if you're just saying it felt good, to try and impress people. you're a cunt.
which is it?
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:35, archived)
a little bit of column B.
It's OK, if he really did throw out 19 students he'll be fucked trying to explain his retention statistics to University managment.
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:43, archived)
(though this being b3ta, not a probability I'd go for)
is that they weren't actually working on their studies at all, and had an unrealistic expectation that attending occasional lectures was sufficient to pass the course. short sharp shock in reality later, they would stand a chance at either working out what they need to be doing, or aiming a smidge lower.
*shrug* still somewhat c*ntish bragging about it, however
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:46, archived)
except we don't do that by throwing them off the course except in extreme circumstances where all else has failed. It takes time to adjust to the Uni way of working, our job is to help them adjust. Otherwise the failure is ours as much as the students.
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:49, archived)
ejecting the chaff makes sense if they're clearly doing the wrong thing
this was my problem:
"felt good to ruin their shitty little lives"
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:49, archived)
and secretly, it didn't really feel good, I was indifferent but saying that wouldn't be in the spirit of /talk would it?
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:50, archived)
was more along the lines of brutal honesty than lying to stop people from liking you.
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:56, archived)
I actually thought it was a competition to see who could say the most abusive and inflammatory thing ever
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 14:59, archived)
but once you've started a hole, you've got to keep on digging.
(, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 15:00, archived)