tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5428613260568173437..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: First Outraged Oscar ... now Unqualified UrsulaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61555433543823919462013-08-03T14:50:08.935-04:002013-08-03T14:50:08.935-04:00Retention is a false god, to which quality and sta...Retention is a false god, to which quality and standards are sacrificed upon the altar of faux egalitarianism. The smoke and stench from that unholy sacrifice covers up the ungainly, but undeniable, truth that not everyone can/needs/should go to college.ghphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13782134182104667235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55651644840438739352013-08-01T05:42:06.039-04:002013-08-01T05:42:06.039-04:00The Ursulas out there are very scary. As is the ad...The Ursulas out there are very scary. As is the admin desire for their tuition dollars, at all costs.<br /><br />I don't have any kind of an answer for this one. Fewer students, of course. But what will that look like and how do we make it happen?Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68035133299009479992013-07-31T02:51:01.792-04:002013-07-31T02:51:01.792-04:00A colleague recently told me that this September w...A colleague recently told me that this September we'll be meeting the first cohort whose entire education happened under No Child Left Behind. I may just start praying in the classroom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60558537040957865492013-07-31T01:25:56.584-04:002013-07-31T01:25:56.584-04:00When I first started teaching, I had the occasiona...When I first started teaching, I had the occasional student like this. Now, I have a class full of these and 2-3 who are meeting the standard. The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68596466840992256732013-07-30T20:46:10.194-04:002013-07-30T20:46:10.194-04:00We should admit everyone we can afford to let in, ...We should admit everyone we can afford to let in, and refuse to let them stay in if they don't accomplish what they need to.<br /><br />That will never, ever, ever happen, because retention is considered an end in itself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119100121479821544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80155862723292204662013-07-30T17:54:16.499-04:002013-07-30T17:54:16.499-04:00I think there's an appropriate level of discom...I think there's an appropriate level of discomfort with writing. Too little, an U get txt spk. Too much, and the composer of written communication exhibits such a plethora of apprehension, expressed in conjunction with excessive utilization of a thesaurus, that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88279108222623110642013-07-30T14:33:08.593-04:002013-07-30T14:33:08.593-04:00When I worked in writing centers, I would get thes...When I worked in writing centers, I would get these students occasionally. One I remember in particular, although all I remember is being utterly baffled by what he was saying. I can't remember his topic or anything, but boy those sentences were just opaque. As I was reading out loud, I would stop at the end of every sentence and ask him what he meant. He was much better at getting his point The Magical Realisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069059368113533234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37513394748750636382013-07-30T13:46:10.885-04:002013-07-30T13:46:10.885-04:00Aaarrrggggghhhhh. Not only is Ursula unprepared, s...Aaarrrggggghhhhh. Not only is Ursula unprepared, she is a snowflake of the first order: too special and busy to get help, while also needy for the professor's time. You care about her education, enough to offer detailed feedback and seek help for her from multiple sources. If ever a case cried out for the CM motto,* this is it.<br /><br />It also sucks that you're not getting specific Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5078730244662800002013-07-30T10:42:00.875-04:002013-07-30T10:42:00.875-04:00Less students. Hands down.
I'm not saying we ...Less students. Hands down.<br /><br />I'm not saying we should take away the opportunity for college to students who are just a little underprepared. Surely some of these students end up succeeding with enough hard work and support. But we've all had a handful of students who just weren't in a place where they'd even have a chance at being successful, at least at that point in Mikey G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636566850280566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48747615419297335922013-07-30T10:41:30.357-04:002013-07-30T10:41:30.357-04:00Oh my very yes. I have two of these folks this sum...Oh my very yes. I have two of these folks this summer session. One of them is responding to my continued "simplify, simplify, simplify" comments and the writing is reaching the realm of comprehensibility. The other...not so much. Neither of them has a language barrier to overcome. <br /><br />And I agree with ^sapphire: We keep admitting students who can't do the work because we BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10171074296455426412013-07-30T09:57:37.008-04:002013-07-30T09:57:37.008-04:00This makes me think of the new conundrum facing hi...This makes me think of the new conundrum facing higher ed: is it better to admit unprepared students or have less students? Dr. Pythonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642960036498538195noreply@blogger.com