The Academics Thread

[Starlord 3,116]

On 12/15/2018 at 3:17 AM, Badger said:

 

On a serious not, for some reason when reading for the longest time I read it as pa-ra-dig-um.

 

Hegemony is another one I still misread occasionally.

 

 

 

Bologna for me.

[Cancer 5,340]

Course grades posted, about 24 hours ahead of deadline.  Stuff needs doing for next quarter, but that stuff can wait a day or two.

[Pariah 5,534]

Whether I wear slacks, khakis, or jeans to work isn't what makes me a professional. 

 

The fact that I can deal with rooms full of teenagers without resorting to defenestration is what makes me a professional.

[Logan.1179 4,635]

34 minutes ago, Pariah said:

Whether I wear slacks, khakis, or jeans to work isn't what makes me a professional. 

 

The fact that I can deal with rooms full of teenagers without resorting to defenestration is what makes me a professional.

 

Sounds more like evidence that you're on Prozac.

 

Edit: Oh wait, PROzac... i get it now 😁

[Badger 1,352]

5 hours ago, Pariah said:

Whether I wear slacks, khakis, or jeans to work isn't what makes me a professional. 

 

The fact that I can deal with rooms full of teenagers without resorting to defenestration is what makes me a professional.

 

If you cant do that to them, what's the point?

[Cancer 5,340]

Do things that are slower-acting, difficult to detect, but obvious, inescapable, and crippling in the end.

 

EDIT: for example

[Pariah 5,534]

I love the melodious clicking of Newton's cradles in the morning.

[Badger 1,352]

Damn it, I'm craving fig newtons now.

[L. Marcus 1,967]

Actually, those are named after a town in Massachusetts...

[Badger 1,352]

*smacks Marcus for bringing trivia into this*

 

I want to satisfy my cravings!

 

 

 

 

[Old Man 8,767]

Sorry man, I'm all out of scantily clad Ewok women.

[Badger 1,352]

Uhh, I'd rather not know why you had them in the first place.

[Old Man 8,767]

To satisfy your regular and sizeable cravings, of course.  What kind of merchant would I be if I didn't try to keep inventory on hand for my biggest customer?  Sadly, there's a trade war on.

[L. Marcus 1,967]

And a lot of flying razors, for some reason. What has America done now?

[Badger 1,352]

Uhh, are you talking about Gillette's ad?  I rolled my eyes and moved on.  

[Cancer 5,340]

How else are you supposed to make a razor-and-apostasy pie?

[Starlord 3,116]

Not sure.  I would need to check Grandma's recipe book.

[Pariah 5,534]

From my current statistics class syllabus:

"Homework should not be submitted electronically; rather, always bring a hard copy of your homework to class, as [Professor A] despises trees. Don't worry, she will be punished for this."

[Cancer 5,340]

Well, bringing in an assignment written on slates is often a challenge.

[Old Man 8,767]

Back in my day we used stone tablets or cave walls. Kids are so spoiled nowadays. 

[Cancer 5,340]

For winter classes, didn't you write yours in the snow the old fashioned way?  That was the real reason only boys were sent to school.

[Cancer 5,340]

"Militant vegetables on Bench 3.  Militant vegetables on Bench 3.   Hide all the sharp objects."

[Pariah 5,534]

5 hours ago, Cancer said:

Well, bringing in an assignment written on slates is often a challenge.

 

5 hours ago, Old Man said:

Back in my day we used stone tablets or cave walls. Kids are so spoiled nowadays. 

 

Would "engraved on metal plates" be entirely inappropriate?

[Cancer 5,340]

As someone who is grading things now ... perhaps closer to the situation on hand would be "engraved on a shiny golden statue of a calf".

[Christopher 948]

21 hours ago, Pariah said:

 

 

Would "engraved on metal plates" be entirely inappropriate?

How about engraved in the magnetic dust of a rotating disk, or the state of relays?