tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post3715669966933951993..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Not everybody's looking forward to the beginning of the school year …Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-11542766766244763942008-08-27T22:54:00.000-05:002008-08-27T22:54:00.000-05:00Hey - I'm the CrankyProfessor, and I have to say t...Hey - I'm the CrankyProfessor, and I have to say there's nothing like the award of tenure to cheer a person up! Sabbatical! yay!TheCrankyProfessorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044204782286107779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-45486313550651374422008-08-27T17:17:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:17:00.000-05:00Our contributor Joe tells the story of an old budd...Our contributor Joe tells the story of an old buddy of his who said "my worst day in academia was better than my best day in the factory". Kinda sums it up, I think. <BR/><BR/>If you figure out where there's paid work with no 'complete tools' around (as CrankyProf put it), please let me know!Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-13374549809825905152008-08-27T17:12:00.000-05:002008-08-27T17:12:00.000-05:00I'm a prof-in-training and I hear constant negativ...I'm a prof-in-training and I hear constant negativity from my profs about their jobs. Maybe I'm optimistic because (a) I worked five miserable years in a cubicle before going to grad school or (b) I haven't had the prof job yet.<BR/><BR/>Do only profs that have never tried work in another field think their prof jobs are the most awful? Or are they right?Brainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405985978357872966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-38658738219044697442008-08-27T15:36:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:36:00.000-05:00Even if you're kidding, that's pretty twisted. Are...Even if you're kidding, that's pretty twisted. Are Hubs of Understanding directly or indirectly connected to Wheels of Death and Rings of Fire?Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-84015882081812048842008-08-27T15:25:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:25:00.000-05:00Heh. our latest "fresh wind" decided that the word...Heh. our latest "fresh wind" decided that the word "meeting" was "too negatively charged." She's decreed that, henceforward, all meetings are to be referred to as "hubs of understanding."<BR/><BR/>Oy.CrankyProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032272009661743761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-7753680146613757432008-08-27T15:14:00.000-05:002008-08-27T15:14:00.000-05:00Gee, I failed at basic irony? Another reason I cou...Gee, I failed at basic irony? Another reason I couldn't be a lit prof, I guess.<BR/><BR/>Here at Wisconsin, we have our share of complete tools but we've got some fresh winds blowing.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, your blog is a nice find.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-66205491823273709172008-08-27T14:53:00.000-05:002008-08-27T14:53:00.000-05:00Now, now. Had you read back just one post further,...Now, now. Had you read back just one post further, you would have seen that I was, in fact, looking forward to the new semester.<BR/><BR/>I like (most of) my students. It's the administrators that are complete tools.CrankyProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032272009661743761noreply@blogger.com