tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3569262874956466290..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: For your viewing pleasureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30729460013225660532014-11-04T21:08:26.370-05:002014-11-04T21:08:26.370-05:00R and/or G, that's priceless. Agreed about the...R and/or G, that's priceless. Agreed about the independence thang. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16455092498441422014-11-04T05:56:19.194-05:002014-11-04T05:56:19.194-05:00I'm told some schools teach students about &qu...I'm told some schools teach students about "the War of Northern Aggression", rather than the Civil War. I'm not sure whether that's much of an excuse, since most Southerners I've met have heard both terms.<br /><br />There's no similar excuse for not knowing the US got its independence from England.<br /><br />I don't think anyone teaches much about the Spanish Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37887837568098843762014-11-03T20:44:45.137-05:002014-11-03T20:44:45.137-05:00The judges would accept "the North" and ...The judges would accept "the North" and "the south, just not yet."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-520255310804738252014-11-03T19:27:18.311-05:002014-11-03T19:27:18.311-05:00CRASH!!!!
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!...CRASH!!!!<br /><br />NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75604749066004416002014-11-03T18:27:56.282-05:002014-11-03T18:27:56.282-05:00Is misinformation about the Civil War endemic in t...Is misinformation about the Civil War endemic in the South? I ask this as an escaped Roman Catholic who went to convent school for 11 years. We learned nothing about the Spanish Inquisition. Not that we expected it. . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40620800028216641872014-11-03T14:12:27.338-05:002014-11-03T14:12:27.338-05:00I'm not at all surprised at this. They are of...I'm not at all surprised at this. They are of a generation who are concerned only with knowledge and facts, such as they are, which are of relevance to them. ("The Civil War? Oh, that's my grandpa's history! That's got nothing to do with me!")<br /><br />Look at it this way--who's going to make a better impression when chatting up a potential date in a bar: Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13411685028454945682014-11-03T12:54:54.780-05:002014-11-03T12:54:54.780-05:00I shouldn't have watched this before going to ...I shouldn't have watched this before going to class today. I really shouldn't have. <br /><br />The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32721803972673969592014-11-03T11:26:42.906-05:002014-11-03T11:26:42.906-05:00A longtime reader says:
Yeah...the video is fairl...<i>A longtime reader says:</i><br /><br />Yeah...the video is fairly representative of Texas Tech students, on the whole: disproportionately good-looking but not overly troubled by brains. I went to TTU for grad school and, while I met a lot of smart undergrads, the place as a whole suffers from being a fallback option school. If students can't get into UT Austin or A&M, then they end up College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46166560440861019482014-11-03T06:07:03.969-05:002014-11-03T06:07:03.969-05:00Ouch. That was even more painful than I thought it...Ouch. That was even more painful than I thought it was going to be when I hit play. The Snooki reference reminded me of this old Onion article, from their 'Year in Review - Top howevermany people of 2010" series. I think they nailed it.<br /><br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/snooki-just-try-not-to-think-about-who-should-real,18634/Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86708891674632200722014-11-02T16:43:37.340-05:002014-11-02T16:43:37.340-05:00Over and over, students in my general-ed science c...Over and over, students in my general-ed science class show that they can't read, write, or think as well as I could in 6th grade. There's a term for an adult with a mind of a 12-year-old: a MORON.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-791251430921182412014-11-02T15:37:29.527-05:002014-11-02T15:37:29.527-05:00As a historian, I'm weeping at my desk right n...As a historian, I'm weeping at my desk right now. Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.com