He likes you just the way you are. The bastard.

ROTFLOL!! Waggish is better than witty sometimes. This is one of those times!

Who taught plumbing, hairdressing, housepainting and being spies while demonstration the basic injustice of the world, cruelty of superiors (Mo), and how to make machine guin noises on a bald head with a rapidly-wiggled stiff derby brim.

The Holy Trinity of Lunacy. (With Shemp rotating as the Paraclete.)

I think the problem stems from the fact that many instructors do give them the extra points. Therefore, you can’t hold it against the kid for trying.

Blake on July 6, 2007 at 10:15 AM

Well, I don’t need to read the other posts… I completely agree with the first reply so I’m gonna make a sandwich instead.

As a former college student and a current grad student, I believe the entitlement can be boiled down to three factors; 1) Permissive parents, 2) Public schools that emphasize ‘relative truth,’ low standards and self-esteem building in order to level the playing field, and 3) Expecting/demanding the ‘goods’ for the ‘services’ you have paid for. Number three is especially pervasive because students and their parents feel that they are somehow entitled to an “A” because they have paid money for the class. They see higher education as an economic transaction – “I pay a lot of money for school and I ‘deserve’ to get good grades.”

It may piss some folks off, but I strongly believe (for the most part) that college has become another extension of the joke that public high school is. I say this as someone who got her BA at one of the Ivies. Too many people go to college who simply do not deserve to be there – they can’t cut it intellectually, college is just one big party and it’s viewed as a layover until you join the “real world.” The glut of unqualified people has dumbed down the curriculum and lowered the prestige of having a Bachelor’s Degree. Consequently, teachers and college administrators are under tremendous pressure to make sure that everyone passes. The last thing you want as a college admin is a bunch of angry parents who are threatening to sue because their “unique snowflake” son or daughter didn’t get an “A.”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cKv0lA5DMxw

I’m special and therefore, I’m entitled to an iPhone.
No, I’m special and therefore, I need an iPhone.
What’s an iPhone?

but that is one professor with his head on straight and his mind thinking clearly.

And…oh.. how the PC, “non-judgmental” leftist edunuts in academe must have their knickers in a knot right about now!!!

Love it.

priceless.

http://www.teevee.org/tvcc/world/king_friday_ruler_of_makebelie.html

“The world owes you nothing. You have to work and compete. If you want to be special, you’ll have to prove it.”

How ludicrous to blame Mr. Rogers ( he was too gay for my liking) but he isn’t the problem.
“If you want to be STAY special, you’ll have to prove it…” ” The world owes you nothing. You have to work and compete.” This is true.

There is nothing wrong with telling kids they’re special. Parents must instill a work ethic, and honor, and morals for a child to STAY special.
Where to put the blame? Easy.
Its the liberal ENTITLEMENTS , the ‘no kid left behind’ pushing failing kids thru the grades without merit crap. The illegals dumbing down the schools. Taking God out of the classroom, hence no respect for others in the liberal ME ME ME society. The Simpsons with zero respect and many other cartoons these days, it goes on and on and it has nothing to do with some guy on TV saying you’re special. That is a good message, but it’s only a start.

Blame Mr. Rogers- What a crock. Some Mr. Rogers viewers apparently watch his reruns while smoking dope, still today. Then they write about it.

No sense in using Mr. R as a scapegoat.

OT: Speaking of scapegoats…did anyone see the DIRTY JOBS episode where it was finally explained where that idiom comes from? Fainting goats. Bred to fall down, thus serving as distraction for predators from the rest of the herd animals. The fainter is the “scapegoat”. God, I love Mike Rowe and DIRTY JOBS.

Useless tidbit of the day for you all.

Did you know that Mr. Rogers corrupted a generation……

Essentially parents didn’t want to raise their children in the strict Victorian style as they were and the result I think is to far the other direction.
Add to that the anti establishment generation of the 60s and it’s not to hard to see how kids got to where they are today.

Cookie Monster blamed for childhood obesity – PBS to retool character as “Celery Monster”… maybe those Veggie Tales extremists were on to something after all… back to you Jane…

“You don’t have to think; you just have to FEEL. And your feelings are infinitely important because they are unique.”

And you know what? They aren’t. Your feelings are pretty much identical to those of countless other cosseted suburbanite brats just like yourself.

There really isn’t a hair’s width of difference between what any two Americans fundamentally believe. The difference between “conservatism” and “liberalism” is only a difference in how you look at the world.

Conservatives are afraid to BE wrong; while liberals are afraid to FEEL wrong. The first requires a hard-nosed look at something called “reality,” and your place in it. The second only requires agreement with a “perceived consensus” (i.e., the predominant media position.)

RateMyProfessor LOL. :)

acleaver on July 6, 2007 at 11:37 AM

Seriously. Such a site exists? And you can rate your prof a “hottie?”

I think I’m going to go live in a shack in the woods with the unabomber now.

My husband is a professor and his policy is “THERE IS NO EXTRA CREDIT!” He has kids come to him basically whining about their grades, and he tells them to suck it up and work harder. I truly think that most of them actually respect him for it. He does have a “hottie” rating on RateMyProfessor LOL. :)