Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I have a bunch of friends that got their Ph.Ds and are junior professors who get stuck with the intro classes, and their stories are pretty funny.

Me too. Two years ago, after hearing tales from one about the class and after helping grade some quizzes, I suffered a huge crisis of faith in humanity, which my acquaintanceship still refers to as my "do stupid people have souls?" phase. I am helping said friend grade papers again this year (what the hell, it keeps me on my toes), so stay tuned.

Papers that are taken straight from the internet.

I will have to check this out for my friend. He said his students were baffled at the idea that they would be asked to write essay exams, not to mention turn in a paper of more than 3 pages in length.

Kids who complain that stuff that was talked about in class but not part of the reading was on the exam.

Especially when the lecture is prefaced with "this is not in your book, and will be on the exam." A variant: finding stuff from the book regurgitated on exams when the students have been told explicitly in class "your book is wrong." And on that thought, goddamnit, I don't remember textbooks being as incredibly crap as the college textbooks I've seen recently.

People who were never seen in class before who show up for the exams

I had a class like this. 6 of us regularly showed up for lectures. 65 showed for the exam. All but the 6 of us left before the 1/2 way mark. Our reward was to stay after the exam while the prof read random samplings of the exams of our peers. Then we all laughed our asses off and went out and got drunk together.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
So this is a nice poll question: What's the best trick you pulled in college / grad school / law school?

Other than boinking the prof?

[fufu]

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Yay! Less of Ben.

Sept. 30 — Ben Affleck's future [/IMG]

Even though I liked Chasing Amy, does he really deserve a career after such stunning thuds as:

Reindeer Games
Bounce
Forces of Nature
Armageddon
Pearl Harbor

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
[Plea for TV summary}

Bachelor is Wednesdays.

Survivor has been pretty good so far. Summary of last week is that weak link Ryan S. went home even though Osten whined the whole show about wanting to go home because he might catch pneumonia, when his real issue is he doesn't like to lose and he is a poor swimmer.

Which leads to the new Road Rules/Real World challenge, where the biggest guy was sent home because he sucked in the first challenge because he can't swim. Now I know it is a stereotype, but it is one apparently with some semblance of truth - African Americans don't swim as well as the rest of us. I didn't catch the exact number, but about 5 of the first 6 out of the treading water competition were black (as is Osten).

Barely_legal says Joe Schmoe rocks. I never got into it because I was on vacation.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Funny how that works. I had a semester that I forgot to show up to. Fifteen hours of 0.00. Didn't really seem to hurt me in the long run, and it was a fun semester.

That is my most recurring school-related nightmare (only occurred while I was in school). It usually only involved one class that I totally forgot that I enrolled for and learned that I was still in it an hour before the final exam.

My undergrad did not count freshman grades in the final gpa (a scam, I know but it worked out for my benefit, so I did not complain), so we all took alcohol poisoning 101 and related courses. That was the year that I learned the secret to a good philosophy paper -- alcohol and recreational drugs.

[evenodds]

I attended a really, really tiny school where there was nowhere to hide. People with excuses transferred to easier schools like University of Chicago.

I did once ask for additional time to revise a thesis chapter because the Soviet Empire had collapsed the night before and I needed to adjust my analysis. Fortunately, it was an informal deadline and my thesis advisor was very understanding.

Oh, and I graduated in 4 years of college and went straight through law school.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
That is my most recurring school-related nightmare (only occurred while I was in school). It usually only involved one class that I totally forgot that I enrolled for and learned that I was still in it an hour before the final exam.

I have this dream NOW.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
That was the year that I learned the secret to a good philosophy paper -- alcohol and recreational drugs.

The whole concept of "recreational drugs" just bothers me.

It implies that one can be an amateur about the whole subject. That's just wrong. It needs to be approached with method, and dedication.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by evenodds
Oh, and I graduated in 4 years of college and went straight through law school.

Must you always be the exception?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
My undergrad did not count freshman grades in the final gpa (a scam, I know but it worked out for my benefit, so I did not complain), so we all took alcohol poisoning 101 and related courses.

That would have been a godsend for me. Let's just say my parents weren't thrilled when they saw that first semester's grades. I believe the words "I hope you had a good time" were uttered many times over that Christmas break.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Which leads to the new Road Rules/Real World challenge, where the biggest guy was sent home because he sucked in the first challenge because he can't swim. Now I know it is a stereotype, but it is one apparently with some semblance of truth - African Americans don't swim as well as the rest of us. I didn't catch the exact number, but about 5 of the first 6 out of the treading water competition were black (as is Osten).

Barely_legal says Joe Schmoe rocks. I never got into it because I was on vacation.

RW/RR looks to be good (meaning petty and mean) this year. Just the way I like it. I was actually surprised that Matt only got 4 votes because it was clear he was pissing off a bunch of people with his wingnut rantings. Sounds like Sarah will be doing the gauntlet every week until she loses. Sucks for her.

Joe Schmo is quite tivo-worthy. He's inadvertantly taking the actors and producers down because he seems too likeable to point and laugh at him. I think it is kind of backfiring on them, but it makes for good tv.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic

I had a class like this. 6 of us regularly showed up for lectures. 65 showed for the exam. All but the 6 of us left before the 1/2 way mark. Our reward was to stay after the exam while the prof read random samplings of the exams of our peers. Then we all laughed our asses off and went out and got drunk together.

Yeah, but out of those who left, at least two or three aced that exam. Those guys/girls are the ones who were truly laughing.

Originally posted by LessinSF
Bachelor is Wednesdays.

Survivor has been pretty good so far. Summary of last week is that weak link Ryan S. went home even though Osten whined the whole show about wanting to go home because he might catch pneumonia, when his real issue is he doesn't like to lose and he is a poor swimmer.

Which leads to the new Road Rules/Real World challenge, where the biggest guy was sent home because he sucked in the first challenge because he can't swim. Now I know it is a stereotype, but it is one apparently with some semblance of truth - African Americans don't swim as well as the rest of us. I didn't catch the exact number, but about 5 of the first 6 out of the treading water competition were black (as is Osten).

Barely_legal says Joe Schmoe rocks. I never got into it because I was on vacation.

Wasnt Ryan one of the two hot topless guys? As for Osten not swimming, I seem to remember Jervace from Survivor 1 saying he didnt swim bc he was a brother. What the dilly-o?

ANy hookups happening? I dont seem to recall any hot chix on the show.

[evenodds]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Which leads to the new Road Rules/Real World challenge, where the biggest guy was sent home because he sucked in the first challenge because he can't swim. Now I know it is a stereotype, but it is one apparently with some semblance of truth - African Americans don't swim as well as the rest of us. I didn't catch the exact number, but about 5 of the first 6 out of the treading water competition were black (as is Osten).

The OM commented on this as well. I think the biggest problem was the cold water rather than the swimming. (It's like the Whaleship Essex where all the black crewmates died quick, fast, in a hurry.)

Now, because of y'all I caught some of newlyweds. This is such a riot. I hate to say it but Jessica is almost identical in personality to one of my former friends. The same needy, all eyes on me, bullshit. I enjoy it so much more since I get to watch it on tv rather than endure it live. Perhaps she'll follow my ex-friend's example by having her husband divorce her within the first 18 months of marriage.

Karma rocks.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I have this dream NOW.

I still do occasionally as well. Probably a leftover from my first two years of undergrad in a very tough major... I also was kind of a screwup then, and didn't learn my lesson for a while. It's always undergrad related, not law school.

Worst real-life nightmare I've heard of was a guy I met my first semester of undergrad. On a 5 point GPA scale, his first semester he got a 1.2. That was like 4 E's (F equivalent) and a D. GPA was so low, he was just gone. No probation, no second chance.

The class he passed was Bowling. Heard from others that the grading for the class was all improvement-based (i.e., show up and if your score improves, you get a good grade). Either he didn't show up, or he actually got worse as the class went on...