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[see_wolf]

Hey, I just got out my lawn chair and fired up the grill.  Did anyone bring doughnuts (or donuts?).  I got some truly yummy coffee (liberally spiked), the mugs are right over there.


We'll be having a low country boil later on in the day so bring beer, crawdaddies, lobster, shrimp, etc.

Oseph - did you find the cookies?

I have some freshly made apple cider donuts from the cider mill... will those do?

[polly_mer]

Let it go and go post on another thread about something relevant to your teaching or research.  Seriously.  The best way to fix the reputation you think is in jeopardy is to make good posts somewhere else.  Demanding an apology just makes you look foolish and out of touch with the norms here.

I fail to see what is so wrong about conceeding error when one posts potentially harmful, somewhat wild assumptions about another poster. For all the posts about recognizing one's limitations, apparently those rules apply solely to me.

Who pushes on vocal recognition of one's own failing?  That has not been a dominant theme of this thread and the fact that you have interpreted this thread as having that theme does not bode well for your critical thinking skills.

However, the point of my post that you quoted above is:

EVERY TIME YOU BUMP THIS THREAD, MORE PEOPLE GET TO READ YOUR POSTS THAT PAINT YOU IN A BAD LIGHT.

Everyone here knows about Naan and will interpret her posts in light of all the things we know about her: good, bad, and otherwise.  Many of us have had our own discussions with Naan.  Her saying less-than-pleasant things about you reflects on her, not you.  However, you again failing to take advice about how things work in areas where all of us posting here have extensive experience does not reflect well on YOU and that is YOUR doing.

Now, you can accept that I am telling the truth or you can provide more evidence that you lack reading comprehension skills.  Your choice.

[kedves]

"I would like to help you by pointing out one or two things about the way this works."
"I would prefer to focus on the way I think it ought to work."

                    It's like déjà vu all over again.
                                        Yogi Berra

[notaprof]

Once you have dug yourself a hole that is already deep enough, there is really no point in continuing to dig.

[prytania3]

Path,

Seriously, why don't you go play with people your own age? They, the forumites, me, we are all just toying with you. It's like poking an armadillo to see what it will do.

No one is going to apologize to you.

All you've done is made yourself available for the poking of fun.

[rowan1]

Hey, I just got out my lawn chair and fired up the grill.  Did anyone bring doughnuts (or donuts?).  I got some truly yummy coffee (liberally spiked), the mugs are right over there.


We'll be having a low country boil later on in the day so bring beer, crawdaddies, lobster, shrimp, etc.

Oseph - did you find the cookies?

I have some freshly made apple cider donuts from the cider mill... will those do?

yummy - here are some tamales left over from the Day of the Dead celebration at church - they are really tasty

[terpsichore]

Thanks for the advice! Yes, I certainly realize that my co-RA knows things about topic X that I do not and would be more than willing to learn from her. However, the whole situation just feels like it could be awkward in so many ways, and I don't want to put either of us in an awkward situation. The sad part is that this would be my last opportunity to take the course before I graduate (I'm getting my BA this year), but oh, well. I'll see what the chair says. but I agree that it's looking like a probable "no-go."

So, what did the chair say? 

[pocksuppet]

Naany, if you ever want a career change, I would hire you as my trademark enforcer in a heartbeat!  (Smooch)

Path, I see from your posts elsewhere that you're moving on from this trainwreck.  Good on ya!

- Pocky, feeling the love this morning

[pathanalysis]

FWIW, I didn't take the class and my co-RA offered have me and my PI guest speak as a result (I didn't because we were trying to push a manuscript out the door, and needed to devote full time to it--I was taking another class the second "chunk" of the day, so that would have meant I was out all day). While I do agree I may have over-reacted here, mea culpa!, I still think the generally dismissive attitudes towards undergraduates is alarming. I  certainly recognize that I have a lot to learn--as I stated here, repeatedly--and that my coworker' definitely knows a lot more about many areas, in and out of our subfield than I do, and I admit I should have conceded that point more readily before, mea culpa again. And yes, perhaps I did have a bit of hubris--mea culpa (thrice)... Still, I think dismissing the fact that someone who's spent hundreds, if not more, hours studying a topic, might have some in-depth knowledge about it is a bit presumptuous as is dismissing the idea that knowing someone in multiple contexts can make for awkward  situations.

But, just food for thought--our boss's reaction when I mentioned taking the class?

"Why would you take X? You could *teach* X!" My co-worker's reaction? "I don't think you'll really learn much new information that you haven't learned in our lab [from the class]"

Hyperbole, perhaps, but just throwing that out there...