tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post3611032034881153716..comments2023-04-03T09:34:37.841-04:00Comments on Romantoes: TMIRosemaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-14887383617805689352011-02-13T15:04:36.162-05:002011-02-13T15:04:36.162-05:00Ah, Jane, I think as usual you've hit it on th...Ah, Jane, I think as usual you've hit it on the head when you quote your student's comment that you "made her feel as though her life were so *interesting*."<br /><br />I hadn't thought about it before, but this semester I'm teaching only folklore classes (one undergrad, one graduate). And because we talk so much about family traditions and other issues of identity and Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-412097407760961012011-02-11T16:11:11.660-05:002011-02-11T16:11:11.660-05:00I agree with Pam and ej. You have the bull's e...I agree with Pam and ej. You have the bull's eye on your forehead. This happens to me, too, although only with female students. Although I am old enough to be their mother, I flatter myself that I come across as big sisterly. (And this happens to me occasionally, too: students showing me a piece of their bodies -- here's my knee scar; here's my double-jointed thumb (!); here's Jane Kokernakhttp://leafstitchword.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-55304866015164693452011-02-06T21:34:52.237-05:002011-02-06T21:34:52.237-05:00Touché, John. But maybe you could be the first?Touché, John. But maybe you could be the first?Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-4055848537825646792011-02-06T20:04:03.615-05:002011-02-06T20:04:03.615-05:00John said to tell you that no one in an economics ...John said to tell you that no one in an economics department wears a cape.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-88982157968307069462011-02-06T19:11:51.121-05:002011-02-06T19:11:51.121-05:00Susan, the ferret excuse is the best. But wow, wh...Susan, the ferret excuse is the best. But wow, what a lot of drama! I thought that kind of stuff only went on in English Departments!<br /><br />@"Anonymous": not your fault, for sure. :^)Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-47042648596393914592011-02-05T17:43:58.781-05:002011-02-05T17:43:58.781-05:00Ah, Rose, it's the family "big ear" ...Ah, Rose, it's the family "big ear" curse--not your hair. Sorry to have passed that on.<br />MhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-85376347530840601712011-02-04T23:47:45.188-05:002011-02-04T23:47:45.188-05:00Gosh, I don't know. My husband is not particu...Gosh, I don't know. My husband is not particularly approachable looking (at his first job someone told him he looked like an axe murderer), and he doesn't often look people in the eye. This is mainly due to shyness, but it can be hard to know that. However, he still hears many students' stories. My favorites recently:<br /><br />1. Student is having trouble finishing dissertationSusannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-64091256432958659552011-02-04T21:18:07.691-05:002011-02-04T21:18:07.691-05:00Dammit, ej...I guess I'm doomed. ;^)
Still, ...Dammit, ej...I guess I'm doomed. ;^)<br /><br />Still, why so much MORE of this now than ever before? That's what's weird. <br /><br />I was talking to a colleague this afternoon about this issue, though, and he told me that he got so tired of hearing way-too-graphic excuses that he actually has something in his syllabus telling students explicitly NOT to explain their absences.<brRosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223441754197927551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-17862093017151276112011-02-04T19:20:48.716-05:002011-02-04T19:20:48.716-05:00I agree with Pam-nothing to do with the hair color...I agree with Pam-nothing to do with the hair color (which looks fabulous, by the way!) It is because, deep down, you care. Maybe not about their personal problems, but about them. And students with profs who care are like dogs with fear-they can sense it.ejnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604990465653925540.post-68621981409242348092011-02-04T18:37:12.639-05:002011-02-04T18:37:12.639-05:00Nope trust me. Your hair could be green and purple...Nope trust me. Your hair could be green and purple striped and it wouldn't matter. it's all in the face and the eye contact. For God's sake don't make eye contact. If you do you're dead meat. Trust me I know. I've had that face all my life.Pamnoreply@blogger.com