tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7328125152068916567..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Evening Cocktail Thirsty on Impulse ControlUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55077124421299287132011-06-24T22:41:19.434-04:002011-06-24T22:41:19.434-04:00I suspect that sometimes they are, indeed, testing...I suspect that sometimes they are, indeed, testing to see whether the proffie is actually reading the whole thing (and I will admit to occasional fantasies of inserting excerpts from the phone book into the middle of my dissertation, which I'm still not convinced anyone would have caught -- in other words, I'm pretty sure my advisors didn't read it all, and I have no reason to think Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3105818920182553062011-06-24T13:10:15.234-04:002011-06-24T13:10:15.234-04:00I must confess that, back in my undergrad days, I ...I must confess that, back in my undergrad days, I did this to my roommate. He had been going nuts trying to think of a title for his thesis, and someone suggested "My Fucking Thesis: Eat It." We all had a good laugh, and that night he stayed up very late writing an unrelated Latin paper.<br /><br />After he went to bed, my other roommate and I thought it would be hilarious to replaceRuby from Richmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02756121084410280787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84766942062134352582011-06-24T04:21:51.285-04:002011-06-24T04:21:51.285-04:00We actually did have something like this happen du...We actually did have something like this happen during our heady undergrad days—our then-consort-apparent changed one of our rather dull examples in a paper to deal with gnomes.<br /><br />No, seriously: we think the paper read something like "if one were to become aware of the gnome's awareness of one's own self . . ."<br /><br />Naturally, we kept it. The prof knew our Annapolis Aethelfrithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290825745119689163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23506215205428909162011-06-24T01:09:32.468-04:002011-06-24T01:09:32.468-04:00Pat, it does happen in the non-humanities. In the ...Pat, it does happen in the non-humanities. In the fall I had the first student in the row write such a douchey phrase under the second student in the row's name. I was shocked and dismayed.<br /><br />Btw, apparently "sexting" is in the Apple autocorrect when you fat finger "second" so beware fellow proffies. Wouldn't we love to be the douchey "roommate".Crazy Math Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409653814917911532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3170909455670556812011-06-24T00:20:32.184-04:002011-06-24T00:20:32.184-04:00It would be a little difficult for my students to ...It would be a little difficult for my students to sneak things like that in to any assignment they submit to me. Calculus and statistics keep them at least a little honest.<br /><br />And, to be completely honest, I don't look at their assignments unless I've already had at least a couple of Bombay gimlets. Actually a couple of doubles. I have to deal with both mathematical nonsense Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000391060452089151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69554983098988900912011-06-24T00:13:46.335-04:002011-06-24T00:13:46.335-04:00If I had a student in this situation I would tell ...If I had a student in this situation I would tell them to freaking proofread before they hand it in. Especially if the bad stuff was on the cover, there is no excuse.<br /><br />On the other hand, students can be assholes to each other. I think we forget that because of how often they are assholes to us. The thing is, they are pretty much equal opportunity assholes. They might have really been My Little Proffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843685528001871813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86366572513325490592011-06-24T00:07:09.268-04:002011-06-24T00:07:09.268-04:00As a student let me just say that this type of thi...As a student let me just say that this type of thing does happen. A person on my floor thought it would be funny to add a few choice lines to my research paper when I was away from the computer. Luckily I caught it before I had to hand it in. Also on my floor a few students dared each other to write something into a paper just to see if the professor actually read what they wrote. Not sure if Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192232930086078664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1775893671900228492011-06-23T23:57:57.797-04:002011-06-23T23:57:57.797-04:00Anybody who is enough of a douche to write somethi...Anybody who is enough of a douche to write something like that on their own paper is almost certainly enough of a douche to write it on their roommate's.<br /><br />Meanwhile, it's easy to imagine a student who thinks it's funny to do that to somebody else but wouldn't do it to themself.<br /><br />I think the odds slightly favor prank!Stewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152778218277191283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32056446373934654322011-06-23T22:36:42.995-04:002011-06-23T22:36:42.995-04:00I've hear of something like this with regards ...I've hear of something like this with regards to a thesis of a trusted source. It could happen. PF could also be right. The least likely explanation is that the student really wanted to insult you. Why do that on a graded paper when he could start rumors among classmates or rip you a new one on Facebook. It would be fun to call the roommate in and pretend it's a big sexual/racial/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31971527146147169092011-06-23T22:13:17.940-04:002011-06-23T22:13:17.940-04:00I think this is a student trick to see if we'r...I think this is a student trick to see if we're actually reading the papers... I wonder how many papers get returned with just a grade and the prof didn't notice the naughty words...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com