tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8769609980138713803..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: UNCW professor's previous publications attracting attention.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25038417107531599512013-01-15T10:50:50.692-05:002013-01-15T10:50:50.692-05:00And if this guy's poetry was racist, and offen...And if this guy's poetry was racist, and offensve to African-Americans, we wouldn't be having this conversation.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38997755804424529992013-01-15T10:47:05.299-05:002013-01-15T10:47:05.299-05:00Not enough haiku.Not enough haiku.Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9746060856737246262013-01-15T02:55:00.149-05:002013-01-15T02:55:00.149-05:00Writing sexually-themed poetry doesn't seem li...Writing sexually-themed poetry doesn't seem like a reason not to hire someone (what did the job ad say?)<br />Writing bad poetry, however ...Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8731875264790462722013-01-15T01:19:36.917-05:002013-01-15T01:19:36.917-05:00Your position is depressingly anti-intellectual an...Your position is depressingly anti-intellectual and narrow-minded. Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69108427180267679832013-01-14T22:23:47.680-05:002013-01-14T22:23:47.680-05:00Intentional fallacy, anyone?Intentional fallacy, anyone?KoloSwiatlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335518438128268575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79523751176895126342013-01-14T22:00:05.843-05:002013-01-14T22:00:05.843-05:00And Stella, a public university is part of the gov...<i>And Stella, a public university is part of the government, for the purposes of first amendment issues. </i><br /><br />Sez who? The university is, first of all, a state university that is supported by the federal government. And they haven't arrested him or jailed him. The key parts of the first amendment in this insance are: <i>Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-71093152255763179922013-01-14T19:14:41.329-05:002013-01-14T19:14:41.329-05:00forcing a student to come to your office and read ...forcing a student to come to your office and read explicit sexual poems could easily be embarrassment. Having a class as a whole read sexual poems as part of a class, probably not... It depends on the circumstances/setting. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82255622928804092772013-01-14T17:17:03.229-05:002013-01-14T17:17:03.229-05:00Yep. If there's no actual outrage about someth...Yep. If there's no actual outrage about something, we'd better make it up.<br /><br />Note, also, that the story says that Porco's publications "are worrying some parents." No more detail than that. No interviews; no parents named; no evidence at all for the assertion. Classic weasel phrasing, often used by "journalists" in the absence of factual information.Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30143952870874737622013-01-14T17:02:14.379-05:002013-01-14T17:02:14.379-05:00"...putting sexual harassment in poetical for...<em>"...putting sexual harassment in poetical form doesn't mitigate the harassment."</em><br /><br />Are you kidding? Whatever else it might be — bad taste; juvenile prurience; mediocre literature — a sexually-themed poem does not constitute sexual harassment. Saying that it does effectively renders the term meaningless, and degrades the experiences of people who have suffered Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31955848640409315382013-01-14T15:21:09.105-05:002013-01-14T15:21:09.105-05:00And I'm not supporting the prof's crud poe...And I'm not supporting the prof's crud poetry.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65996752666529569932013-01-14T15:15:53.577-05:002013-01-14T15:15:53.577-05:00I hate snivelers, whiners, and the easily offended...I hate snivelers, whiners, and the easily offended. So it's better for them and me that they die bloodily.<br /><br />OR LEARN TO SHUT THE F#@K UP, and SNIVEL into their diaries, blogs, and recording devices.<br /><br />THEIR CHOICE.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43824748537347133092013-01-14T13:21:50.509-05:002013-01-14T13:21:50.509-05:00The numbers say he's "easy", which a...The numbers say he's "easy", which appeals to students, but the comments both say or suggest that you have to do your reading, and that the subject material is hard. So, he's hitting both bases. No student rates a professor is "easy" and then happily writes that you need to keep up with the reading. And rates the professor a "5". <br /><br />Porco was in StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63370495212025338242013-01-14T12:25:53.608-05:002013-01-14T12:25:53.608-05:00I completely agree- putting sexual harassment in p...I completely agree- putting sexual harassment in poetical form doesn't mitigate the harassment. Reading through some of his poetry makes me wonder who was passed over if he was the person hired. <br /><br />I certainly understand writing your own RMP reviews, but who makes it so obvious -- and why would you say you're easy? I always go for some flavor of "he's difficult, but Prof. Llama Demonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815821706819865942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73938209607788196072013-01-14T12:08:57.141-05:002013-01-14T12:08:57.141-05:00I'm standing by for my spanking.I'm standing by for my spanking.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31512550020122505062013-01-14T12:05:16.424-05:002013-01-14T12:05:16.424-05:00Alex Porco has clearly written his own reviews on ...Alex Porco has clearly written his own reviews on RMP.<br /><br />Other than that, I'm going to be the voice of dissent and say that hiring him was a uniquely bad idea, and that it shows a total lack of regard for especially his potential female students. <br /><br />The response of the university is asinine. The first amendment certainly protects his right to write such poetry, but it does StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44889517445121490342013-01-14T11:11:14.442-05:002013-01-14T11:11:14.442-05:00Who would say No to a gang-bang?
Who would say No ...Who would say No to a gang-bang?<br />Who would say No to Prof. Poon-Tang?<br />Who would say No to my scholarly toungin’?<br />Thank you fathers for your daughters.<br /><br />Let me iterate, we need you here ASAP! I think that moniker is also available.Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37620017551124380192013-01-14T11:05:23.486-05:002013-01-14T11:05:23.486-05:00Dr. Porco writes dirty poetry about porn stars. C...Dr. Porco writes dirty poetry about porn stars. CM needs new correspondents. <br /><br />I see a match made in heaven. Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85768797525753002802013-01-14T09:56:24.279-05:002013-01-14T09:56:24.279-05:00The reporter couldn't even find anyone from th...The reporter couldn't even find anyone from the professor's campus to quote for the story, finding only a student at a nearby community college. Manufactured controversy.Curmudgeon in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07524725236168917391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8879702573543042962013-01-14T09:23:24.632-05:002013-01-14T09:23:24.632-05:00I think his poetry is juvenile at best, but what d...I think his poetry is juvenile at best, but what do I know? I think it's interesting to imagine how my college would react if I had some sexual material attached to my name on the interwebz. I think they'd encourage me to work at the mall or ice rink instead; I really do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62456472430432816492013-01-14T09:07:28.653-05:002013-01-14T09:07:28.653-05:00And this...
We gulp, we plug, we jack & strap...And this...<br /><br />We gulp, we plug, we jack & strap<br />Yo ho! A gang-bang on the seas<br /><br />I'll drinkum your jizzum like milkum<br /><br />Scuttle me buttle<br />Piddle me paddle<br />Tickle my piggle<br />Twattle my twiddleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78316080565369192322013-01-14T09:02:19.957-05:002013-01-14T09:02:19.957-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30592701124698976862013-01-14T08:44:52.499-05:002013-01-14T08:44:52.499-05:00OK, now that I've read the rest of the article...OK, now that I've read the rest of the article, I have two other comments.<br /><br />"We went on campus at UNCW Tuesday, but students we spoke with did not want to talk about a professor and pornography."<br /><br />No shit. Getting students think about their professors involved in hot monkey love might be the best birth control around.<br /><br />On a more serious note, I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65217021164475618852013-01-14T08:41:19.410-05:002013-01-14T08:41:19.410-05:00"'...I feel like there might be a deeper ..."'...I feel like there might be a deeper meaning, but it's kind of lost on me,' CFCC student Derrick Fowler said."<br /><br />For my English-teaching CM colleagues, I'm guessing this is a somewhat universal statement, right? He could be studying the Cat in the Hat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13541914443212197702013-01-14T04:32:24.964-05:002013-01-14T04:32:24.964-05:00Maybe he's married to a Dean there.Maybe he's married to a Dean there. CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16654883942865399202013-01-14T04:03:09.543-05:002013-01-14T04:03:09.543-05:00Have the parents shot.
Have Derrick Fowler shot.
...Have the parents shot.<br /><br />Have Derrick Fowler shot.<br /><br />Shoot the Dean.<br /><br />Shoot the Knesset over the Moon.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.com