rubiksoval

Sounds almost as nice as the feeling you get when one of your third graders writes you an "f.u." note.

Though a day later I found out it was written by another student in an attempt to get the first student in trouble... I think I prefer an angry student cussing me out than one that plans "elaborate" attempts at setting up another student she doesn't like. A bit scared to think what she may do I piss her off. Some con jobs going on around here.

topflightpro

I just passed a woman in the break room at work. Her dress had been caught on her purse and pulled up quite a bit. I didn't know if I should say something. On the one hand, saying something seems like the polite thing to do. But on the other, I didn't want to be accused or perceived of harassing her. I ended up not saying anything.

tetonrider

who here among us can't directly relate to this?

grolby

Oh man. That's brutal.

Ygduf

my kids turned 1

I'll never say anything because I didn't want to do it, but we now have a complete set of 12 monthly, grainy, and backlit pictures on that chair.

johnybutts

I remember my time in academia - never again.

TMonk

cute kids [MENTION=125938]Ygduf[/MENTION]

scheibo

only 17 more years until freedom! (that's kind of cruel, i think people with life sentences get parole earlier than that...)

himespau 

Yeah, my job future relying on how well 19-22 year olds follow instructions? I'd just rather say **** it and do it myself. I'd get it done faster and more accurately. I need to figure out how to gradually give up control and empower them to think for themselves...after I figure out how to fire this batch of them though (it's not just this, the entire year they've been flaky and not showing any initiative and not really doing anything unless I told them 3 times, and even then they don't bother to read to follow simple directions). I'm not paying them, so firing them should be easy, but I haven't ever had to do it before. I've always been the nice guy... and that's part of the problem. Need to figure out a new management style. The thing is, I love getting in a classroom and teaching, or I'd be right there with you finding a way to do similar stuff for an employer other than the state government who doesn't believe in what I do and just keeps me around because, "well, we have to have a university, right, even if we don't really want to fund them."

himespau 

Awesome. Congrats. Now that chair will be permanently part of your memories.

topflightpro

Isn't the semester over in a couple weeks? Won't your issue with those students just rectify itself?

Wylde06

Toyota Corolla's are awful. Ive had to drive one for the past 3 weeks while my car is fixed in the body shop.

himespau 

Most students do research over the course of several semesters to get a good letter of recommendation to medical/professional school. Also, it takes me a couple of months to get them trained, and I want them there for long enough to make that investment worth my time. I tend to have them make a commitment for a whole year (not that I enforce it unless they are taking it for credit). One of my current students has given me the impression he expects to take research for credit for the rest of his time at the university and use that to fill out his electives because it's easier than classes worth the same number of credits. It's only easier because he doesn't come in as often as he's supposed to and doesn't think about the project (outside of the lab or while he's doing the experiments - needs hand holding every step of the way and needs explicitly written down instructions that he apparently doesn't follow). I think I've become too much "friend" and not enough "boss" because one of my most recent bosses was a major ******* that everyone hated and I've overcorrected too far the other way.

himespau 

What's awful? Power, accessories, room? I've always had decent opinions of them without ever having sat in one because the seem to last forever (at least the ones from the 90's did).

topflightpro

If the Corolla is anything like my wife's 2010 Prius that we just got rid of, it has terrible acceleration, handling is atrocious, it steers like a boat, road noise is deafening, and everything rattles.

Wylde06

Everything. I drive a 2017 Nissan Maxima, so having to drive a Toyota Corolla right now is like driving a go cart compared to my Maxima

Wylde06

I wouldn't say it steers like a boat, but it definitely doesn't feel grounded

Ygduf

carollas are boring, as all cars should be. safer that way.

miyata man

Happy Belated Birthday to your twins.

I didn't want to be the cause célèbre in a second thread yesterday.

big john

Probably would be safer out there if people didn't have street legal race cars, or at least have the idea that they are
race car drivers.
We sell that 650 horsepower Corvette and when I drive one, I think about how much trouble one could get into.
I wonder why guys want these things.

topflightpro

spdntrxi

650 is insane.. I have an RX7 that at full boost puts down about 320rwhp..it's plenty for me even on the track.

grolby

What's awful? It's like driving a bar of soap, that's what.

grolby

A car can be slow without being boring. We have a Honda Fit. It's definitely slow. Not nearly as boring and floaty and rolly-poly as a Corolla.

Flatballer

Yeah, the power on some cars these days is insane. I've got 300 to the front wheels and that's plenty enough to get in trouble with.

I drove a brand new basically Kia Forte last week for work and I kinda liked it. Seats sucked and the plastic steering wheel sucked, but it was a rental special, so no options. Amazing gas mileage.