[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

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Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 3/23/2008 8:39 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

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Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 3/01/2008 9:38 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

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Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 3/01/2008 9:35 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on twenty-four/seven academics.

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I agree people who genuinely work alot of hours rarely talk about it. It is the people who want to be seen to be working alot of hours who do all the talking...
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Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 2/23/2008 1:06 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Hypocrisy!.

Lorraine has left a new comment on your post "Hypocrisy!":

Pretty Hobbesian view of humyn nature, at least during childhood, but you're the parents so I guess it's your prerogative. Is outing yourself to your child(ren) at some point part of the game plan? In my experience, coming to age has too many 'I've been lied to' moments as it is, but perhaps the scholarly mind finds such discoveries informative and rewarding. I was (thank God!) raised secular. First time (age 8) I heard the invocation of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I mis-heard it as Holy Experiment.



Posted by Lorraine to academicsecret at 2/02/2008 5:20 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

yellowfish has left a new comment on your post "Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts)":

Ha, this is hilarious. I will say, though, you have skipped the part where the advisor stubbornly continues, in the face of all evidence, to wildly underestimate the time and effort involved in any piece of this...



Posted by yellowfish to academicsecret at 1/30/2008 4:44 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts)":

I TOTALLY relate to what you are going through, dandelion! I am a post-doc and going through it all over again with a new mentor. It took me several months to realize her particular weaknesses and to understand when exactly to ignore her advice (while pretending to listen) and just keep doing exactly what I was doing before. In some cases, the student is more competent than the advisor, but must play along. Argh.



Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 1/04/2008 5:49 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on let sleeping dogs lie?.

betty has left a new comment on your post "let sleeping dogs lie?":

I don't concern myself with the occasional nod off, but I did have a chronic sleeper one semester. He went into a damn-near coma every class. And he sat close to the front and snorted and jerked in his sleep, so the rest of the students were also aware of him. One day, about 1/3 of the way through the semester, I handed him a large coffee and then asked whether he took cream of sugar. He took both. I stirred it in for him. He drank it, thanked me afterward, and came with his own coffee thereafter.



Posted by betty to academicsecret at 12/21/2007 4:16 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Where has all the time gone?.

Unbalanced Reaction has left a new comment on your post "Where has all the time gone?":

I'm a grad student at an R1 which also values teaching, but what many, many of the tenured (and untenured) profs do here is just dump more work on us TAs. Not a good solution! :(

...on the positive side, we grad students do get a ton of teaching experience as a result.



Posted by Unbalanced Reaction to academicsecret at 11/25/2007 8:30 PM

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Unbalanced Reaction has left a new comment on your post "let sleeping dogs lie?":

While I'd like to say that my lectures are so riveting that this never happens....yeah, right!

Unless the student is snoring at a distracting volume (this actually has happened a few times, and I just have their neighbor tap them awake. Class giggles. We move on.), I wait until the end of class and speak to the offender privately. I often get very entertaining excuses, ranging from "sorry, I'm hungover" all the way up to "sorry, I was in lockup until 6 am."



Posted by Unbalanced Reaction to academicsecret at 11/25/2007 8:25 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

Ms.PhD has left a new comment on your post "Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts)":

A tale that belongs in Aesop's. Destined to be repeated for the ages.

I have already vowed to do as my advisor did to me, and tell my future students up front that it's part of their job to guess when they're supposed to ignore me.



Posted by Ms.PhD to academicsecret at 11/09/2007 6:06 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on How much profanity is acceptable?.

TheHellYouSay! has left a new comment on your post "How much profanity is acceptable?":

Well, about all I can say about how much profanity is acceptable is "However much will float your boat!" So-termed 'rating professors' is pandering. I've lost two adjunct jobs because hallway gossip campaigns and RMP posts were BELIEVED by other students. When enrollment drops, you know who's shown the door.

This "rating" crap has zero to do with anyone's competence nor "classroom efficacy" whatsoever. I didn't make it thru Ivy League on looks; I KNOW my stuff, and expect respect. Period.

This "empowering the client"...er, student... is horseshit.



Posted by TheHellYouSay! to academicsecret at 10/21/2007 4:10 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Why is daycare always the woman's responsibility?.

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Posted by bigted to academicsecret at 10/12/2007 7:26 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

Anastasia has left a new comment on your post "Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts)":

oh my do I ever relate to this.



Posted by Anastasia to academicsecret at 10/04/2007 5:17 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Strategic Incompetence.

redeye has left a new comment on your post "Strategic Incompetence":

The strategically incompetent exist on all planes. Notice a state highway crew. One is digging, two are leaning on their shovels, and three are gathered around the pickup talking about the highway job they did in '96. Getting out of work is not rocket science it is gall. It does tend to share characteristics regardless of the plane on which the game is played. First and foremost, is to make friends with the person in charge. Second, is to have a ready handicap i.e. bad back, klutz, inexperienced, fear, or just plain lazy. Third, is to have no shame. Without shame any of your two's can be used to your advantage and the other poor dope is left to cover for you. Four, be kind, courteous, and praising of other's capabilities. That way they will be happy to be duped again. Now that you know most of the skills involved (I wouldn't dare share the higher plane skills) enjoy your new found method of being the office a$$. Oh and believe it or not I read this article as part of a graduate class in education leadership. This is the "active disengaged employee" we are talking about here. Go WSC!!!

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Posted by redeye to academicsecret at 10/02/2007 9:17 PM

[academicsecret] New comment on Where has all the time gone?.

Mary has left a new comment on your post "Where has all the time gone?":

Unfortunately (gah) research has to take priority for a while. Sigh.



Posted by Mary to academicsecret at 10/02/2007 1:39 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

Strawberries has left a new comment on your post "Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts)":

oh dear, hang in there dandelion! sounds like you figured out what to do though!



Posted by Strawberries to academicsecret at 9/30/2007 2:44 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on Help! This blog is dying!.

Strawberries has left a new comment on your post "Help! This blog is dying!":

i lost my log-in too when the blogger changed to google too.... help!



Posted by Strawberries to academicsecret at 9/30/2007 2:40 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

Chartreuse Circe has left a new comment on your post "Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts)":

Dandelion, I've got to say that you've got it figured out! Congratulations!

It took me years to figure out that balance (investigating the FNM and running the SOACM for production). Probably the worst part of learning that was the realization that my advisor wasn't thinking -- it was pretty much "oooo sparkly!" Sadly, advisors are often clueless (I got myself going "spaaarkly!" just yesterday!), and given their power that's an issue.



Posted by Chartreuse Circe to academicsecret at 9/22/2007 2:53 AM

[academicsecret] New comment on Argh! (A Play in Infinite Acts).

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P.S. Your post is hilarious.



Posted by Anonymous to academicsecret at 9/21/2007 4:36 PM