tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5275862740300020370..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Flava: Mandatory Freshman ReadingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37915870477993759382013-05-15T23:41:29.692-04:002013-05-15T23:41:29.692-04:00For those who have problems with lug nuts, carry i...For those who have problems with lug nuts, carry in your trunk a length of pipe approximately 3 feet long with an inside diameter that is large enough to fit over the jack handle. After fitting it over the handle, grasp the end farthest from the wheel and exert force. You will be able to produce more torque on the stubborn nut. If that doesn't work you can increase the length by moving theGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35679741959020977302013-05-13T17:14:06.952-04:002013-05-13T17:14:06.952-04:00I'm contemplating a purchase for a young relat...I'm contemplating a purchase for a young relative who is graduating from high school (also contemplating whether said relative or relative's parents might take it the wrong way. Probably not; they're pretty sensible). <br /><br />I know in theory how to change a tire, but in practice I call AAA, since I can't get the lug nuts off if they're machine-tightened (and they're Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53489348453905211612013-05-13T17:00:07.610-04:002013-05-13T17:00:07.610-04:00Ordered my copy!Ordered my copy!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51098050746294201062013-05-13T16:59:48.031-04:002013-05-13T16:59:48.031-04:00A student of mine asked me to help her address an ...A student of mine asked me to help her address an envelope home. She was not an ELL student. <br /><br />I know how to change a tire, but if AAA it near, I'm calling AAA to do it.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62779742784504067472013-05-13T13:10:55.645-04:002013-05-13T13:10:55.645-04:00I hated shop class at the time, but lord I've ...I hated shop class at the time, but lord I've used it since, as well as the stuff my Mom and Dad both taught me. I've told some of my students they should learn to cook. Some of the young men looked dubious until I told them that one way to impress a young lady was to be able to cook her a nice romantic dinner. Yes, yes, there are more reasons than that to learn to cook, but these were Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90622635153401149272013-05-13T10:16:03.629-04:002013-05-13T10:16:03.629-04:00Just in time for high school graduation. Could it...Just in time for high school graduation. Could it surpass "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" ? Probably not.<br />For the record, I can change a tire but haven't balanced the checkbook in over a decade. I "do the math" in the ledger, but doing a line-by-line monthly reconciliation just seems like a waste of time.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42834415620392800432013-05-13T08:01:10.168-04:002013-05-13T08:01:10.168-04:00PG, I might have been one of the last graduates of...PG, I might have been one of the last graduates of the combined shop/home ec program my school called "practical arts."<br /><br />A quarter of woodworking, then metal shop (with wiring - we built a desk lamp), then cooking, then sewing. <br /><br />Those classes -- and typing -- taught me skills I have used regularly to this day. <br /><br />I learned basic auto repair at my dad's Aware and Scaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14700345349806280657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87059113806151538102013-05-13T02:19:05.046-04:002013-05-13T02:19:05.046-04:00I'm buying this for my own kids!I'm buying this for my own kids!Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22989350918084249572013-05-13T00:16:06.680-04:002013-05-13T00:16:06.680-04:00I have helped change a tire, in afternoon in midsu...I have helped change a tire, in afternoon in midsummer in Death Valley in fact, with a jack that didn't work, using piled up rocks to jack up the back end of the car. Which is why I will call a tow truck from now on. I feel that I have done my tire-changing.<br /><br />Everything else, though, absolutely. I assist students to learn essential life skills by assuming that they already have Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11231797389213856952013-05-12T23:39:22.041-04:002013-05-12T23:39:22.041-04:00Another copy sold.
*Colleges* should be teaching ...Another copy sold.<br /><br />*Colleges* should be teaching life skills? No, that's what high school is for. Economics class should include balancing a checkbook, calculating interest, building a decent credit rating, and investing.<br /><br />High schools should also offer (if not require) a year with hands-on rotations in basic auto maintenance, basic home maintenance (clearing a drain, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-92028555162798045202013-05-12T23:16:48.922-04:002013-05-12T23:16:48.922-04:00I could (and did) change my own tire at 17, on my ...I could (and did) change my own tire at 17, on my way to take the ACT, no less.<br /><br />I had a discussion with a friend who argued that colleges should be teaching "life skills" like balancing a checkbook. "Blank look". Because I value the friendship, I did not laugh. I used it as a teachable moment. "Who would teach these skills? What academic discipline teaches how BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69759601720942918942013-05-12T22:01:16.391-04:002013-05-12T22:01:16.391-04:00Really? It's a very useful skill and not hard...Really? It's a very useful skill and not hard to learn. That and learning to do a jump-start for a dead battery...Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37428910520768522442013-05-12T20:53:26.397-04:002013-05-12T20:53:26.397-04:00Shit, I don't know how to change a tire.Shit, I don't know how to change a tire.The Naughty Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234624349205271144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8510045088869874232013-05-12T20:26:40.638-04:002013-05-12T20:26:40.638-04:00When I started teaching in the late 1980s, I was s...When I started teaching in the late 1980s, I was shocked at how I was expected to coddle my students. I didn't care how wonderful they were back then and that never changed while I was an instructor.<br /><br />Guess who got written up for not having any "people skills", whatever they are?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51328908530081434142013-05-12T20:25:21.099-04:002013-05-12T20:25:21.099-04:00I am amazed at some of the stuff my students don&#...I am amazed at some of the stuff my students don't know how to do. One of my students missed a class because they had a flat tire and had to call a tow-truck. "Don't you know how to change a tire?" "Blank look." Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23792444682169534112013-05-12T20:23:46.606-04:002013-05-12T20:23:46.606-04:00I wish I had read this when I was 20. I wish I had read this when I was 20. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22688578382179346722013-05-12T19:07:18.797-04:002013-05-12T19:07:18.797-04:00I've found that more and more of my students n...I've found that more and more of my students need help with even basic things: navigating interpersonal relationships, cooking, work/life balance, and this books puts it all out there.<br /><br />Are parents so overprotective today that their kids can't even perform basic cooking skills? My "job" in the family was to prepare dinner once a week for the rest of the family, do Maybellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01470091893270064951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6912995930694396732013-05-12T14:24:04.503-04:002013-05-12T14:24:04.503-04:00I'm torn. Someone needs to say it to them, but...I'm torn. Someone needs to say it to them, but is this really the best we can get for a Freshman Reading curriculum? <br /><br />Hm...<br /><br />"Most of the world doesn’t give a flying fuck about you."<br /><br />Okay, I'm sold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7763397216565732262013-05-12T12:56:39.283-04:002013-05-12T12:56:39.283-04:00I think I just found my new text for my first leve...I think I just found my new text for my first level hamster composition course.<br /><br />Bless you, Maybelle.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31333841378194400932013-05-12T11:28:23.670-04:002013-05-12T11:28:23.670-04:001 copy just ordered!
Thanks, Maybelle.1 copy just ordered!<br />Thanks, Maybelle.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.com