tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7938596500593572254..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I Think I've Made A Terrible MistakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5114525892167015562012-02-29T22:46:09.853-05:002012-02-29T22:46:09.853-05:00I work outside of my school as well. I have a lot...I work outside of my school as well. I have a lot of debt. I take it where I can get it - but after this, I'm done.Professor Tergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812511871444250781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79682382984068446682012-02-29T14:30:12.437-05:002012-02-29T14:30:12.437-05:00Now you know one reason why you got the obviously ...Now you know one reason why you got the obviously lousy education that you got. Good luck in the real world, you're going to need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45081371492996617172012-02-29T14:29:21.384-05:002012-02-29T14:29:21.384-05:00Um, lap dancing? This is a joke, right? Ha-ha?
If...Um, lap dancing? This is a joke, right? Ha-ha?<br /><br />If it isn't a joke, what happens when one of your students turns up in the audience? In subsequent classes, it would make for a tricky classroom dynamic, even more so than usual in the modern classroom.<br /><br />One reason I never go to places like Hooter's is, aside from it being a matter of principle, the chance is too great Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33788828133920880702012-02-29T13:48:57.413-05:002012-02-29T13:48:57.413-05:00"Into my wine."
So many things wrong wi..."Into my wine."<br /><br />So many things wrong with this there's nowhere to begin.InvertedSquarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04704558162599421719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38736566404109631592012-02-28T23:54:48.129-05:002012-02-28T23:54:48.129-05:00Professor T, if you have to moonlight, do it outsi...Professor T, if you have to moonlight, do it outside the institution for which you work. When I was in a crappy low-paid job I did all kinds of stuff for extra money -- but for the place I worked, never anything but teach an overload from time to time.<br /><br />Some thoughts: tutoring the children of helicopter parents, transcription work, lap dancing, being the personal assistant of a regularFrog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40251224964917773802012-02-28T20:35:09.178-05:002012-02-28T20:35:09.178-05:00I don't get paid well, but it is known that I ...I don't get paid well, but it is known that I need the money because I can't find another job, so I get taken advantage of...probably like a lot of people right now. I am pretty sure I am not coming back after this semester, even if it means full time unemployment. The universe where I live in is dark and corrupt. I am still doing my regular duties as well as these new duties, as well as Professor Tergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812511871444250781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3090909548484330582012-02-28T19:26:34.897-05:002012-02-28T19:26:34.897-05:00Yeah, I sure hope you at least get paid well for t...Yeah, I sure hope you at least get paid well for this nonsense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43093250612805812352012-02-28T19:25:20.066-05:002012-02-28T19:25:20.066-05:00It was all perfectly legal, of course, which is mo...It was all perfectly legal, of course, which is more than I can say for beating him with an iron rod, as satisfying as that would have been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3432180151540375692012-02-28T18:20:24.091-05:002012-02-28T18:20:24.091-05:00In what universe do department chairs get PAs who ...In what universe do department chairs get PAs who are adjuncts? There are administrative assistants (unionized where I work, and available only during business hours), graduate student researchers (also unionized, and expressly prohibited from being used as gophers or secretaries) and faculty (not unionized, but protected from doing the personal bidding of their superiors). I have never heard Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90074915100946111932012-02-28T16:20:08.333-05:002012-02-28T16:20:08.333-05:00That crook should have been beaten with an iron ro...That crook should have been beaten with an iron rod for buying a computer with another person's grant money.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83709757266286094332012-02-28T13:09:01.516-05:002012-02-28T13:09:01.516-05:00Oh, personal assistant. Sorry, I'm dumb.
Your ...Oh, personal assistant. Sorry, I'm dumb.<br />Your dept. head sounds like a regular POS.Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26687022044187422462012-02-28T13:01:51.422-05:002012-02-28T13:01:51.422-05:00That sounds horrific. Can you give up the duties a...That sounds horrific. Can you give up the duties as his personal assistant and go back to your regular duties?The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76259835861733975802012-02-28T12:57:20.486-05:002012-02-28T12:57:20.486-05:00What's a PA? Sorry :(What's a PA? Sorry :(Lexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353211383898810500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4289813161255273262012-02-28T12:52:55.330-05:002012-02-28T12:52:55.330-05:00I had a boss like that once. I got another job, an...I had a boss like that once. I got another job, and departed from his baleful influence. Not before he helped himself to a computer with my grant, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com