tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5614884180852944205..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: When a Post Comes In As One Big Paragraph, We Try to Post It Right Away! Academic Charlotte Anne Lets Loose!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33627881175777386612012-09-29T01:15:04.111-04:002012-09-29T01:15:04.111-04:00Our admins hold this very philosophy. Since the fa...Our admins hold this very philosophy. Since the faculty refuse to call those people enrolled in our courses customers, they pay lip service to us and tell us our relationship is proffie to student. Everywhere else on campus, however, including the administrators' offices, those people are to be considered customers. So let me get this straight: if I treat a student like a student, but he or EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30716605088572908282012-09-28T16:09:32.419-04:002012-09-28T16:09:32.419-04:00A-freakin-MEN, ACA!
As someone in Building X (but...A-freakin-MEN, ACA!<br /><br />As someone in Building X (but who's done time in Building Y as a limited term lecturer), I completely agree that this whole "customer" mentality is a bane & a turd in the puchbowl of academe. (Dammit, the only thing in that punchbowl should be quality hooch from Bubba's stash!)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58571973144482111882012-09-28T15:46:24.314-04:002012-09-28T15:46:24.314-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621589295160127462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60299282819272577302012-09-28T14:12:59.104-04:002012-09-28T14:12:59.104-04:00CC, that's exactly right. And I'd guess t...CC, that's exactly right. And I'd guess that one reason the teachers insist on being so pesky about standards and learning and stuff is that the teachers are committed to the profession, while the administrators are committed to their careers and are already planning their next job move. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6119616932326530832012-09-28T13:44:41.307-04:002012-09-28T13:44:41.307-04:00The other thing she isn't noticing: what many ...The other thing she isn't noticing: what many administrators who talk of "customer service" would really like to do, if they could only figure out how, is to get rid of the pesky, expensive, middlemen (the teachers), and just sell the product (credentials) to the customers (the students). But they need to maintain the illusion that there's some substance involved, lest the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55846711390743993612012-09-28T03:52:26.168-04:002012-09-28T03:52:26.168-04:00My sentiments exactly. And the results of trying t...My sentiments exactly. And the results of trying to flush half the toilet (containing what's left of the Kool-Aid enemas) will be construed as YOUR fault. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com