An "Ask Auntie Lowan" Digression.

yes, i think it will be a good exercise of assertiveness for myself. it was sent to me from above to toughen and better myself. i thought, being a heathen, i'd forever be spared of such trials. must admit that i am very curious to talk to her and see what she comes up with. hmm, never thought of hanging my students upside down and have them collect change for me. not a bad thought at all. too bad the course is almost over. perhaps i should enslave a few of the students - those that are physically the ablest. nah, i'd have to keep them in the basement, where my man keeps his bicycles and would have to feed them something. i think i'll just let them go.

Dungeons do mean responsibility. There's the trip to Home Depot for chains, buckets for poo removal etcetera, factors few think of when in the zesty optimism of early planning.

waaah, frget it. the garden is enough of a burden.

lol

Yes.

Just flunk her and be done with it.

she came up with an elaborate story. involves: food poisoning and a bad rash that cannot be exposed to sun at all, subsequent research trip for three days (dunno what happened to dangerous rash), and then email mishap THREE times - getting paper to me 3 days past the deadline. something in this story is fishy - just don't know where to begin. can't stand having my leg pulled!!! grrrrrrr. meeting the girl at 5:30, i want to shred her to pieces, chuck them into charles river and and yell at her, perhaps in reverse order, though. sigh, that felt good.

I'd tell her I don't believe her, and she has already used up her last deadline extension for the course.

If she appeals to someone higher up, do you honestly think they will believe this nonsense?

dag, practise the art of withdrawing and not caring; who benefits from the student skiving? Not she. Just don't mark the assignment and cultivate a Buddhalike smile of detachment.

Think on these things child:

What is the sound of one hand slapping the snot out of this bubble head?

I hope, my Canuckistani virtual acquaintance, that you're talking about some sweet Asolo hikers, or I may have to think less of you.




can I tell you, dag, that when I was in charge of whee undergrads, I went extra-easy on only one student? He provided me with invaluable services. Not sexual, though. The good man was my bartender. You see what I'm saying?

Cause I don't...

Give a student an extension for a bad lie, and s/he lives for a day.

Teach the student to lie WELL, and s/he may live for many years....

Ah, the home of wooly headed advice . . .

well, i took the path of the buddha-like detachment. not quite on purpose - i missed my office hours - running late, stuck in traffic, barely made it to class in time... unless she contacts me, i chose to do nothing- which will make her grade despicably low. oh, final exam today. who will write it? no takers, i suppose i'll have to... thank god it's a final...

What the hell is stroppy supposed to mean anyway? I am familiar with the noun strop, which is a leather device for sharpening a straight razor--and to strop is the verb describing the act. I'm also aware that Oz is no place to learn the English language . . . sheesh . . .

BBB
I suppose you could recommend that she take a creative writing class instead of yours.

Clearly, setanta, "stroppy" means "like or in the manner of a strop." Like George Hamilton.

And in Slovak it means "ceilings". Now you know. Glad you asked.
BBB, she IS taking a creative writing course - I should have known where the wind blows from!

I'm afraid it describes you to a T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The exemplar, non-pareil, indeed....

and, that is the penultimate word on that subject .