The Whining and Bitching Thread

[Funerary_Doom]

Someone just threatened to shoot my dog. if I end up on the id discovery channel, you'll know why.

Need to get a camera though. The cops said that if we caught the old bitch threatening him on camera he would've arrested her because he has a big dog too.

 

[A1a23]

Agreed, cocaine is a big waste.

On a whining and bitching note, damn gutters are clogged with sticks. You'd think it was spring with all these tornadoes that just plowed through Illinois a few hours ago. Luckily not too much destruction in Chicagoland but the Peoria area got hit hard. I remember seeing that some UMers are from that area, so hopefully they are still alive.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

yeah. a few of my students have admitted to prior drug use (specifically things like coke), and I would hate to see them in a foul mood on coke. some of them are already loose cannons

I didn't realize you teach. What do you teach?

Someone just threatened to shoot my dog. if I end up on the id discovery channel, you'll know why.

Need to get a camera though. The cops said that if we caught the old bitch threatening him on camera he would've arrested her because he has a big dog too.

WTF did she threaten your dog for?

 

[unknown]

I didn't realize you teach. What do you teach?

I teach English at Long Beach City College, Rio Hondo College, and Saddleback College

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Teaching is so much fun.

 

[The Butt]

I leave to head back to Shit Falls today. Shit sucks. Not only that but I am instrumentless once again, my acoustic guitar bit the dust.

 

[unknown]

Teaching is so much fun.

it's a blast. I love doing it. I'm way unorganized this semester though since I have five classes. Over the winter break I'm going to spend most of my time organizing and getting shit lined out

 

[Zephyrus]

Teaching is fun insofar as I give a flying fuck about the subject matter. Teaching Latin and Greek last year was a blast. Teaching Rhetoric this year, on the other hand, has been utter hell.

 

[SentinelSlain]

My mind turned back to Sharp Dressed Man 1/4 into the wikipedia article.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Teaching is fun insofar as I give a flying fuck about the subject matter. Teaching Latin and Greek last year was a blast. Teaching Rhetoric this year, on the other hand, has been utter hell.

You know my situation, and while I'm not too interested in Rhetoric and Composition either, I enjoy teaching my students even if I feel that, at times, I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.

I'd love to teach Latin 101 or the general Mythology course with my Latin professor, but alas, I'm in the English program and not the Foreign Language program. I might try and work something out with the two departments next fall and get a Graduate Assistantship instead of teaching 2 sections of ENGL 103/104.

 

[Zephyrus]

Yeah, you're in English. You should be teaching Rhet/Comp. I'm the one in fucking Classics, and they put me in a class to teach retarded freshmen how to write.

 

[unknown]

Rhet/Comp represent! Except it was actually my field of study. A bunch of my friends were Lit majors who got stuck teaching Composition

 

[SentinelSlain]

It's taken me two full days to sort out my room and I'm still only about halfway there.

 

[sevag00]

Teaching is so much fun.

Aren't they surprised this kid is teaching?

 

[The Ozzman]

Yeah, you're in English. You should be teaching Rhet/Comp. I'm the one in fucking Classics, and they put me in a class to teach retarded freshmen how to write.

You were a retarded freshman at one point. Remember that.

 

[whiskey funeral]

It would be nice if I could have ONE DAY where my kid doesn't throw something in a fit of rage/temper tantrum.

 

[Matt]

Slap him around a little.

 

[Matt]

Teaching is fun insofar as I give a flying fuck about the subject matter. Teaching Latin and Greek last year was a blast. Teaching Rhetoric this year, on the other hand, has been utter hell.

I'm hoping to get an economics assistantship. I'm coming from a very retarded perspective mathematically and I think this will make me a better teacher. Most of my professors are math geniuses don't know how to relate with people who aren't inherently quantitative.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

I teach English at Long Beach City College, Rio Hondo College, and Saddleback College

Oh rad. How has your experience working at CCs been?

I'm hoping to get an economics assistantship. I'm coming from a very retarded perspective mathematically and I think this will make me a better teacher. Most of my professors are math geniuses don't know how to relate with people who aren't inherently quantitative.

Yeah the problem with a lot of university professors is they have little to no actual teacher training so unless they put out the effort themselves, they might never learn to communicate their ideas to different kinds of learners. This is especially true at universities where the classes are huge and the teacher rarely interacts with the students on a one-on-one basis. This seems even more common in the math and sciences, where you have more individuals who aren't "people persons."

 

[Zephyrus]

You were a retarded freshman at one point. Remember that.

If only it were that simple. As a retarded freshman I still liked Classics, which is the only way I can approach the subject of Rhetoric with any level of authority. All these students want to talk about is Miley Cyrus.

Also, I should add that I was in the Honors program as a freshman, and my students here are not. In Rhetoric classes that is a major difference in terms of how the students take command of the learning environment.