tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6134903259788236165..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: This Week's Big Thirsty on Envy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22909725681317866242013-08-31T18:34:35.906-04:002013-08-31T18:34:35.906-04:00The person the hired instead of me. She is quite ...The person the hired instead of me. She is quite nice, but the email sending out the syllabus we should all use...made me lose it, irrationally! After hearing everyone else grumble about the new syllabus standards at my SALC, I am grateful, but damn I still feel like she has my job!Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67739878630265973612013-08-30T18:45:43.411-04:002013-08-30T18:45:43.411-04:00Oh, she is just the worst! She shows genuine delig...Oh, she is just the worst! She shows genuine delight in others' successes, mine included! <br /><br />I do have to say that her example spurs me to produce better work than I would otherwise. Thank heavens for that, I suppose.Anteaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473596216346134582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50565718250963626982013-08-30T18:20:40.668-04:002013-08-30T18:20:40.668-04:00I don't envy any of my colleagues at work or f...I don't envy any of my colleagues at work or from grad school, but I do envy some colleagues at College Misery:<br /><br />Agnes of Dog for having the best pseudonym.<br /><br />Bella, Stella, and Contingent Cassandra for having more courage than I do to speak their minds.<br /><br />Frog and Toad for always being right on the money with her posts.<br /><br />Greta and Professor Tingle for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37684167648655049312013-08-30T15:25:31.607-04:002013-08-30T15:25:31.607-04:00She has a programmer husband that freed her from g...She has a programmer husband that freed her from grad school poverty.<br />She has two kids.<br />She just got a job at Cold Springs fucking Harbor.Irritated Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415532947857584043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10275098489887405862013-08-29T19:37:39.848-04:002013-08-29T19:37:39.848-04:00I bet she feels similarly about you. :) Once when ...I bet she feels similarly about you. :) Once when I expressed admiration to a fellow student who seemed to have it all together, she said she had thought similarly of me. Oh, wait... she was probably just being nice... and humble... I hate her.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8190520369131978202013-08-29T16:38:18.068-04:002013-08-29T16:38:18.068-04:00One of my fellow grad students. Her dissertation i...One of my fellow grad students. Her dissertation is dazzling. Earlier, her seminar papers were dazzling. She presents and publishes in the best conferences and journals, and wins prizes and fellowships. She has hobbies, friends, and a wonderful husband. To top it all off, she has the face of an angel and the body of a model. She would be insufferable, but she's so humble and sweet. I have no Anteaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473596216346134582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66163178456341928832013-08-29T16:32:51.158-04:002013-08-29T16:32:51.158-04:00That's horrible. I hope faculty donated to he...That's horrible. I hope faculty donated to help the poor guy. $50,000 is probably not even a 10% raise. Those second vacation homes don't just buy themselves, you know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67592839738183306722013-08-29T13:09:42.646-04:002013-08-29T13:09:42.646-04:00The state government hasn't provided money for...The state government hasn't provided money for faculty raises since 2008, yet the university president got a $50K raise last year.Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62007949044139446402013-08-29T12:48:03.673-04:002013-08-29T12:48:03.673-04:00This year, it might be me. I (and a few other peo...This year, it might be me. I (and a few other people in a particular situation) got fairly large raises, while others (in an arguably parallel one) apparently got much smaller ones. I suspect there may be some unhappiness over this. If so, I understand, and agree it's not fair. On the other hand, I've had enough experience with being in the opposite situation to take what I can get, andContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38785212502867290862013-08-29T12:15:30.839-04:002013-08-29T12:15:30.839-04:00Ah... you address THE question: Why bad things hap...Ah... you address THE question: Why bad things happen to good people? (and viceversa). Four answers, courtesy of (the early) Northrop Frye:<br />a) Everything is fine, and what about which you complain is unimportant or, in any case, is an opportunity to explore your consciousness [idilic vision] <br />b) Everything will be fine. Eventually, virtue will be rewarded [comic-romantic vision]<br />c)French Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85230534983756147172013-08-29T09:45:36.948-04:002013-08-29T09:45:36.948-04:00Damn all of you people who managed to get your kid...Damn all of you people who managed to get your kids bundled and off to school twenty minutes earlier than me and get ALL the freaking parking spots.<br /><br />And where the hell were all of you two weeks ago, when the lot was EMPTY all summer?Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84801999571294747712013-08-29T06:54:04.580-04:002013-08-29T06:54:04.580-04:00Envy is a deadly sin, yet higher education can'...Envy is a deadly sin, yet higher education can't live without it?Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.com