tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8183151679459085839..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Big Thirsty: What Don't Students Spend Money on, But Should?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76580878229551588272012-05-26T12:24:11.412-04:002012-05-26T12:24:11.412-04:00Oh my heavens, where to start? Some of these have ...Oh my heavens, where to start? Some of these have already been mentioned, but now I'm feeling the need to vent.<br /><br />Hygiene. I have any number of students who do not bathe and/or wash their clothing as often as they should. I'm not talking about students who are homeless (and I do have them), but students who have running water available to them in their domiciles. <br /><br />Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7984622571496976682012-05-25T00:59:50.715-04:002012-05-25T00:59:50.715-04:00Paper and writing implements. Then use the damned ...Paper and writing implements. Then use the damned things to take some tea partying items already.Annie Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396950355961607377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15680329160976926212012-05-24T22:35:36.396-04:002012-05-24T22:35:36.396-04:00Go to the dentist!Go to the dentist!Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27388156850722783092012-05-24T21:42:28.785-04:002012-05-24T21:42:28.785-04:00An academic calendar or use Google Calendar or som...An academic calendar or use Google Calendar or something. Stop asking me when the next quiz or assignment is. I don't know, I don't memorize the syllabus, I just write it. I check on the weekend to see when stuff is about to happen.Warner Belangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885649999227305507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76569038791287675442012-05-24T19:21:10.789-04:002012-05-24T19:21:10.789-04:00Dear students:
Buy one of those stupid fucking pr...Dear students:<br /><br />Buy one of those stupid fucking professional development books. Charm School (aka Finishing School) may be out of the budget, but, for Crikey's sake, learn how to behave!!!!<br /><br />Take your fucking hand away from your mouth when you speak in class! And when I tell you to do it, don't think I am being "mean" or "unfair" or "picking The_Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621186404597424842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38999435886211150542012-05-24T17:11:38.738-04:002012-05-24T17:11:38.738-04:00@ Cassandra -- Once one goes beyond the "type...@ Cassandra -- Once one goes beyond the "typewriter functions," Open Office doesn't play well with MS Word, as many of my students have discovered to their dismay.Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34376455192010472932012-05-24T16:50:50.378-04:002012-05-24T16:50:50.378-04:00Of course, then they have to read what they are su...Of course, then they have to read what they are subscribed to.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20430263151810082512012-05-24T15:49:46.649-04:002012-05-24T15:49:46.649-04:00Good food at home: good ingredients from the groce...Good food at home: good ingredients from the grocery store cost less than prepared foods, and one can eat better. It saves money, helps with one's health and mental ability, and is a great way to woo someone without having to spend too much money on going out.Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30239826016071451652012-05-24T15:47:33.068-04:002012-05-24T15:47:33.068-04:00An editor for their essays. A good one is worth ev...An editor for their essays. A good one is worth every cent.Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5840168159187032452012-05-24T14:37:46.626-04:002012-05-24T14:37:46.626-04:00Please spend more on clothing that fits. Or, at le...Please spend more on clothing that fits. Or, at least, underwear that covers what the clothing does not.<br /><br />p.s. tattoos do not count as either clothing or underwearSarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407507896787403097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51074287914488740772012-05-24T14:29:53.493-04:002012-05-24T14:29:53.493-04:00Ditto on dropbox. It's the best thing ever.Ditto on dropbox. It's the best thing ever.Gradjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461856999817083855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21887889633673892042012-05-24T13:33:50.908-04:002012-05-24T13:33:50.908-04:00Actually, Cassandra, most online backup options ha...Actually, Cassandra, most online backup options have plenty of free space for the sort of thing we're talking about here.<br /><br />All of my essays, papers, research notes, and other work that I have done in the course of my undergraduate, graduate, and teaching career comfortably fits in my Dropbox account. Word documents and other text files really take up very little room at all.<br /><Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78495956675774113282012-05-24T13:20:48.944-04:002012-05-24T13:20:48.944-04:00-A better place to live. Skimping on your domicile...-A better place to live. Skimping on your domicile falls into the "penny-wise and pound foolish" area. I have a lot of students who miss class because their pipes bust and flood the apartment, or their landlord decides to evict them mid-semester, or their roommates are screwing in the next bed, or they get bedbugs. All that lost time translates to lost tuition. Or to additional money/Gone Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551318129736463087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64974327754028844782012-05-24T12:24:24.678-04:002012-05-24T12:24:24.678-04:00* Subscriptions: a newspaper or news magazine subs...* Subscriptions: a newspaper or news magazine subscription would keep them much better informed about the world. Their reliance on TV news -- and highly inconsistent news-watching habits -- leaves them deeply uninformed. School newspapers.... not much help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com