tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8307694220393336296..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Princess and the Proffie: A Fable from Dr. Amelia.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72090562925548911982013-10-20T19:23:19.056-04:002013-10-20T19:23:19.056-04:00My students aren't actively listening, and the...My students aren't actively listening, and they aren't taking notes.<br /><br />I know, because I don't allow textbooks in class, only notes, and when we do group work in class most students have nothing. I also let them bring in a page of notes for the exams, and they typically bring in a quarter-page.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119100121479821544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7053368256639485082013-10-20T00:34:43.202-04:002013-10-20T00:34:43.202-04:00"Your class makes me cry." I also manage..."Your class makes me cry." I also managed to avoid saying I didn't care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5523749142787597082013-10-19T15:52:42.896-04:002013-10-19T15:52:42.896-04:00Princesses must learn court etiquette. Shouting at...Princesses must learn court etiquette. Shouting at the professor merits a special scroll sent forthwith to the Office of Courtly [mis]Conduct, with THE Princess receiving a special copy of her very own at the next class, perhaps in the presence of a sturdy Undersheriff. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36925968963434768992013-10-19T15:46:12.207-04:002013-10-19T15:46:12.207-04:00Me too.Me too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14976660781789375042013-10-19T13:41:29.444-04:002013-10-19T13:41:29.444-04:00I've also got a student who keeps telling me t...I've also got a student who keeps telling me that my class is making her "sad," always prefacing her comments with "I don't want you to think I think this is your fault, but" -- which, of course, makes me suspect she thinks it *is* my fault. <br /><br />I've managed to avoid saying that I don't really care if the class makes her sad, happy, or something in Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46928938322944547672013-10-19T13:07:28.557-04:002013-10-19T13:07:28.557-04:00I, too, would enjoy an update.
I've got a v...I, too, would enjoy an update. <br /><br />I've got a variation on the princess this semester: the prince who thinks he's already almost a proffie. He is, in fact, majoring in a fairly abstruse branch of science, and appears to be good at it (or at least talks a good game; I'm in no position to judge), and he's working as an undergraduate TA. Also, he's suffered some Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1405477646631890042013-10-19T09:28:23.780-04:002013-10-19T09:28:23.780-04:00That means that before they weren't paying att...That means that before they weren't paying attention to the lectures, and now they're not doing the homework. The only way to get them to pay attention is to say, "This will be on the test," or "There's a good chance this will be on the test."<br /><br />And to think there was once a "Doonesbury" strip in which the proffie was upset because students Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331203839723194193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40072773635508778542013-10-18T23:11:20.620-04:002013-10-18T23:11:20.620-04:00I hope Dr Amelia gives us an update in a few weeks...I hope Dr Amelia gives us an update in a few weeks to let us know how The Princess fared in the course.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48600167194720124402013-10-18T21:05:49.787-04:002013-10-18T21:05:49.787-04:00Off with their heads. Off with their heads!
What ...Off with their heads. Off with their heads!<br /><br />What a shitty princess she is. I'm so sorry!The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27667283955516237402013-10-18T20:10:02.340-04:002013-10-18T20:10:02.340-04:00I've wondered about that. Students behave ina...I've wondered about that. Students behave inappropriately all the time when not in class but while still in my workplace - the halls outside my office, sidewalks on campus, etc. I understand that the university would not want to treat them like adult employees (in reality, they are neither) but my employer is still allowing this behavior to occur and it affects my work. It seems like the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60725561162188762312013-10-18T19:34:46.893-04:002013-10-18T19:34:46.893-04:00Schedule a time to meet with them for catch-up. T...Schedule a time to meet with them for catch-up. That alone is enough to send them screaming.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58240058487294825272013-10-18T19:28:55.996-04:002013-10-18T19:28:55.996-04:00They'll use any stick to beat you with. I tur...They'll use any stick to beat you with. I turn around exams in two days, and get complaints about not getting work back on time. I get complaints for too much time on example problems and too little. I used to get complaints about exam questions not being seen in lecture--though of course that was back when every exam problem came from lecture. Now exam problems come from homework, and I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119100121479821544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1864494358178306222013-10-18T18:03:58.599-04:002013-10-18T18:03:58.599-04:00This story sucks so hard. That princess is in othe...This story sucks so hard. That princess is in other classes, too, forcing her inanity on other proffies. And she's at my school and everyone else's school, and far too often we don't have the latitude necessary to make her live by the class rules and not her own.<br /><br />Sometimes this profession makes me so crazy - well, most of the time, actually. Why am I here otherwise?Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37081904977362652832013-10-18T17:46:30.323-04:002013-10-18T17:46:30.323-04:00I feel like I'm mixing posts here, but I feel ...I feel like I'm mixing posts here, but I feel like you should complain to HR about this student creating a hostile work environment.Mikey G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00897636566850280566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31242699106796739142013-10-18T15:20:59.236-04:002013-10-18T15:20:59.236-04:00The only princesses you should have to deal with a...The only princesses you should have to deal with are those who are trademarked by Disney. Show her highness the many places in the notes where you covered the question's topic as a professional way of saying, "put a sock in it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com