Debate, and discuss, just dont Bore me.

Based upon some examples, not time management or personal responsibility.  From UMass, we get this petulant tripe:

This Andrew Card fiasco is really beginning to get on my nerves. I've had to spend the last couple of weeks attending meetings and rallies, as well as signing petitions to try to convince you that your decision (rather, your recommendation to the Board of Trustees) to award a prominent war criminal an honorary degree was "wrong." I have schoolwork to do, I have a new baby son I should be spending time with, but instead I have to waste my time making a public case that you - as an intelligent and supposedly moral man - have made a very bad mistake in giving an honorary degree to a very bad man.

Schoolwork (that must not be the reason for going to college), and a new baby (bet he never heard of abstinence either).

Neglecting both for what?  To protest the War? No.

Feed the Hungry? No

Cloth the poor? No.

For what?  To object to some bozo getting a piece of paper that means squat.

Great set or priorities, eh?


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on May 18, 2007
Schoolwork (that must not be the reason for going to college), and a new baby (bet he never heard of abstinence either).

Neglecting both for what? To protest the War? No.

Feed the Hungry? No

Cloth the poor? No.

For what? To object to some bozo getting a piece of paper that means squat.

Great set or priorities, eh?


I agree, a right bozo shouting his mouth off. Put your head down mate and do some "work"!
on May 18, 2007
Put your head down mate and do some "work"!


Nah, he is too busy complaining about what he does not have to worry about getting it.
on May 18, 2007
I like the fact that he claims this is something he has to do in lieu of the things he should be doing
on May 18, 2007
I like the fact that he claims this is something he has to do in lieu of the things he should be doing


Kind of like the child. WHo wants his wants when he wants them. And has no conception of responsibility.
on May 19, 2007
instead I have to waste my time making a public case t


Says a lot, doesn't it? I agree. He has wasted an awful lot of his time...and that decision (SP? all the sudden my internal speller goes awry...it just doesn't look right) was forced on hiim by the actions of the obviously incompetent leaders at his school. College has changed, I guess. I haven't spent much time on a campus since we took Kent State in '70.
on May 19, 2007
"College tuition is one of the few things in life that we pay, hoping we don't get the most for our money."~ I'm not sure who first said it, but it seems to be all too true. :~D
on May 19, 2007

College has changed, I guess.

Yea, it use to be you went for an education - all else was secondary.

on May 19, 2007

but it seems to be all too true. :~D

Today at least.

on May 19, 2007
When I went to school, lol ( now I sound like my parents...lol) I worried too much about working.. studying, doing homework, and seeing if that cute guy in the next row is looking my way. I didn't worry if my university awarded an honerary piece of bs. (which they did, because their boss didn't even have a Master's degree. ) Long story not needed to be said.

If he was truly up w/ things.. he would be concerned w/ today's events that might effect his life.. not about a piece of paper that means didly squat.

I agree totally.. In looking at what they teach and graduate from schools.. I shudder... ( Funny, when my parent's said that I was mad.. and had no concept of how they could say that... now.. It's serious... *shudder)
on May 20, 2007

worried too much about working.. studying, doing homework, and seeing if that cute guy in the next row is looking my way.

It was a girl with me, but otherwise, the same thing.

on May 20, 2007
I'm curious as to why you think it's wrong for students to use any of the knowledge they're being taught. Do you object to, say, IT students writing programs outside of class? Or music students playing outside of study time?

If not then why is it unacceptable for politics and humanities students to get involved in the college's political life?
on May 20, 2007
If not then why is it unacceptable for politics and humanities students to get involved in the college's political life?


Did you READ the comments, cacto? The student referred to the homework and caring for his child as things he SHOULD be doing, and the protesting of the honorary degree as something that he HAD to do. His comments clearly stated that he felt the university awarding the honorary degree was stealing time.

It's not about getting involved being politically acceptable. It's about differentiating between obligations and desires. This student clearly has it backwards.
on May 20, 2007

Did you READ the comments, cacto? The student referred to the homework and caring for his child as things he SHOULD be doing, and the protesting of the honorary degree as something that he HAD to do. His comments clearly stated that he felt the university awarding the honorary degree was stealing time.

It's not about getting involved being politically acceptable. It's about differentiating between obligations and desires. This student clearly has it backwards.


I guess I just unconsciously pushed through the bullshit. If he really felt that way he would have been studying/caring for his child. He didn't, as proven by his willingness to indulge in political activities.

What, do you think students are incapable of politician-style hypocrisy and absurdities?
on May 20, 2007
If Card was an Anti-American war protesting pig of a human that hated all things American, except his paycheck of course.. then the students and faculty would be shouting high praises that He finally got the recognition he deserved.
on May 20, 2007
If Card was an Anti-American war protesting pig of a human that hated all things American, except his paycheck of course.. then the students and faculty would be shouting high praises that He finally got the recognition he deserved.


Sure, Mod, that's exactly what would happen.
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