tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5019852640853484541..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Haywood from Henderson On What's "Wrong."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29048340932075626912012-01-30T02:37:37.840-05:002012-01-30T02:37:37.840-05:00@ Frod - Any defense of the notion that 2+2 has on...@ Frod - Any defense of the notion that 2+2 has only one particular solution, presumably four, is evidence of being trapped in the white, Eurocentric, male, capitalist, heterosexual paradigm of scientism. There are alternative and subaltern ways of knowing and the university should make room for those experiences and appreciate the diversity and richness they bring to the academic community.AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49877867245534082042012-01-29T21:02:15.094-05:002012-01-29T21:02:15.094-05:00Yes, please do keep us posted. I'm hoping tha...Yes, please do keep us posted. I'm hoping that the "investigation" is merely a sop (albeit a ridiculous one) to the student, and you will be fully vindicated. But I know better than to think that that's a certain outcome.Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16058651106993546582012-01-29T11:18:02.642-05:002012-01-29T11:18:02.642-05:00I used to think that education was a test of chara...I used to think that education was a test of character. I remember when I was a freshman I was told what I'd be doing before I finished my B. Sc. I saw some sort of equation with all sorts of symbols that I didn't recognize at the time and I thought that the person who told me that was nuts. Nearly 4 years later, I understood what many of those expressions were, but it required Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68902188997560320452012-01-29T04:56:32.388-05:002012-01-29T04:56:32.388-05:00@Haywood,
do please update us on this one (and goo...@Haywood,<br />do please update us on this one (and good luck!)<br />EC1EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73489074285650877282012-01-29T02:30:52.379-05:002012-01-29T02:30:52.379-05:00What gets me is that, when I was a high-school stu...What gets me is that, when I was a high-school student in the '70s, students were often yelled at for being even half this stupid. Now, we have to treat every extra-speshul one like hothouse flowers. I try my best, but I'm still often criticized as being "intimidating." But a much worse criticism would be "ineffective," so I still keep pointing out errors, and with a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23374063297825366622012-01-29T00:44:13.759-05:002012-01-29T00:44:13.759-05:00Actually, Strel, seeing as you asked the question,...Actually, Strel, seeing as you asked the question, no, it is not. We expect something longer and more gory in its description. What, are you now phoning it in?Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83458087569545799912012-01-29T00:24:49.507-05:002012-01-29T00:24:49.507-05:00The student is a spazz; shoot him.
That good enou...The student is a spazz; shoot him.<br /><br />That good enough for you, Frog and Toad?Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34796965775783621562012-01-28T16:47:58.425-05:002012-01-28T16:47:58.425-05:00Honestly, I think telling students that they are w...Honestly, I think telling students that they are wrong is a fine art.<br /><br />My main goal in grading? To avoid having any interviews with my students about said grading.<br /><br />And so I phrase their wrongness very very delicately. They are never "wrong" -- just less right than they could be. <br /><br />"You make a good point here, Stan, in arguing that Hitler was an alien Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18004075464409490012012-01-28T16:39:44.253-05:002012-01-28T16:39:44.253-05:00I like Prof Poopiehead's idea to henceforth fo...I like Prof Poopiehead's idea to henceforth forward all grading to the dean.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30137730832125960842012-01-28T15:57:43.072-05:002012-01-28T15:57:43.072-05:00The dean reminds me of someone I once shared an of...The dean reminds me of someone I once shared an office with while I was still teaching. He retired from the institution and came back under contract to earn some extra money. One day he told me that while he was head of a different department, he absolutely wanted no hassle whatsoever. That lead me to believe that he was a cream puff when it came to student issues, giving into their complaintsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60975427627259345802012-01-28T15:45:48.102-05:002012-01-28T15:45:48.102-05:00Time for some rabble rousing. I'd point out to...Time for some rabble rousing. I'd point out to the Dean that if this case is even considered, then grading can no longer take place except to give every student a 100%. Marking an answer wrong on an exam should result in a full blown investigation, and any student has the right to such an investigation, given that the precedent has already been established, and, hells bells, so much of the Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44029581381954011092012-01-28T15:32:00.184-05:002012-01-28T15:32:00.184-05:00For (1): do you think there are two sides to the i...For (1): do you think there are two sides to the issue, 2+2=4? If so, do you have change for $5? How about $50?<br /><br />For (2): I tend not to take that seriously, whenever I'm being chased by a large, angry dog that appears that it wants to bite me.<br /><br />For (3): Cultural Marxist post-modernism? Sounds like name-calling to me.<br /><br />For (4): Haven't you heard that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51219867753244213682012-01-28T15:15:17.779-05:002012-01-28T15:15:17.779-05:00Your dean is a jagoff for letting this get this fa...Your dean is a jagoff for letting this get this far. If your student wins this, learning will stop at your school: and the Dean's workload could get much larger. But then, if he can get a bigger staff to handle it, he has an incentive to let it. I hate the sensation that the inmates are running the asylum: it was worst when I was untenured and more vulnerable, but it never did completely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69685977381802317272012-01-28T10:11:37.601-05:002012-01-28T10:11:37.601-05:00Which reminds me: where is Strelnikov when we need...Which reminds me: where is Strelnikov when we need him?Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63695049693335160442012-01-28T09:00:39.093-05:002012-01-28T09:00:39.093-05:00These parodies of administration doubletalk are re...These parodies of administration doubletalk are really good. Too good. It's the equivalent of sending the WWII Germans fake plans that we're headed towards Normandy but a few hundred feet north of our planned landing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20217844081866784232012-01-28T04:15:35.207-05:002012-01-28T04:15:35.207-05:00You failed on a number of counts.
First of all, ...You failed on a number of counts. <br /><br />First of all, you were not fair and balanced. There are two sides to every issue. The class reading materials did not contain the evidence that the other side has on this matter or, if it did, it contained less evidence than for the side you represent. So the student had no recourse other than to present his position as unsupported opinion. This AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.com