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Comment on My CommentsAbout Stubenville by Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:52:28 +0000

Thanks Dakine01! The woman is a moron. Is there anything else to say?

Comment on My CommentsAbout Stubenville by dakine01

dakine01 — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:22:24 +0000

Cassie, looking forward to reading your rebuttal to this "Princeton" mother telling women students to go for their MRS. And welcome back. Your voice is sorely needed on things such as Steubenville et al

Comment on My CommentsAbout Stubenville by Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:03:34 +0000

Thanks, Aunt Cheryl. I really have a lot of respect for the girl in this case.

Comment on My CommentsAbout Stubenville by Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:02:42 +0000

Thanks Steve. Some jocks have brains, but they also have a twisted set of morals, especially where girls are concerned..

Comment on My CommentsAbout Stubenville by Steve Foreman

Steve Foreman — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:55:21 +0000

Cassie, it’s been a while, but you haven’t missed a beat. That keen mind of yours is still moving on all cylinders. (BTW, I couldn’t agree with you more. The way the media tried to trash the girl and bemoan the fates of the guys is saddening.)

Might I just say that you have something a lot of these jocks don’t have–A BRAIN.

Peace.

Comment on My CommentsAbout Stubenville by Aunt Cheryl

Aunt Cheryl — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:55:24 +0000

Cassie.

It DOES happen. Every year, in every school, in every state.

The only difference this time is that someone recorded it, and the comments of the boys afterwards (which are always the same), and got it to go viral, and the girl did something other than drop out, the family did something other than leave town.

But. Don’t you ever wonder why girls don’t major in engineering? Computer Science? That even out of the ones who do finish in these programs, HALF of them are NOT practicing engineers or programmers five years down the line…despite their better grades and better SAT scores?

Because the whole world is one big frat house, and we are just meat.

And this is going on ALL. THE. TIME. And has been for many decades.

It is why we fight.

Watch (or better yet, read) _The Last Picture Show_.

Comment on Professors by David Kaiser

David Kaiser — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:08:15 +0000

Since you asked–perfection is not of this world. No. Just ask everyone you can find what’s best–particularly people you like. Good luck!

Comment on Professors by Cassie

Cassie — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:09:31 +0000

Thanks to both Professor Davids. Good suggestions. There are good profs here but I’m still in a lot of intro classes. It will all be perfect next year. Right?

Comment on Professors by David Kaiser

David Kaiser — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:35:25 +0000

Cassie,

I have been reading you for a few years, and I was pretty sure this would happen to you. 35 years ago I was one of the most popular history profs at a school on the level of Princeton. I was, naturally, let go. I have been able to teach at a comparable place for a total of one year since then, and next year I get another one. Then I’ll retire. Good teaching of smart undergraduates involves giving them great reading; using simple and clear language; and above all, thinking big aboiut your subject. Those qualities were somewhat valued still in the 1960s and 1970s, but they’ve been getting less and less valued in universities ever since. It’s very sad, but that’s the way it is.

Do not despair completely; in all of Princeton there must even now be a few men and women trying to do it right. Seek them out, regardless of the exact topic. There won’t be enough to fill up your schedule, but you can get a great deal out of them all the same. Good luck.

your fellow blogger,

Comment on Professors by David in Montreal

David in Montreal — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:05:19 +0000

Oh no, you’re on to us !!

Profs are sometimes more concerned with impressing other profs with fancy language and convoluted theory.

They then lose all connection with the students who just want to know all the funny, cool, and unexpected insights on topics you’d never ever earn about expect in college.

Except what happens is that these profs suck all the life out of the subject. It becomes just a dead lab rat, something to study half-heartedly through powerpoint graphics and quizzes. Just a dead boring lifeless rodent. No fun at all. And more than a little stinky as the semester drags on …

I agree. Let the students teach for a day. And I don’t mean student presentations.

Rent (download) Accepted, a great movie about students who make up and teach their own classes (and own college!)