tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post5610743562296566527..comments2024-03-05T09:00:51.695-08:00Comments on DISSENT the BLOG: A student's perspective: at the Writing LabRebel Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695051285325585662noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-14720970545916887602012-04-12T14:16:35.543-07:002012-04-12T14:16:35.543-07:00The expressions of the characters in the cartoon a...The expressions of the characters in the cartoon are funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-6535690662080471152012-04-12T11:01:13.662-07:002012-04-12T11:01:13.662-07:00If we were in Chicago, I would take 9:54's com...If we were in Chicago, I would take 9:54's comment more seriously! Melanie makes a number of good points. One of the current challenges at IVC is the limit on resources in the face of increasing needs...an apt description of the state budget, I realize, but worth noting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-16473672083133555882012-04-12T09:54:49.704-07:002012-04-12T09:54:49.704-07:00I think this is an accurate description of the wri...I think this is an accurate description of the writing lab. But there is a greater concern on campus. What is that nasty smell in the B200 building. It smells like someone buried their grandmother in the walls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-80419856391283091312012-04-12T08:06:25.291-07:002012-04-12T08:06:25.291-07:00The conservative "whining" comment was m...The conservative "whining" comment was meant for the initial poster, Melanie. Your essay was amusing and incisive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-86977820435327523402012-04-11T22:12:51.974-07:002012-04-11T22:12:51.974-07:00I believe the background image is the Cliffs of Mo...I believe the background image is the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland. Wikipedia ranks it a top suicide site. Yay Blogger!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-13413503830281282452012-04-11T20:58:25.420-07:002012-04-11T20:58:25.420-07:00Ditto to 8:09.
Both colleges have difficulties ...Ditto to 8:09. <br /><br />Both colleges have difficulties in this area even when we are feeling the hot breath of "Student Success" breathing down faculty necks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-58930631027037763732012-04-11T20:56:33.273-07:002012-04-11T20:56:33.273-07:008:09 - You are right, there are a range of respons...8:09 - You are right, there are a range of responses and I did not mean in any way to minimize or slight the ones that got the point (and the humor). I am now also aware that just because there aren't any "Troll Crossing" signs posted doesn't mean that there aren't any trolls. Melanie HoshallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-48581518635480647102012-04-11T20:09:48.902-07:002012-04-11T20:09:48.902-07:00I see a range of comments here. And if someone doe...I see a range of comments here. And if someone doesn't "get" a writer's "humor" it could be the writer hasn't fully anticipated the audience. I think some readers appreciated the points made while other responded to the content in ways I thought were reasonable. RE: hostility. The trolls always add that. No surprise there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-45049104824744007622012-04-11T19:30:47.419-07:002012-04-11T19:30:47.419-07:00Wow is right. I enjoyed the blog and thought it w...Wow is right. I enjoyed the blog and thought it was pretty darn funny. After reading the other comments, I guess I must worry about my sense of humor. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-56223166246394215302012-04-11T18:46:09.509-07:002012-04-11T18:46:09.509-07:00Wow. I was not expecting such hostile responses t...Wow. I was not expecting such hostile responses to what was received as not only a good essay, but a funny one, as well. FYI, I am not a conservative (which makes me an endangered species in Orange County) and I am not a teacher (although I am also underpaid in my field). Apparently, I was much too subtle in expressing my desire to see the Writing Lab get more resources. But, hey, thanks for the feedback. Melanie HoshallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-9068025645183736212012-04-11T08:43:35.769-07:002012-04-11T08:43:35.769-07:00Get a life...hope you are not a writing instructor...Get a life...hope you are not a writing instructor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-58409829521590404372012-04-11T07:49:44.956-07:002012-04-11T07:49:44.956-07:00Nobody whines as well as a "conservative.&quo...Nobody whines as well as a "conservative." They are all so horribly put upon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-26679647377869485852012-04-10T20:50:24.859-07:002012-04-10T20:50:24.859-07:00MAH, the cliff scene is among the templates provid...MAH, the cliff scene is among the templates provided by Blogger. Looks like Spain to me, but I dunno.<br />I adapted a cartoon (cropping off some of its complexity) for the purpose of the student's post. The naked cowboy is a fixture at Times Square. He looks distracted.Roy Bauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107385463457119300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-43859483748516939992012-04-10T19:13:42.487-07:002012-04-10T19:13:42.487-07:00p.s. Did you do the hilarious graphic, BvT?
And:...p.s. Did you do the hilarious graphic, BvT?<br /><br />And: where is this magnificent, green-topped cliff that you've used as your background? Spectacular.<br /><br />MAHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-56644014441560682792012-04-10T19:10:07.414-07:002012-04-10T19:10:07.414-07:00It's a really nice essay: great tone, funny, ...It's a really nice essay: great tone, funny, careful (as 9:47 said), and quite well-written.<br /><br />Why is it that all possible critiques and careful objections are met by some as "whining"? This comment always makes me suspect (a) complacency, (b) nastiness, and (c) really limited vocabulary, not to mention (d) absence of thought.<br /><br />MAHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-862430362355764772012-04-10T17:20:26.235-07:002012-04-10T17:20:26.235-07:00Melaine was one of my students...really sharp and ...Melaine was one of my students...really sharp and down to earth individual. She understood both the concerns of young students and adult students. Wish she could talk to administration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-15897598273713237932012-04-10T13:41:35.116-07:002012-04-10T13:41:35.116-07:00It is too crowded at some times.It is too crowded at some times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-79939261068752109012012-04-10T13:18:01.874-07:002012-04-10T13:18:01.874-07:00I nominate 9:22 for whiner of the year.I nominate 9:22 for whiner of the year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-48179382121973554062012-04-10T10:22:24.437-07:002012-04-10T10:22:24.437-07:00Yes, the writing center could benefit from more sp...Yes, the writing center could benefit from more space and yes younegr sdtuents are often plugged into a variety of devices but I have never seen any students sitting on the floor with their laps tops in the writing center and I am in there almost daily. Of course there is a buzz of activity and discussion - it is a classroom after all - teaching is going on. The student who wrote this might be better served by the lirbary study spaces if silence and distraction-free study is what she wants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-25547086688789293142012-04-10T09:57:38.567-07:002012-04-10T09:57:38.567-07:00A thoughtful, honest and careful complaint. And w...A thoughtful, honest and careful complaint. And with the lovely adjectival phrase "butt-friendly," too! Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16908834.post-64604272196291679312012-04-10T09:22:12.873-07:002012-04-10T09:22:12.873-07:00whine, whine, whine........whine, whine, whine........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com