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dr_alcott
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2011, 03:55:27 PM » |
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I think it's foolish to insist that students bring snacks for everyone. What a burden! They should have to bring snacks for the professor alone.
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I am an insanely elegant, super classy poor white, for the record.
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kaysixteen
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2011, 03:59:13 PM » |
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A story almost crazy enough to have come from the Onion. When a professor acts like this, well... shoot him. Or give him special brownies... the kind laden with both hash and Ex-Lax.
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 04:17:12 PM » |
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When I was a grad student, the prof for one of those loooong 3 hour classes had us sign up to bring a snack. I hasten to add that it was voluntary, and any snack was acceptable. This was a small seminar of maybe 10 students, and the snack break and social aspect was nice.
I can't imagine doing it in a frosh level lab class. I can't believe students didn't protest before this.
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2011, 04:18:08 PM » |
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A story almost crazy enough to have come from the Onion.
Agreed. It's hilarious. The guy's name is "George Parrott." And apparently the Snack Regime of George Parrott has a 39-year history. Too much. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2011, 04:21:36 PM » |
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Whaaaaa?
I can't believe this isn't a joke. In the article, the instructor states that "the ethos [he is] trying to promote is incredibly important."
Unless that ethos consists of being willing to cooperate with extremely difficult people who abuse power
Scratch that.
He's a genius.
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2011, 05:28:40 PM » |
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And it was an exam review session. Frankly, more faculty should walk out of those when the students bring nothing.
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2011, 05:32:21 PM » |
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What is wrong with you people? Don't you like snacks?
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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2011, 05:34:25 PM » |
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My students used to bring me cake. I miss them.
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Seriously, I tried to lick my own face. Ah. Typical ivory tower pedanticalness.
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« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2011, 05:35:08 PM » |
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Or give him special brownies... the kind laden with both hash and Ex-Lax.
! Devilish. |
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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2011, 05:36:07 PM » |
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What? He can't contribute snacks as well? What about his own glucose levels?
I think he is going to use the snacks episode for some lecture on psychology later in the term. He is making it a 'teachable moment'!
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melba_frilkins
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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2011, 05:56:22 PM » |
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Or give him special brownies... the kind laden with both hash and Ex-Lax.
! Devilish. And it will require extra teamwork for students to pull that off. Teamwork is the goal of the snack requirement. There we go. Oh, and not to forget the second goal, saving money. "The cost [of the snacks], he says, is offset by savings – about $200 – which students realize by not having to buy a textbook for the course." Teachable moment, yeah, when he teaches about defense mechanisms and rationalization. |
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« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2011, 06:35:56 PM » |
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That's just wrong...
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2011, 06:38:46 PM » |
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Wait--this is wrong?
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« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2011, 06:45:25 PM » |
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I am extremely jealous that he can be "absolutely comfortable with the conclusion." If I could do that, I wouldn't care about student complaints.
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I like money. I like to buy stuff and experiences with money.
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