tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post4145748301172044550..comments2024-01-28T03:35:51.182-05:00Comments on Reassigned Time: Paying for CollegeDr. Crazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-20581852326584410342008-10-19T22:45:00.000-04:002008-10-19T22:45:00.000-04:00Thanks for that pointer, Tamina, so I could see a ...Thanks for that pointer, Tamina, so I could see a blog version of petty academic politics. Hey, our pet birds think cats are evil spawn of Satan, but I once (no, twice) rented a house from a cat (seriously, now I'm going to have blog about that someday) so I can relate to Crazy's stories. But they hardly dominate this blog! <BR/><BR/>Besides, Crazy, I read those few articles of yours as a great exercise in creative writing. <BR/><BR/>Now it is time to link out of this article and add my two cents to your comments about the student budgets that the NYTimes has no clue about, at all. <BR/><BR/>PS - Did I mention that I am finally done grading?Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-52633450611274115742008-10-19T14:24:00.000-04:002008-10-19T14:24:00.000-04:00If the market for low-paid services (fast-food, re...If the market for low-paid services (fast-food, retail salespeople, part-time clerical workers, waitresses) goes to heck because of the economy, the student loan issue won#t matter to your students, because they will get hit on the front end. No jobs.flacius1551https://www.blogger.com/profile/09957435129893987041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-5984191017879955362008-10-19T10:45:00.000-04:002008-10-19T10:45:00.000-04:00Indeed, they are at the very least quoting from me...Indeed, they are at the very least quoting from me. Without a link, because god forbid they cite what they quote. At any rate, I feel like people who read the blog either get that this is not a professional "academic" space or they don't. I'm an academic, and I sometimes write about academic subjects, but I also sometimes write about things just for fun. Lots of readers seem to enjoy the (infrequent) posts about the cats - indeed, I think the last one I did of this variety was in August - and I enjoy writing them. If this were a person in my department (and I don't think it is, but I suppose one never knows), they would know that I take my work seriously and my cv backs that up. If people've got a problem with me having a little fun on a blog that's not listed on my cv or in any way connected to my institution, well, I feel like that's kind of not my problem. Just because I'm a professor doesn't mean that I can't have some fun. Or if it does mean that, I'm thinking that perhaps this is a really stuffy and horrible line of work.Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-10712030467472061162008-10-19T10:33:00.000-04:002008-10-19T10:33:00.000-04:00Check out Rate Your Students:http://rateyourstuden...Check out Rate Your Students:<BR/>http://rateyourstudents.blogspot.com/<BR/>And the post:Flummoxed Francis Wants Some Blog-spective About Academic Bloggers Who Blog On Fringe (and Furry) Subjects<BR/><BR/>Seems like someone is talking about you....Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818537853447738661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-65331394983066538272008-10-17T15:56:00.000-04:002008-10-17T15:56:00.000-04:00That was quite the article. I sure hope that thos...That was quite the article. I sure hope that those two kids are getting a quarter million worth of education, since they could have gotten the same at Indiana U for half of that (and hence no loans given the info in the article) by splitting the cost with the taxpayers. I mean, their parents paid taxes for the state university system, so why throw that money away? That question never got asked in the article. <BR/><BR/>I'd also love to know what majors those kids are in, and see a followup a few years from now on how that choice of college paid off in terms of the income needed to pay off those loans they got. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, it is a different universe. My CC students probably can't even comprehend spending $34,000 a year on school. <BR/><BR/>But at least everyone they talked to appears to be making suitable progress toward a degree in 4 years, rather than blowing off 30 grand and going home to a CC to make up for a year spent drinking. An example of the latter would have made for really interesting reading.Doctor Pionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12513786840852469648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-37306425168359871452008-10-17T09:49:00.000-04:002008-10-17T09:49:00.000-04:00I hear you on that, A. This wasn't my position be...I hear you on that, A. This wasn't my position because when I was in college my mom and stepdad weren't married, and my mom on her own didn't make enough (or have enough saved, and she rented) to screw up my aid. That rule always strikes me as one that happened because people who could afford to pay for their kids to go to school were scamming the system. The intent, I think, is that it would mean people who really were in need would get the money, but I think a lot of class-based assumptions about parenting and support for children go into that rule - and this means that a lot of students who really do need the aid have to fight for it, which sucks.Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20099192.post-76136466370270409412008-10-17T09:39:00.000-04:002008-10-17T09:39:00.000-04:00"many of my students have parents who think that t..."many of my students have parents who think that they should foot the bill once they turn 18, regardless of the fact that financial aid calculations typically include parents' income for traditional-aged students"<BR/><BR/>this = me weeping in financial aid every semester. I hate that rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com