tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7125900911692498751..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: This Doesn't Augur WellUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53244743837654582832012-01-27T23:17:06.484-05:002012-01-27T23:17:06.484-05:00I dunno, I think mine do this kind of thing out of...I dunno, I think mine do this kind of thing out of deference -- they wait till I come in to go in; they don't touch the equipment, etc. It would be fine with me if they did, but I don't think they feel entitled to.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-22378835133380492722012-01-25T20:52:46.316-05:002012-01-25T20:52:46.316-05:00I tell my students that if they sit in the dark, t...I tell my students that if they sit in the dark, the college will call it "ambience" and raise their tuition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28158861577254994512012-01-25T15:52:31.111-05:002012-01-25T15:52:31.111-05:00Weirdly, mine were doing the same thing the other ...Weirdly, mine were doing the same thing the other day. Better yet, they were sitting there eating lunch in the dark.Funny about Moneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188173788063351801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79966531723645065282012-01-25T12:19:35.004-05:002012-01-25T12:19:35.004-05:00Been there. I went in and taught the class without...Been there. I went in and taught the class without turning on the lights.<br />I've also found the students outside of a room because nobody tried to turn the doorknob.Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407507896787403097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31186032408904882672012-01-25T10:48:29.728-05:002012-01-25T10:48:29.728-05:00You had students in the room? Mine waited in the ...You had students <i>in the room?</i> Mine waited in the hall even if the door was open, after I told them to go on in if I wasn't there.<br /><br />It was an evening class, too. These were non-trads, just standing around in the hall.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41317941079406312662012-01-25T01:39:00.627-05:002012-01-25T01:39:00.627-05:00Maybe they like to think of class as an art film a...Maybe they like to think of class as an art film and the time before the instructor comes in as the trailers.<br /><br />Or they're lazy schmucks.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89197157971746468042012-01-24T23:27:17.495-05:002012-01-24T23:27:17.495-05:00Perhaps Recall Fodder Walker will appreciate the 9...Perhaps Recall Fodder Walker will appreciate the 9 cents of energy they saved.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8454557841846618382012-01-24T23:10:01.652-05:002012-01-24T23:10:01.652-05:00Typical Gen iY response. Tell this woman that next...Typical Gen iY response. Tell this woman that next time, instead of "fools," she should say, "peckerheads." (Actually, more appropriate would be "children.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5285084303929494102012-01-24T22:16:31.561-05:002012-01-24T22:16:31.561-05:00It's because so many of this generation's ...It's because so many of this generation's students have cultivated the role of victim. If things don't fall exactly the way their parents promised them it'd be, they fall apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85305361300057793612012-01-24T22:14:15.166-05:002012-01-24T22:14:15.166-05:00Yup... same here: and even when I tell them they c...Yup... same here: and even when I tell them they can turn the lights on, they don't. The ONLY student I've ever had flip the lights on was a woman in her 50s who marched in and said, "Why are you fools sitting in the dark?" A student complained to me that she had called them fool<br /><br />@Frod: I've done that at people's houses when searching for a bathroom. :o)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23089348606582724932012-01-24T19:50:08.416-05:002012-01-24T19:50:08.416-05:00Some high schools don't allow kids to touch th...Some high schools don't allow kids to touch the lights. Even way back when I was in high school we could get written up by touching the light switch or even going in the room if no teacher was present. I still can't imagine why we weren't allowed to touch the lights, though the other rule made enough sense. <br /><br />I was amazed when I got to college and nobody cared if I turned onMy Little Proffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843685528001871813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27598514214165512682012-01-24T17:49:37.671-05:002012-01-24T17:49:37.671-05:00@Frod: did the student end up in Narnia?@Frod: did the student end up in Narnia?EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1798774285236625202012-01-24T15:55:13.679-05:002012-01-24T15:55:13.679-05:00This is what the overscheduled, oversupervised, he...This is what the overscheduled, oversupervised, helicopter parenting they've had inflicted upon them hath wrought: students in college who have so little initiative, they can't even flip a flippin' light switch. It simply does not occur to them. Have you observed what happens when they're outside, and it starts raining? That's right, they quite literally do not have the sense Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87513979928015803232012-01-24T15:07:11.731-05:002012-01-24T15:07:11.731-05:00I'm going with Dr. J on this one. Well said.I'm going with Dr. J on this one. Well said.Liz Imbriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10789417084922765275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4438259800654651402012-01-24T14:18:55.374-05:002012-01-24T14:18:55.374-05:00I get this constantly, too, and always joke about ...I get this constantly, too, and always joke about it, but still find them immersed in darkness more often than not. I think some of them are nursing hangovers/still sleeping/are secretly vampires, so light is more than they can bear...Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187820711962025818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26112107231284418142012-01-24T14:18:43.857-05:002012-01-24T14:18:43.857-05:00I get this constantly, too, and always joke about ...I get this constantly, too, and always joke about it, but still find them immersed in darkness more often than not. I think some of them are nursing hangovers/still sleeping/are secretly vampires, so light is more than they can bear...Dr. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187820711962025818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7110930968059208792012-01-24T14:10:07.074-05:002012-01-24T14:10:07.074-05:00The room has high transom windows with closed shad...The room has high transom windows with closed shades, and it's cloudy here. The only available light was coming in from the hallway.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55052288261356282392012-01-24T13:42:30.019-05:002012-01-24T13:42:30.019-05:00I sometimes teach in rooms where the lights are mo...I sometimes teach in rooms where the lights are motion-activated. Too much stillness and they go off (which wouldn't happen while I'm in the room)...still a freaky indication of the students' lack of initiative or simple *movement*.Blogless A.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06006969866703522194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45596567533394922112012-01-24T13:36:37.370-05:002012-01-24T13:36:37.370-05:00I finally found a suck-up who took the hint! And i...I finally found a suck-up who took the hint! And it's a repeat customer who knows how I like to set the lights. It's disconcerting to have something go right...Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57312857691641960442012-01-24T13:17:00.531-05:002012-01-24T13:17:00.531-05:00Considering the students I had while I was teachin...Considering the students I had while I was teaching, and that situation had happened, turning on the lights wouldn't have made any difference. They would still have been in the dark no matter what I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19310272808123400342012-01-24T13:15:25.143-05:002012-01-24T13:15:25.143-05:00Me too! When I flip the switch, I'll say some...Me too! When I flip the switch, I'll say something like, "Feel free to turn the lights on when you come in," and they'll all just kind of look uncomfortable. Maybe no one wants to be the suck-up who turns on the lights?Ruby from Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756121084410280787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88746054434813490462012-01-24T13:07:59.528-05:002012-01-24T13:07:59.528-05:00Same thing happens to me occasionally. If the ligh...Same thing happens to me occasionally. If the lights were already off in the classroom, there's often not a single student who will undertake the herculean task of flipping the switches upon entering the room.Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6909213166612741502012-01-24T13:03:44.323-05:002012-01-24T13:03:44.323-05:00I laughed, but only because this exact same thing ...I laughed, but only because this exact same thing has happened to me. Mind you, I tend to teach in classrooms with big windows in the back, so there's usually a little natural light coming in and I assume they are just (understandably) enjoying a break from the horrid fluorescent overhead lights.<br /><br />If your classroom has no windows, then that's a little...freaky.aemiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773130677505720954noreply@blogger.com