T21:17:05.392-04:002013-05-29T21:17:05.392-04:00I've had my share of students who pulled stunt...I've had my share of students who pulled stunts like that. They figured that if they made enough excuses and told enough nose-stretchers that they would be let off the hook. They were the epitome of what Shakespeare wrote in "All's Well That Ends Well":<br /><br />...he will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool...<br /><br />If they didn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com