tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7761730782416248840..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: So, Compound Cal Did This Terrible Thing...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80645334618529143722016-06-10T05:11:44.031-04:002016-06-10T05:11:44.031-04:00I was working 9 to 5 before going back to universi...I was working 9 to 5 before going back to university. Believe me, holding a job is nothing compared to the stress of college and university. I was working in a small company (7 people, we were like family), you don't get that in any college or university, no matter how small. They are usually big institutions where you feel invisible, just one of the many students in the crowd and I hate thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19511304401896123982016-05-17T19:38:15.188-04:002016-05-17T19:38:15.188-04:00Hell - if there's any *future* at the rate thi...Hell - if there's any *future* at the rate things are going ;-)Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77207705253567310432016-05-17T12:33:46.960-04:002016-05-17T12:33:46.960-04:00P.S. I love the Wayback Machine (and have donated...P.S. I love the Wayback Machine (and have donated to Internet Archive). 'Twill be an invaluable tool for historians of the future (well, if there are any historians -- the pendulum's got to swing back to favor the humanities/non-applied social sciences one of these days, doesn't it? ? ? ?) Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9343036245018258942016-05-17T12:31:46.690-04:002016-05-17T12:31:46.690-04:00I, too, was more in this camp.
Which probably e...I, too, was more in this camp. <br /><br />Which probably explains why I went to grad school. And that has made all the difference. . . .Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78048265028354159272016-05-17T06:04:25.116-04:002016-05-17T06:04:25.116-04:00When I was in college, I never wanted it to end. A...When I was in college, I never wanted it to end. And many of my classmates felt the same way.J Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070000686133103346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14632901399243362512016-05-17T00:41:21.010-04:002016-05-17T00:41:21.010-04:00I teach physics for engineers so bridges don't...I teach physics for engineers so bridges don't fall down when you drive cars over them. Judging from this stack of exams right in front of me, if I am an obstacle for them, GOOD.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3276843255884450692016-05-16T22:49:28.966-04:002016-05-16T22:49:28.966-04:00I tell my students life doesn't really get eas...I tell my students life doesn't really get easier, but you do get better at handling what it throws at you, and it beats the alternatives.<br /><br />In school it was thus:<br />every class an obstacle to going home,<br />every weekday an obstacle to the weekend,<br />every week an obstacle to vacation,<br />every year an obstacle to graduating.<br /><br />College changes the details but not Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.com