tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7067381060029938831..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: 5 Years Ago From RYS. One of the most requested archival posts ever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79452056639297473512012-12-24T13:31:11.903-05:002012-12-24T13:31:11.903-05:00It isn't at all helpful to judge people who ar...It isn't at all helpful to judge people who are already down on themselves. I reserve my judgment for the narcissistic snowflakes who have no clue that they are primarily to blame for their predicament. This guy is not one of those. I'm glad he got out. <br /><br />More and more I'm thinking it comes down to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule" rel="Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51046708718942136842012-12-22T11:30:51.894-05:002012-12-22T11:30:51.894-05:00I agree with Contingent Cassandra. I would rather ...I agree with Contingent Cassandra. I would rather deal with snowflakes than bridezillas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35604440822842792432012-12-22T09:49:57.977-05:002012-12-22T09:49:57.977-05:00As a wedding planner you're able to tell the e...As a wedding planner you're able to tell the entitled narcissistic snowflake and their parent flakes, "Well, that's going to cost more money."<br /><br />What would amount to bribery in academia is sound business practice in the real world. Price-gouging? Tomayto, Tomahto. It's not gouging if it's not for an essential product.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44874421764308884752012-12-21T13:43:19.554-05:002012-12-21T13:43:19.554-05:00I don't judge him, but I do think he made the ...I don't judge him, but I do think he made the best decision to leave teaching. It is not for everyone. One of the things I tell myself when a prickly Dean gets on my nerves, is "I will be here, long after you're gone!" And I believe it too. My goal is to be a Silverback when I get older.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12181166701167173082012-12-21T13:36:51.457-05:002012-12-21T13:36:51.457-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29243799056508517322012-12-21T11:21:30.990-05:002012-12-21T11:21:30.990-05:00This, and I suppose RYS before it, has always been...This, and I suppose RYS before it, has always been a place to share one's misery.<br /><br />I know I was guilty in the past of this, but I don't know how valuable it is to judge these folks in the way we often do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48801865840496542512012-12-21T11:19:34.522-05:002012-12-21T11:19:34.522-05:00The tricky question, I think, is what the writer t...The tricky question, I think, is what the writer thought "being a teacher" would be like, and how closely that conformed to the reality (or, rather, the range of available/possible realities) from the other side of the desk. It certainly sounds like he had both some personal standards and a strong desire for approval from others, which can be a difficult combination. And if he's Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86454946972339360862012-12-21T11:07:33.945-05:002012-12-21T11:07:33.945-05:00I remember this dude and all I could hear while re...I remember this dude and all I could hear while reading his tear-stained post was Eric Carmen's "All by Myself" backed with "Don't Cry Out Loud."<br /><br />I had to play the Sex Pistols after it was over....Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18151756858067454142012-12-21T10:30:57.914-05:002012-12-21T10:30:57.914-05:00Like the original contributor, I had a miserable t...Like the original contributor, I had a miserable time while I was teaching. It wasn't that I wasn't suited for it. I was, despite what certain administrators claimed. I didn't mind the lecturing because some of the material could be quite interesting and it was often hard for me to shut up about it. What I wasn't prepared for when I started my job at the institution in the late Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45851204105402615942012-12-21T10:27:13.148-05:002012-12-21T10:27:13.148-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65480433072056433482012-12-21T07:47:41.696-05:002012-12-21T07:47:41.696-05:00The professor in the post above ended up leaving t...The professor in the post above ended up leaving the profession. Like some RYSsers, this writer kept in contact with me over time. There was always a sort of therapeutic thing that went on with some of the posts. When I would forward messages from readers, it was often a chance to gain some perspective.<br /><br />He quit his job, the family relocated, and they started a business doing wedding Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54519691403653627602012-12-21T06:49:19.240-05:002012-12-21T06:49:19.240-05:00And of course, I have tenure. And of course, I have tenure. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82327136805685276802012-12-21T06:48:02.900-05:002012-12-21T06:48:02.900-05:00I'm not quite as bad off as this person. I can...I'm not quite as bad off as this person. I can say "No." But I sure have to do a lot of screaming to make it stick. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com