tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4088082977815449793..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Wilma from Waterville With a Big Nutty Thirsty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24703200893785081982011-12-24T22:49:26.711-05:002011-12-24T22:49:26.711-05:00I'd ask the wizard for my department to get so...I'd ask the wizard for my department to get some Courage. They have Brains. They have hearts; they probably have too much heart, for that matter.<br /><br />But they need Courage. They are all too skittish and nervous that they might hurt someone's feelings or make somebody mad at them if the stick to their guns and enforce a rule.<br /><br />Courage for them. That's what I'd Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73872469129535177852011-12-24T02:35:31.625-05:002011-12-24T02:35:31.625-05:00I have a list of colleagues who need to retire or ...I have a list of colleagues who need to retire or seek employment elsewhere. My gift would be that they do so in order for us to avoid layoffs or involuntary transfers within our system for certain junior faculty members who are far more productive, collegial, and dedicated to education than those I want to leave.EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56176788831227547812011-12-23T18:35:09.836-05:002011-12-23T18:35:09.836-05:00@Surly: until fairly recently, I've heard the ...@Surly: until fairly recently, I've heard the word used that way mostly in church (and I have to admit I'm not overly fond of the usage, however time-tested, myself). Maybe it's spread from there? It also strikes me as advertising/PR language: trying to talk about a pre-existing thing in what sounds like a new and fancier sway. I'd guess that, like many slightly unusual usages,Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72362611646784818602011-12-23T09:19:57.498-05:002011-12-23T09:19:57.498-05:00@Curmudge and Frisky: Whoa, everybody be cool! I ...@Curmudge and Frisky: Whoa, everybody be cool! I wasn't trying to be a dick, it was an honest question. I haven't heard it in common usage until very recently. <br /><br />Actually, I'd had my comment box open to offer an anser to the question, but the more I thought about it, the more vast and hopeless the whole issue seemed. So much. So much is needed to turn my college back Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77306674322240708602011-12-23T07:53:35.673-05:002011-12-23T07:53:35.673-05:00I was going to ask for brain transplants, but then...I was going to ask for brain transplants, but then I realized that, no, it's spine transplants that are needed.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7828600262495787112011-12-23T07:17:33.384-05:002011-12-23T07:17:33.384-05:00For my department to have the six or seven TT line...For my department to have the six or seven TT lines it truly needs--so I could give them all to CM'ersTubaPlayingProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524484569241433720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52126416695051630902011-12-22T21:40:36.505-05:002011-12-22T21:40:36.505-05:00Balls and a psychiatristBalls and a psychiatristProfessor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38611545866189440422011-12-22T21:12:59.071-05:002011-12-22T21:12:59.071-05:00Tomorrow, the world would wake up and the Director...Tomorrow, the world would wake up and the Director of Hamster Brewing would have disappeared from the timeline and never have existed. Poof.My Little Proffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843685528001871813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48599458382257772492011-12-22T20:57:49.859-05:002011-12-22T20:57:49.859-05:00How could they not know that Wombat is Wombat OF t...How could they not know that Wombat is Wombat OF the Copier, and needs a suitably regal copier?!Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18760772462610199502011-12-22T17:00:08.322-05:002011-12-22T17:00:08.322-05:00Poor Wombat - unable to even copy a textbook, and ...Poor Wombat - unable to even copy a textbook, and no one sees any problem with this (chances are, the people who make budget decisions don't have to use that copier) It's the small things that really add to the College Misery, because we know they are easily fixed. Yes, we'd all like the big things like more money (or to not be treated like doormats), but those are lofty, ambitious Programming Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838328277067778125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42544427575291178612011-12-22T15:53:41.006-05:002011-12-22T15:53:41.006-05:00A truly mundane answer: a new copier.
But seri...A truly mundane answer: a new copier. <br /><br />But seriously, ours has been crap since I started working here 6 years ago. The other place I used to adjunct has gotten not one, but TWO new (and functional) machines in that time, each more Jetson-y than what it replaced. <br /><br />This one won't copy sideways anymore. You have to use tray 1, because by the third sheet through tray 2Wombat of the Copierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847183793780076028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52485346061490737042011-12-22T15:33:55.314-05:002011-12-22T15:33:55.314-05:00Well, thanks for the supportive message, Southern ...Well, thanks for the supportive message, Southern Bubba, but there's no need for such strong language. It is my Christmas wish, but I'm not as angry about it as you are (then again, I've had many years to come to terms with it). Visualize whirled peas - I'm with you on that Christmas wish.Programming Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838328277067778125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26450002142426187692011-12-22T15:24:00.416-05:002011-12-22T15:24:00.416-05:00I change my request. I want to transfer my gift w...I change my request. I want to transfer my gift wish to Patty. I wish those goddamn facilities people would finally get off their FUCKING ASSES and move that cubicle divider for her. She needs that more than I need my colleague killed. It fucking pisses me off just thinking about being in her position. I hate shit like that.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54063737145938771922011-12-22T15:13:49.803-05:002011-12-22T15:13:49.803-05:00I'd like to gift my overworked and stressed ou...I'd like to gift my overworked and stressed out CC department a lower teaching load - even 4/4 instead of 5/5 would be great, 3/3 if they teach all first-year comp.The Magical Realisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069059368113533234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15794706048184026892011-12-22T15:10:18.482-05:002011-12-22T15:10:18.482-05:00A decorporatized university.A decorporatized university.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74008150727560395932011-12-22T15:02:30.379-05:002011-12-22T15:02:30.379-05:00I would like a wall around my cubicle so every sin...I would like a wall around my cubicle so every single person who walks by does not feel compelled to greet me, comment on local politics, ask me where so-and-so's office is, peer out my window and comment on the weather, or worst of all, force me to drop everything to discuss their stupid project which will "only take a minute" but never does. When exactly did the phrase "do Programming Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838328277067778125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48862207816803459762011-12-22T14:59:45.349-05:002011-12-22T14:59:45.349-05:00I would like to double the size of our faculty and...I would like to double the size of our faculty and hire some awesome young people who would then call me a silverback and complain how I haven't published anything since 1980. But a new crop of faculty would dilute the assholery of the existing faculty, particularly the Society Matron, the Wilted Ivy, and the Cow.Hellish Harpyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187940052450516822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49311566382657569212011-12-22T12:38:34.047-05:002011-12-22T12:38:34.047-05:00Fudge my department - I'd like a goddamn inter...Fudge my department - I'd like a goddamn interview followed by an offer of employment. <br /><br />But, I am willing to settle for a bottle of single-malt.Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32677262467091801822011-12-22T11:39:23.212-05:002011-12-22T11:39:23.212-05:00Raises and better health insurance. I'd be ma...Raises and better health insurance. I'd be making 25k more almost anywhere else. And what we have is basically major medical, with huge deductibles and no dental or vision.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69993903165783055622011-12-22T11:34:59.753-05:002011-12-22T11:34:59.753-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27018267297009912382011-12-22T10:47:14.681-05:002011-12-22T10:47:14.681-05:00thanks for getting us back on the question, cassan...thanks for getting us back on the question, cassandra:<br /><br />The gift I'd like is a mandate that at my college students couldn't declare majors until the end of the sophomore year. Make a general ed program that really hit all the highlights of what we offer. Give them a taste of music and writing and science and psychology and art and poli sci and eco-science. Let them see what'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29980783289609117302011-12-22T10:39:26.367-05:002011-12-22T10:39:26.367-05:00A conversion of all full-time non-tenure-track and...A conversion of all full-time non-tenure-track and most adjunct lines to tenure track lines, a la the <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/20/community-college-michigan-ramps-tenure-track-faculty" rel="nofollow">article that Terry posted a few days ago</a>, and what the AAUP has been urging for a year or two. The new positions would be 3/3 to allow for service and a bit of Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41706100066258277002011-12-22T09:59:59.465-05:002011-12-22T09:59:59.465-05:00Surly: Good for you focusing on the question.
gif...Surly: Good for you focusing on the question.<br /><br />gift <br />noun<br />1.<br />something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.<br />2.<br />the act of giving.<br />3.<br />something bestowed or acquired without any particular effort by the recipient or without its being earned: Those extraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60639196292813219302011-12-22T09:27:54.860-05:002011-12-22T09:27:54.860-05:00@Surly: According to the OED, since the 15th centu...@Surly: According to the OED, since the 15th century. If you want to get worked up over it, you're a bit late to the party.Curmudgeon in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524725236168917391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60877931960083770642011-12-22T09:18:58.865-05:002011-12-22T09:18:58.865-05:00When did "gift" become a verb?When did "gift" become a verb?Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.com