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Breitbart.tv : Maher: Chris Christie's Weight Problem Worse than Anthony Weiner's Self-Control Issues

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:12:39 +0000

Despite the politics of this, Christie is going to die young if he doesn't get his weight under serious control. If he waits until he's 50 to run, he'll be dead. Imagine all the jokes that the all the comedians in all the world will make of our President Christie.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : He knows who you are, moron

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:48:39 +0000

First of all, what kind of name is "Doris"? Who, are you, Grover Cleveland's niece? Second, your first sentence is backward. And that thing that follows it is an abomination. The last time you saw a professor was back in aught seven at Salem Normal School, if ever? You can't "belive" it? I can't "belive" it either!

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:38:28 +0000

Also sprach Cameron, "Prologue." That's right, Cam: Thanks to you, I'm employed. Let's give a round of "thank yous" to all those things and people that help employ us. Thank you, cancer, for keeping those oncologists going. Thank you, criminals, for allowing the police to get taxpayers' money. Thank you, arsonists, for making that Volunteer Fire Department have something to do now and then. Thank you, Bin Laden, for helping to keep our military forces strong. Etc. The only "knowledge of George Washington" that we should care about is the knowledge of seeing his face on a $1.00-note and a $0.25 piece. Am I right or am I right? Cameron, you must have been denied cookies in kindergarten, so you've turned to a life of crime, and are now trolling the Internet from some microcephalic prison. You're living in an asylum for idiots. But you probably still do have the right to vote, and I'm sure--this being America and all--you're using it.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:05:08 +0000

Learning at home, by yourself, is a valuable task and it has a name. It's called "homework." You're probably familiar with it from elementary school. You might actually have studied for a test once in high school. In college, you're expected to both teach yourself and do homework _and_ be present for the lectures. And where can I buy those 1000 units of information? I never knew that education was quantifiable. After last semester, are you 346 more knowledgeable than you were before? Does that make you now 6.223% smarter than you were? You're deluding yourself about the nature of education. Come see me in 25 years. We'll talk. Or are you an engineering student?

Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. Miller-McCune. : With Music, Ignorance May Be Bliss

Thu, 5 Aug 2010 14:18:13 +0000

Music professors have always known this, despite what they are called upon to do at the basic level of the music appreciation class (i.e., educate the musically illiterate). When I decided to make my hobby (music) my life, I discovered somewhat to my amazement that I lost experiential aspects of my hobby. Nevertheless, for me and for many, many others whom I have taught, the pleasure (plaisir) of "knowing" can far exceed the joy (jouissance) of the immediate, transcendent, flow experience. And this is not to say that I (or you) can't have both, simultaneously, when listening to a piece by Bach or Beethoven that has been analyzed to death. I would say that at the higher levels of performance, after a work is thoroughly learned and analyzed, flow is recaptured.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:27:15 +0000

Vetlady, we thank you and all vets for your service to the country. Now . . . let's get down to business: Students are not employees; they're products in the sense that an aspiring Navy Seal in N.S. school has to emerge brave, brilliant, strong and skilled. If he's not, then he's toast. Think "products" in the sense of a quality car that is produced by a system, not as a commodity. Next: The office of Student Services handles all issues with learning disabilities and handicaps or any personal matters. Students go there, get offical assessment, are given letters, and show them to the profs. Profs are not allowed to "take a student's word for it." Student Services will help you get your valid letter. When you've been in the business for over 20 years, you see a lot of lying students. That's the reality.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Good looking professor wants you to show pity for less attractive professors

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:41:28 +0000

I provide the converse of what many students have said: Venus, I wish you were a student at my college. I would overtally you into any of my courses and waive all prereqs to have you study with me. You rock!

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:04:26 +0000

Conclusion: Students who do not attend classes regularly should attend non-terrestrial schools, where one is not forced to hear logically formulated oral statements for hours on end. Lorraine, thank you for that last bit of evidence in support of college-classroom attendence. Q.E.D. students : online colleges :: a good breakfast : a human

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:55:39 +0000

College is different. Students are patients. As patients, they agree to abide by the advice of their physicians and therapists, which does include taking prescription medication, etc. There are, of course, crappy doctors who would rather be on the links. That does not excuse them of their own responsibilities. Stay away from the fats and sugars. Exercise every day. Moderate your alcohol intake. Without following our advice, you will not get better. America's obesity and general poor health is analogous to America's poor intellectual health.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Save it for your parents

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:43:05 +0000

John ... John ... John. Chill. This is the Internet; this is not real life. Dee is not a professor here. She's a poster, a commenter, maybe a troll like me. I'm sure she doesn't denigrate students in real life, you know? And when (if) you become a professor, you'll see students who aren't as serious as you, who might expect their education handed to them in return for cash. I wonder how that will make you feel. The thing about Dee, and you, and me is that we are good students. We know what it's like to study. We appreciate good teaching and clear reasoning. You will see that most students don't think the way we do. And one day you'll be so angry at those "C" students who have this "gimme" attitude that you'll post a few vile, derogatory statements about students on some blog just to let off steam. You seem to be new to this Internet phenomenon. I thought your name really was "John." Silly me! Signed, your pal ... Ramón ;-) .

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:45:55 +0000

T4LMKRsole! If I need an English tutor, I'll be sure to ring you up!

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:18:07 +0000

Reading--and I mean sitting down with some complex text and trying to make sense of it-- is painful. Kids don't realize this. Perhaps it's because the teaching of foreign languages in the U.S. has sunk to an abysmal level. Some of my most painful but rewarding experiences were trying to sort out a story in some European language at college semester 3, 4 and beyond. Do any college students ever take a foreign language beyond the 1 and 2 stage? Then there were years of music lessons and hours of boring practice that yielded some fluency. Kids have to learn some patience and stick-to-itiveness somehow. It’s not all World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero, you know? I love the "Big Bird" line. Doc, I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to use it. Thanks.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Think His Exams Are Tough Try A Nice Medium Security Prison Instead

Tue, 25 May 2010 20:37:21 +0000

My impression (and it's only an impression) is that CC professors are focused on teaching college-level skills. Not that we don't teach them, but that it's a critical issue at the CC level. It's not at all about different professorial standards. What I tend to see with successful CC students at the 4-yr-level is that they're not used to the workload. Some of my transfer students have said, "Yo, professor. XXCC was like high school compared to this." And that doesn't mean that the kids aren't prepared or that they can't do the work well. It just means that they have to step up their game. My complaint is that there are many 4-yr kids who need to take their game down a notch, back to triple-A for a semester or two, until they realize how to think like college students. It's their lack of skills combined with inability to budget time that make their presence in my classes a waste of everyone's time. Yes. We appreciate you, Nick. And as I said, community colleges serve a very worthwhile purpose for many.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Tue, 25 May 2010 02:55:36 +0000

Amen, brother.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Sat, 22 May 2010 13:42:53 +0000

Me is a kid, born in 1988, raised in the virtual world of computer gaming. The only job he's qualified for is remotely piloting Predator Drones over North Waziristan from his armchair in an air-conditioned bunker in Nevada. That's fine. But for all other tasks in life, you have to show up--including terrestrial schools like Hamburger University.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Wed, 19 May 2010 16:30:04 +0000

So, is 5 absences too many? 8? 13? 21? Can you see the prof's dilemma?

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Wed, 19 May 2010 13:23:06 +0000

I have to agree with you, Alex. I once had a student who had medical issues that made her absent for 50-75% of the classes. She seemed to be able to make it in on test days and wound up doing very well in the class in terms of her final grade. But when I asked the Registrar about my dilemma (she missed the in-class material--the parallel universe that I create, which supplements the textbook theory in a practical way), I was told that she must fail the class. The issue as you can imagine is that, though the testing is significantly "from the textbook," the lecture material is, in fact, what the course is about. It was like missing all the science labs. This student was forced to take the course again, took it with me, was mentally elsewhere, had no desire to sit there, and performed miserably, though she passed. It was very sad for her and for me. . . . "And that's the rest of the story." Where does the instructor draw the clear line on absences?

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Wed, 12 May 2010 01:36:54 +0000

#1) If "the point is whether or not grading for attendence actually is serving some pedogogical purpose or whether we are merely using it as an easy way to fudge marks up or down, in the end of term evaluations," then say so. You were discussing child-rearing in the earlier post. #2) Who doesn't like fudge? Fudge douche anyone?

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Tue, 11 May 2010 02:07:17 +0000

Josh is just joshing. His entry was written by a high school student. "a very group oriented manor" = Home for several mentally challenged people.

Professors Strike Back on mtvU - As Seen on Rate My Professors : Mr. Churchill Says: You'll Still Be Ugly In The Morning

Mon, 10 May 2010 20:10:21 +0000

Mike, find a good woman. Have kids. Get back to us in 18+ years. So your kid says, "I'll mow the lawn/shovel the walk/get the old lady's drugs tomorrow." Then it rains for three days, and, by the time he mows, the lawn gets torn up/the neighbor comes over for her much needed drugs and she slips on your unshoveled walk and breaks her hip/then as the EMS workers carry her to the ambulance she has a stroke because she still didn't get her coumadin. Yeah, Mike. Come back in a few years.