tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post115895105605225931..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: This will teach me to make noiseBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1159240959159950692006-09-25T20:22:00.000-07:002006-09-25T20:22:00.000-07:00So glad you are enjoying Middlesex as much as I di...So glad you are enjoying Middlesex as much as I did. <BR/><BR/>There is an Interesting article in yesteday's NY times ibout intersex individuals.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/magazine/24intersexkids.htmlMargaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1159218480647699682006-09-25T14:08:00.000-07:002006-09-25T14:08:00.000-07:00I think MOST of our students think about their edu...I think MOST of our students think about their education as primarily preparing them for a career. That's who our students are. We have a significant percentage of first generation college students, for example. And given the ways that job security looks for most people around here, being prepared for a career IS important.<BR/><BR/>So, I actually DO want these students; I just want to get them to open up their ideas about education a bit, and embrace it as more than career prep. <BR/><BR/>Realistically, the legislature views college as primarily career prep, too. It's not just our undergrads, alas.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1159214638974818302006-09-25T13:03:00.000-07:002006-09-25T13:03:00.000-07:00I'm sure that yours can't be the only complaint ab...I'm sure that yours can't be the only complaint about this. Any program or person that tells students not to take X kinds of classes at a university needs to be yanked back and hard. Of course, only the ones who think about their education that way in the first place will listen and you probably don't want them anyway.Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1159047876834922972006-09-23T14:44:00.000-07:002006-09-23T14:44:00.000-07:00you sound like a great teacher who really wants wh...you sound like a great teacher who really wants what is best for the students.<BR/><BR/>I hope your letter has the desired results or at the very least it starts the ripple effect.Celfyddydauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475969208945918635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1159035803986495632006-09-23T11:23:00.000-07:002006-09-23T11:23:00.000-07:00LOL storm in a teacup. The thing is, we spend tim...LOL storm in a teacup. The thing is, we spend time doing the things this program asks us to do. Now, my two hours for that special session is just two hours. But almost all our first year students take a special programs class, and we have about 2000 first year students. That's 4000 hours of student time potentially wasted.<BR/><BR/>I think their time, and mine, needs to be used wisely. We have limited resources in all sorts of ways, and I want them to be used well.<BR/><BR/>I was also really venting about my stress involved with writing a semi-formal memo thing on a Friday afternoon when I was tired.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.com