tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5477774269003038406..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: More from the UVa Debacle: Going Out in StyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39223755397019408242012-06-20T20:23:57.566-04:002012-06-20T20:23:57.566-04:00Too bad his wife or lawyer didn't proofread hi...Too bad his wife or lawyer didn't proofread his letter before he submitted it.<br /><br />Imagine Muhammad Ali writing, <i>"I bee tha greatest boxer of all time."</i><br /><br />OK, yes, you're truly wonderful, but....Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35360947007839792222012-06-20T17:56:25.725-04:002012-06-20T17:56:25.725-04:00More on Wulf here, and full text of letter here. ...More on Wulf <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/104300/resignations-begin-esteemed-computer-science-prof-pulls-plug" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and full text of letter <a href="http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2012/06/19/comp-sci-prof-william-wulfs-resignation-letter/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. While he does have options (and apparently was in the process of retiring, or at least transitioning to a Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76335713484796432392012-06-20T16:16:25.028-04:002012-06-20T16:16:25.028-04:00And I more than occasionally find myself wishing I...And I more than occasionally find myself wishing I were better-suited to independent-school teaching. It's a wonderful environment, but not one that's well-suited to an introvert; much as I appreciate the education I received at the all-girls high school I attended, I realize in retrospect just how utterly exhausting I found the very long, very activity-filled, days as a student, and howContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1312966395326234272012-06-20T15:20:53.435-04:002012-06-20T15:20:53.435-04:00If this is the direction higher ed is going, I'...If this is the direction higher ed is going, I'll be another full prof leaving too. I'd much rather be at an independent high school.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72579078997791218762012-06-20T13:32:32.827-04:002012-06-20T13:32:32.827-04:00Good for him! Of course, given his field and his ...Good for him! Of course, given his field and his reputation, he has options (and who knows whether he actually wanted to stay in Charlottesville -- my cynical side says that this could be a dramatic way of advertising that he's on the market). But hey, whatever his combination of motives, he's exactly the sort of person who *can* take a stand without undue fear of personal disaster, andContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com