tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post116563287012733761..comments2024-01-05T20:18:45.991-08:00Comments on Et al.: For the love of G*d, people!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829089563990675253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1166071739303838142006-12-13T20:48:00.000-08:002006-12-13T20:48:00.000-08:00Great post. I understand the idea of grad professo...Great post. I understand the idea of grad professors inviting students over for a meal at the end of the term; most of my professors in grad school did this, and it was valuable. It taught us how to be a colleague, basically--how to interact with senior scholars in more casual settings, how to conduct yourself at social-but-professional functions, etc. <BR/><BR/>But the constant care and feeding of undergrads? I don't get it. I did have a party for my staff (which includes, but is not limited to, students) at my home, but again--they WORK for me. Would I invite a class to my home, or bake for them? No, not unless they were without question my favorite class ever. <BR/><BR/>And I didn't do those things for the class that was my favorite class ever.Professing Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18260914892193513647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1166038104183090872006-12-13T11:28:00.000-08:002006-12-13T11:28:00.000-08:00Yes, they should be feeding you, with gifts, etc.Yes, they should be feeding you, with gifts, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1165802523874121292006-12-10T18:02:00.000-08:002006-12-10T18:02:00.000-08:00oh my lord, anon, i have never been *asked* to sup...oh my lord, anon, i have never been *asked* to supply snacks--nor had them extorted from me. i guess maybe it's reassuring to know that even male full professors subscribe to this nonsense...or, perhaps not.<BR/><BR/>i'm sure i sound cranky, and i really want to distinguish between social, collective celebrations *with* one's students (which i endorse) and the sort of shameless pandering implied by spending my money bringing edible bribes to class--especially right around course eval time. and i'm really appalled by the skyrocketing frequency of this practice in my department.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829089563990675253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1165724029654215232006-12-09T20:13:00.000-08:002006-12-09T20:13:00.000-08:00When I was a TA some of my students were even bold...When I was a TA some of my students were even bold enough to ask me to buy pizzas for them. It happened after a test that went not too great and they wanted me to promise that I will get pizzas for everybody in the class in case they will do better next time. I was quite shocked. I asked them what gave them the idea to ask for something like that and learnt that one of the professors have done similar thing for them last semester. It was a male full professor from our department, so I guess that feeding students is not a young female professor thing. Needless to say, they didnt get any food from me. Later on I observed that when the end of semester approaches many professors and TAs provide their students with food - muffins, doughnuts, chocolate chip cookies, homemade cakes, cheescakes... It really annoys me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566741.post-1165701033339968362006-12-09T13:50:00.000-08:002006-12-09T13:50:00.000-08:00Hooray! You're back! (For a while, too, I hope.) G...Hooray! You're back! (For a while, too, I hope.) Great post--I am not feeding a single student this year...and in fact my holiday food baskets are arriving from them by the boatload.Wolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903303031412895502noreply@blogger.com