tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6567715205033675472..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: More from Loveland Leona. She's Like SO Hard.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26325726993718860612013-02-22T00:51:56.470-05:002013-02-22T00:51:56.470-05:00No Cookies, a lazy idiot is a lazy idiot, and I...No Cookies, a lazy idiot is a lazy idiot, and I'm a member of Its-none-of-your-goddamn-business-what-Im-a-member-of Party, which as a teapartying libertarian is a sentiment you should greatly appreciate, and a teapartying thank you for that interesting and totally irrelevant segue into politics, as I don't see how lefty vs righty enters into a student being an a-hole, but if you're a Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63594898269129117962013-02-21T18:55:46.034-05:002013-02-21T18:55:46.034-05:00I agree with the Tea Party's stance on a small...I agree with the Tea Party's stance on a smaller, less intrusive government. To be fair, the bloggers here are always railing about the snowflakes "self of steam" and No Child Left Behind, and the benefits that have been reaped from both of those enlightened approaches to education.<br /><br />Rather than turning this political it would be a better use of resources to fix the Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2383101968476859842013-02-21T12:36:41.399-05:002013-02-21T12:36:41.399-05:00I'm a member of the Teapartying Teaparty, but ...I'm a member of the Teapartying Teaparty, but thank you for the new vocab. I don't really see why you're so upset about student entitlement, since you're apparently a lefty, and you guys basically destroyed the entire public school system by yourselves. I.e., the left caused the problem, so do they (you) have the right to complain about it? Maybe try less self-esteem-based &No Cookieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17722547269501795463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30920481110280562422013-02-20T20:25:33.791-05:002013-02-20T20:25:33.791-05:00Frod, I've used your phrase, modified slightly...Frod, I've used your phrase, modified slightly. "This is hard!" "Well, it does require some thinking!" Ohhh, if looks could kill....Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6065624764806498142013-02-20T17:33:25.940-05:002013-02-20T17:33:25.940-05:00And don't forget that, as Richard Pryor observ...And don't forget that, as Richard Pryor observed, "FIRE is inspirational..." See how much fun chemistry is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84432653630207527172013-02-20T14:04:49.998-05:002013-02-20T14:04:49.998-05:00Oh, I've had to interact with parents. Thank G...Oh, I've had to interact with parents. Thank God for FERPA.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71828766144199474112013-02-20T13:29:42.097-05:002013-02-20T13:29:42.097-05:00One of the great things about teaching physics is ...One of the great things about teaching physics is that I can fire back, "IT DOES REQUIRE INTELLIGENCE!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12246269960833976672013-02-20T11:20:21.655-05:002013-02-20T11:20:21.655-05:00Save the paperwork. Let them play with strong radi...Save the paperwork. Let them play with strong radioisotopes. Especially let them spill it on their pants. Takes longer, but helps clean up some pollution in the gene pool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6669905598627589342013-02-20T11:14:45.376-05:002013-02-20T11:14:45.376-05:00Actual Quote from an Actual Student:
"If you...Actual Quote from an Actual Student:<br /><br />"If you were any kind of a decent teacher, you would make it easy to understand this stuff. I'm struggling so much that you must be a lousy teacher." (In what may be the single most conceptually difficult course in my flavor of hamster tech)<br /><br />I laughed in the student's face, and asked them to send me the same statement byAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8004351939153276242013-02-20T10:59:41.469-05:002013-02-20T10:59:41.469-05:00I'm sorry. It could be worse. You could be a...I'm sorry. It could be worse. You could be a high school teacher who has to meet with their goddamn mommies. But I know it's bad enough as it is.Ms Characterizedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350142559797092616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47497238059336650322013-02-20T10:28:35.407-05:002013-02-20T10:28:35.407-05:00Best passive-aggressive response to a snowflake ev...Best passive-aggressive response to a snowflake ever: "I am so sorry that I did not live up to your expectations"French Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87849285983538508822013-02-20T09:08:34.153-05:002013-02-20T09:08:34.153-05:00Every time they tell me that "last semester&#...Every time they tell me that "last semester's professor gave me an A," I check. It's almost never true. Untenured Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107788326951579690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32167980721884530592013-02-20T06:14:44.881-05:002013-02-20T06:14:44.881-05:00I'd recommend poisoning. It's less destruc...I'd recommend poisoning. It's less destructive of lab equipment and can act more slowly, so the flakes' agony can be prolonged, as you giggle like a proper mad scientist. MUAA-HA-HAAA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87919774695688171932013-02-20T01:32:53.227-05:002013-02-20T01:32:53.227-05:00Too bad you don't have tenure. Now that I have...Too bad you don't have tenure. Now that I have it, whenever I get students who act like very young children by telling me I'm so much meaner and harder than last semester's professor, I may grin maliciously and giggle like a proper mad scientist, and chortle, "THANK YOU. I TRY!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67463416039514037212013-02-20T00:06:19.533-05:002013-02-20T00:06:19.533-05:00So frustrating when they blame us for their inadeq...So frustrating when they blame us for their inadequacies. I get that all the time, too: "You're such a hard grader. Why can't you be cool like my last lame professor?" when I give them a grade they actually earned. It makes me wonder how many people in their lives really do just give them a grade they don't deserve because they're too chicken shit to do their jobs The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76203617259341700182013-02-19T21:46:26.666-05:002013-02-19T21:46:26.666-05:00If they do well then THEY got an A. If they do poo...If they do well then THEY got an A. If they do poorly then YOU gave them an F.Profbot 5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/09327810074678735042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82050205306869066472013-02-19T20:54:47.406-05:002013-02-19T20:54:47.406-05:00Last semester I had a student who, despite my givi...Last semester I had a student who, despite my giving examples, supplying links to related subjects, writing it into the hard-copy schedule, wrote a paper that I, at first, thought she had handed in to the wrong class.<br /><br />"No," she told me, You didn't make the assignment clear." <br /><br />I still flunked her. And I'm only an adjunct, but my department backs me CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79416810983061210022013-02-19T19:30:44.638-05:002013-02-19T19:30:44.638-05:00I would like to use this in my senior class syllab...I would like to use this in my senior class syllabus. I love it.<br /><br />Prof Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217936415069624428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50661661554892500592013-02-19T19:01:47.843-05:002013-02-19T19:01:47.843-05:00I totally can't stand this crap either.
I bury...I totally can't stand this crap either.<br />I bury them in a response email, I teapartying bury them in every last teapartying detail of everything I did, so that there is absolutely no doubt in anyone's mind, including the student's, that the responsibility (and blame) for a poor grade rested entirely on the student. I also tend to 'cc the chair of undergrad studies for the Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43421267658069940972013-02-19T16:57:47.122-05:002013-02-19T16:57:47.122-05:00Maybe you could get the students to blow themselve...Maybe you could get the students to blow themselves up in the lab. That might solve the problem (although there'd probably be lot of paperwork afterwards).Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49945456409312669702013-02-19T15:41:47.418-05:002013-02-19T15:41:47.418-05:00"I required a thesis paragraph, two secondary..."I required a thesis paragraph, two secondary source summaries, and a footnote formatting exercise, about half of which this student completed satisfactorily. I offered written feedback. I offered every week for students to come meet with me. I stated several times how important it was for them to look at the scientist and not just read the secondary sources about the scientist. But because Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73907396438622625602013-02-19T15:31:50.011-05:002013-02-19T15:31:50.011-05:00Bless you for posting this. I too sometimes quest...Bless you for posting this. I too sometimes question my rigor as a result of flakery (and I have tenure). There are days I wonder if it is worth it, as I watch certain colleagues flounce in late, leave early, have no grading, and certainly have no student complaints. When one's exam average is 84% one doesn't have many flakes who feel bad or complain. I can't fathom that this Academic Charlotte Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617435890922621735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81020575354705172132013-02-19T15:17:20.852-05:002013-02-19T15:17:20.852-05:00To these students anything less than an A is a sig...To these students anything less than an A is a sign that you didn't explain things properly. It's never that they didn't work hard enough or that they didn't read your course material and feedback. It makes me sad and angry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19110660590250059632013-02-19T12:50:49.542-05:002013-02-19T12:50:49.542-05:00One of my HS teachers said something similar to me...One of my HS teachers said something similar to me at just the right moment when I was willing to hear it and it changed my whole outlook on school. Irritated Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415532947857584043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10125274733470459232013-02-19T12:47:19.416-05:002013-02-19T12:47:19.416-05:00"My apologies to real scientists for the meta..."My apologies to real scientists for the metaphor..." No apologies necessary. We do prefer to blow stuff up in the lab.<br /><br />The solution to your problem is to become the first semester professor. I don't mean lower your standards but just teach the first course. You won't be compared to anybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com