tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post428394318799135906..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Dr. Amelia is thirsty about rudeness.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5071149790296840652016-06-13T13:02:06.134-04:002016-06-13T13:02:06.134-04:00I don't disagree, but I think the driver's...I don't disagree, but I think the driver's license thing is a red herring.<br /><br />They don't want licenses because:<br />a) owning a car is expensive; if you don't have a car at your disposal then then a license is only to help others, and <br />b) Unlike previous generations, they can socialize at any time without needing quick cross-town transportaion<br /><br />I sympathizeThree Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17747552663136544652016-06-11T16:35:49.410-04:002016-06-11T16:35:49.410-04:00Oops. 2nd half of 2nd sentence of 1st paragraph sh...Oops. 2nd half of 2nd sentence of 1st paragraph should read: "clearly their understandings of what constitutes appropriate behavior in the circumstances and yours don't align"<br /><br />I guess it all comes under the heading of educating them, but the list of areas in which we need to educate them does seem to be expanding exponentially. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51519577396511221972016-06-11T16:32:56.509-04:002016-06-11T16:32:56.509-04:00They certainly seem rude to me, and it doesn't...They certainly seem rude to me, and it doesn't seem to me that you're expecting too much. But the problem can be put in less moralistic/judgmental terms: clearly your understandings of what constitutes appropriate behavior in the circumstances and your don't align. And that means that, like or not, whether you think you should have to or not, you need to spell out your expectations,Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35593389395565978792016-06-10T04:45:43.213-04:002016-06-10T04:45:43.213-04:00Amelia, of course you aren't expecting too muc...Amelia, of course you aren't expecting too much. Your young idiots are pushing the envelope way beyond bursting. Can you set things up so that appalling behavior like this affects their grades? And Fulton Fred's procedure of banning the miscreants from future opportunities is exactly right.<br /><br />It's a pity that college students still have to learn simple respect like this, but Pennsylvania Pennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85851474168235602092016-06-10T03:44:52.196-04:002016-06-10T03:44:52.196-04:00Did you expect too much? No, you did not expect en...Did you expect too much? No, you did not expect enough. Next time, you will expect more. You will expect them to disappoint you and break your heart. lange tijd lezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78529582313793326872016-06-09T23:36:58.322-04:002016-06-09T23:36:58.322-04:00In the last few years shocking rudeness has increa...In the last few years shocking rudeness has increased and considerateness has decreased. As you might know, for decades narcissism scores have been increasing and empathy scores have been decreasing in young people. It all fits together, especially when we factor in the "everything now" ethos of digital life. While very disturbing, such developments are predictable.Old Schoolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55814309227546928872016-06-09T18:29:15.003-04:002016-06-09T18:29:15.003-04:00You do not expect too much. This is why I stopped ...You do not expect too much. This is why I stopped inviting guest speakers for class years ago: it's just too embarrassing for me, when professionals who graduated from college decades ago see what modern students have come to. As an anonymous poster on "100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School" wrote:<br /><br />"Undergrads ARE worse than people in general. I defy you to call Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34006809878005978702016-06-09T15:46:55.269-04:002016-06-09T15:46:55.269-04:00If he can't make the off campus experience but...If he can't make the off campus experience but he's expected to be there, an email noting he can't make it should be common courtesy. By making everyone wait, he's showing a lack of respect for the time of others.<br /><br />For the ones that sign up, then blow it off, that's just wrong. If you sign up, you're saying you're coming. If you can't come, you send a Fulton Frednoreply@blogger.com