Comments for One Tough vonCookie http://onetoughvoncookie.com Assiduously Avoidant Since 2005 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on First-Year Academic: Surprise, Surprise Edition by maria callas http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2426&cpage=1#comment-8313 maria callas Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:16:03 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2426#comment-8313 hmm lots to ponder. 1. karma pays forth. 2. good-for-students being canceled out argument perhaps falters in a time of crises? right? as in otherwise, without your generosity/magnanimous self-sacrifice etc., many..lets say 5 of them, might have difficulty finishing the major/graduating, right? and 3. though i'm not 100% comfortable about the taking in more students for the same amount of pay issue and agree grosso modo with what you/knitters brought up, i also think that in a time of crisis(am i being too dramatic? perhaps an alternative: in a time recuperating/still reeling from crisis...) a certain amount of team-playing is expected. (not that you haven't done this a million times over already, but you know...). i know in my department above you the instructors' were resistant (for legitimate reasons) of raising the # of students accepted in each class and voiced their concerns. what happened? they went to bed one day with the regular cap and woke up the next morning /many found out by the 5 new faces in their class that the class limit has been raised overnight. I know for the course I'm teaching (writing intensive to the max) we have 11 extra bodies in the class. Because they are majors and cannot graduate without the class. So I agree, it puts the students in a not as great situation, but if all professors etc., refused to raise the limits, i think it would cause more problems long term. Perhaps it's better just to have a semester or two of fuller than ideal courses and hopefully things will settle if the economy gets better/ppl will find new administrative ways to deal with the situation. I think had you said I just can't do that....it might not have gone over so well. though i fully agree/believe it is NOT as good for the students. but i think also the students, given that they have had so much trouble getting in many of their classes, understand why these days...this semester at least, the classes are a bit packed.. lost track of numbers. you know how you have your 7/8-5...or plus nighttime work time plan? i think you just need to make sure that each day you set aside...hmmm 1? 2? 1.5 hours for research, and more on the weekends. like maybe it will be best for you to plan the classes at school adn then you come home, can have your relax time and then research...or perhaps you prefer to do research at school and lesson plan at home. but at least a bit a day, then you're making continual progress! that's what french overlord does, and he's been able to publish a ton. but....i feel ya vc hmm lots to ponder. 1. karma pays forth. 2. good-for-students being canceled out argument perhaps falters in a time of crises? right? as in otherwise, without your generosity/magnanimous self-sacrifice etc., many..lets say 5 of them, might have difficulty finishing the major/graduating, right?
and 3. though i’m not 100% comfortable about the taking in more students for the same amount of pay issue and agree grosso modo with what you/knitters brought up, i also think that in a time of crisis(am i being too dramatic? perhaps an alternative: in a time recuperating/still reeling from crisis…) a certain amount of team-playing is expected. (not that you haven’t done this a million times over already, but you know…). i know in my department above you the instructors’ were resistant (for legitimate reasons) of raising the # of students accepted in each class and voiced their concerns. what happened? they went to bed one day with the regular cap and woke up the next morning /many found out by the 5 new faces in their class that the class limit has been raised overnight. I know for the course I’m teaching (writing intensive to the max) we have 11 extra bodies in the class. Because they are majors and cannot graduate without the class. So I agree, it puts the students in a not as great situation, but if all professors etc., refused to raise the limits, i think it would cause more problems long term. Perhaps it’s better just to have a semester or two of fuller than ideal courses and hopefully things will settle if the economy gets better/ppl will find new administrative ways to deal with the situation.
I think had you said I just can’t do that….it might not have gone over so well. though i fully agree/believe it is NOT as good for the students. but i think also the students, given that they have had so much trouble getting in many of their classes, understand why these days…this semester at least, the classes are a bit packed..

lost track of numbers. you know how you have your 7/8-5…or plus nighttime work time plan? i think you just need to make sure that each day you set aside…hmmm 1? 2? 1.5 hours for research, and more on the weekends. like maybe it will be best for you to plan the classes at school adn then you come home, can have your relax time and then research…or perhaps you prefer to do research at school and lesson plan at home. but at least a bit a day, then you’re making continual progress! that’s what french overlord does, and he’s been able to publish a ton.

but….i feel ya vc

]]> Comment on First-Year Academic: Surprise, Surprise Edition by toobeaut http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2426&cpage=1#comment-8304 toobeaut Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:45:19 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2426#comment-8304 Oops, another *`&@^# learning experience. That said, you are a *very* attractive candidate. Oops, another *`&@^# learning experience. That said, you are a *very* attractive candidate.

]]> Comment on First-Year Academic: Damned Nerves! Edition by Allison http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2419&cpage=1#comment-8128 Allison Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:34:23 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2419#comment-8128 Good luck!! Excited, delighted, thrilled for you. :) Good luck!! Excited, delighted, thrilled for you. :)

]]> Comment on First-Year Academic: A Journal of Discovery, Part I by voncookie http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2411&cpage=1#comment-8022 voncookie Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:43:45 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2411#comment-8022 Amanda: I'm going to email you -- look for a message with the word "voncookie" in the subject line sent to your thunderclap address. Thanks for the comment! Amanda: I’m going to email you — look for a message with the word “voncookie” in the subject line sent to your thunderclap address. Thanks for the comment!

]]> Comment on First-Year Academic: A Journal of Discovery, Part I by Amanda http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2411&cpage=1#comment-8019 Amanda Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:01:04 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2411#comment-8019 I loved this post, probably because it's what I want to aspire to. This summer I decided to stop being lazy and begin to study for the GRE so I can get my masters in English. What I'm hoping is that the masters will push me into a PhD because I will love it so much I can't stop. I've felt an incredibly big academic void since I left university and I need to satisfy it. I only graduated with my BA 3.5 years ago so I'm still pretty young but I have a weird question to ask you. How old are you? How long did it take you to get the PhD? I'm not afraid of the masters whatsoever./ The PhD on the other hand terrifies me! I loved this post, probably because it’s what I want to aspire to. This summer I decided to stop being lazy and begin to study for the GRE so I can get my masters in English. What I’m hoping is that the masters will push me into a PhD because I will love it so much I can’t stop. I’ve felt an incredibly big academic void since I left university and I need to satisfy it. I only graduated with my BA 3.5 years ago so I’m still pretty young but I have a weird question to ask you. How old are you? How long did it take you to get the PhD? I’m not afraid of the masters whatsoever./ The PhD on the other hand terrifies me!

]]> Comment on Sleep of the Damned: Hella Hot-t-t-t, Birth of a Syllabus, God Bless the Sev by maria callas http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2408&cpage=1#comment-7904 maria callas Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:30:16 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2408#comment-7904 seriously, the fact that i sit around, doing nothing else with my life, just waiting for you to post is becoming blatantly obvious. but oh well..... so omg not to continue the egg-speak, but i was totally cracking up: 1. the hella. noooooo 2. "The overhead fan is not enough to quit me of the heat." omg i love you. do you know you're like Alcuin. ahhhh i love him. you just wrote the opposite of "o mea cella." he has some poems in which he gets mad at his cell, just like baudri, but i cannot think of them now. 3. album. hmmm, you mean the big ones right that are black or are those vinyls? or are vinyls black too? whatever. this is like when you play those math games! 4. you cannot love not using double negatives...or something. 5.awww the sev man. 6. you are going to rock this semester!!! seriously, the fact that i sit around, doing nothing else with my life, just waiting for you to post is becoming blatantly obvious. but oh well…..

so omg not to continue the egg-speak, but i was totally cracking up: 1. the hella. noooooo
2. “The overhead fan is not enough to quit me of the heat.” omg i love you. do you know you’re like Alcuin. ahhhh i love him. you just wrote the opposite of “o mea cella.” he has some poems in which he gets mad at his cell, just like baudri, but i cannot think of them now. 3. album. hmmm, you mean the big ones right that are black or are those vinyls? or are vinyls black too? whatever. this is like when you play those math games! 4. you cannot love not using double negatives…or something. 5.awww the sev man. 6. you are going to rock this semester!!!

]]> Comment on RIP: My Mid-Atlantic Accent… Sort of by Katiek http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401&cpage=1#comment-7835 Katiek Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:28:08 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401#comment-7835 Tal - I love it. I actually found your blog because I did a search of "south jersey pronounce towel crayon water". My dear departed father was from the Jersey Shore, and we used to tease him for saying Tal, Cran and Wudder. Your spellings are a bit different but same idea. You forgot to mention going to the store and gedding a gallon of melk. Tal – I love it. I actually found your blog because I did a search of “south jersey pronounce towel crayon water”. My dear departed father was from the Jersey Shore, and we used to tease him for saying Tal, Cran and Wudder. Your spellings are a bit different but same idea. You forgot to mention going to the store and gedding a gallon of melk.

]]> Comment on RIP: My Mid-Atlantic Accent… Sort of by maria callas http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401&cpage=1#comment-7363 maria callas Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:35:33 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401#comment-7363 and im out. and im out.

]]> Comment on RIP: My Mid-Atlantic Accent… Sort of by maria callas http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401&cpage=1#comment-7362 maria callas Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:35:08 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401#comment-7362 or maybe it's just the housewife in me..... or maybe it’s just the housewife in me…..

]]> Comment on RIP: My Mid-Atlantic Accent… Sort of by maria callas http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401&cpage=1#comment-7361 maria callas Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:34:51 +0000 http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2401#comment-7361 oh, heaven help me. fraze? fraze? i seriously have not slept in like 2 days....che vergogna!! oh, heaven help me. fraze? fraze?
i seriously have not slept in like 2 days….che vergogna!!

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