adjuncthell: and the name weirdnesses continue to accumulate...

Monday, March 05, 2007

and the name weirdnesses continue to accumulate...

So you might recall I was talking about name-spelling inconsistencies last semester...

This semester way more name wackinesses than normal are manifesting themselves, some puzzling, some just chuckly... Here is but a wee sampling...

My first ever student who always signs everything with her first initial and last name... M. Smith

Two more people who can't decide whether or not to add the "s" on the end of their name... Mom, tell me again, is our name "Matthew" or "Matthews"?

Someone who writes in KISS letters (you know what I mean, picture a KISS album...) and puts three exclamation points after his name on each and every submitted item... Mark Seldon!!! (Code name of course and I can't find a KISS letters font right now...) This one is my favorite - what's not fun about having enthusiasm for one's own moniker??!! Maybe I'll put exclamation points after my name on my CV...

Every so often someone puts their nickname in quotes in the middle of their name, but usually they realize if it's not needed... Bud, who I've been calling "Bud" ever since his very first quiz turn-in where I saw what I thought was a hint, still signs absolutely everything Marquez Sherman, "Bud"

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I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nose punk leave my cheese out in the wind.

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  Danny: I've gotta go to college.. I gotta. 

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Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.  

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  If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.  

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In school, we had a policy of never studying unless it was absolutely necessary, and still got high-to-mediocre grades. This convinced us that we were smarter than the average citizen, and actually, we're still thinking that way.

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  ...I hesitated; with the lack of self-knowledge I'd exhibit for years to come, I'd signed up for an eight o'clock class.

 - Melissa Bank, The Wonder Spot  

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think. - Elbert Hubbard

  ...Meanwhile, the Internet's booming, and kids we gave C pluses to are waltzing out of college and getting rich on stock options while we bust our asses for a pathetic stipend that doesn't even cover the rent.  

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You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does.

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Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges. 

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DISCLAIMER: The rocker quotes here should be taken with a grain of salt accuracy-wise as they are taken from thinkexist where many a poor quotation has been faultily cited. If anyone has corrections I urge you to comment. I would be very happy to make changes.