tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post4444454414978024480..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: The Perils of ProfessingCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-86894771924128157392014-02-09T15:59:15.198-06:002014-02-09T15:59:15.198-06:00Erik, yes, I would suppose so. :)Erik, yes, I would suppose so. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-19771799023634054512014-02-07T11:29:50.932-06:002014-02-07T11:29:50.932-06:00Chuckles, indeed. On Eight Mile in Detroit, there&...Chuckles, indeed. On Eight Mile in Detroit, there's a place called something like "The Booby Trap." It's not an aviary. Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-80380410942401670352014-02-06T10:01:56.837-06:002014-02-06T10:01:56.837-06:00Jodi, yes, there would have been a time when I was...Jodi, yes, there would have been a time when I was very embarrassed but those days are over.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40958021106449260642014-02-05T10:53:54.233-06:002014-02-05T10:53:54.233-06:00Charles-I can just imagine you realizing your erro...Charles-I can just imagine you realizing your error and then plunging on thru it! Funny!jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798858210138821711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-83827799287577677252014-02-05T08:03:37.958-06:002014-02-05T08:03:37.958-06:00Prashant, I'm surprised some didn't laugh ...Prashant, I'm surprised some didn't laugh out loud. probably only because they are getting to know me still.<br /><br />Richard, yeah, it would be rather cool to have a blooper real for teachers.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-7028938503404428132014-02-04T14:50:13.631-06:002014-02-04T14:50:13.631-06:00Makes me think of those old records you could get ...Makes me think of those old records you could get in the '60s and '70s of old time radio bloopers. Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-28819819822434371582014-02-04T10:07:27.268-06:002014-02-04T10:07:27.268-06:00Charles, a genuine slip. I can imagine students sn...Charles, a genuine slip. I can imagine students snickering at that though it'd have been so much nicer if the class had laughed out loud. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-42037599361660904512014-02-04T09:25:51.059-06:002014-02-04T09:25:51.059-06:00Angie, and quickly!
Cloudia, yeah, word placement...Angie, and quickly!<br /><br />Cloudia, yeah, word placement is key.<br /><br />Bernard, if I'd said it to a single student it could have been worse. AT least to a class it's not quite the same.<br /><br />Ty, there are some pretty good tales from psychological history that I use.<br /><br />G. B. I don't even want to imagine.<br /><br />Ivan, egads, I thought mine was bad. :)<br /><br />Brian, it's certainly not the first time I've laid such an egg.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-89117908727987292012014-02-04T07:23:06.173-06:002014-02-04T07:23:06.173-06:00oh i feel you man...teaching high school everythin...oh i feel you man...teaching high school everything is taken out of context...and i have said some doozies without even thinking...i def would have been one laughing (with you) when you said that...oh my...and i bet that led to all new psychology lessons...lol....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-25548974742937793612014-02-04T07:14:06.147-06:002014-02-04T07:14:06.147-06:00Brings to mind my own gaffes as a teacher.
I was t...Brings to mind my own gaffes as a teacher.<br />I was teaching creative writing, where the prof is supposed to be a little eccentric in the first place.<br />But.<br />I mentioned in class that in New Guinea, the men seemed rather well endowed.<br />Then in segue, I blurted, "Ladies, ladies, the boat for Port Moresby doesn't leave till the weekend."<br /><br />Whoops.ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05662075375182633162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-19005361938023682182014-02-04T05:13:29.336-06:002014-02-04T05:13:29.336-06:00Oh I can go sooooooooooo many ways with that sente...Oh I can go sooooooooooo many ways with that sentence. 'Course if I did, I probably would get my hand slapped with a ruler by the good professor.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-61098592003896553762014-02-04T01:03:39.551-06:002014-02-04T01:03:39.551-06:00Best professor I ever had told jokes in class, and...Best professor I ever had told jokes in class, and all of them were based upon true history. I still get a chuckle thinking about sacrifices to holy chickens in Republican Rome.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192814826756623212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-91886940316099767782014-02-03T23:54:00.216-06:002014-02-03T23:54:00.216-06:00That's the kind of slip nowadays where everyon...That's the kind of slip nowadays where everyone can enjoy a laugh, or have you put in handcuffs. :)BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-21487997424270273262014-02-03T21:22:34.461-06:002014-02-03T21:22:34.461-06:00oh I forgot to:
*Snicker!*oh I forgot to:<br /><br />*Snicker!*Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-87507687563998902352014-02-03T21:21:58.838-06:002014-02-03T21:21:58.838-06:00Like the panda who:
Eats, shoots, and leaves - er,...Like the panda who:<br />Eats, shoots, and leaves - er,<br />that eats shoots & leaves of the bamboo!<br /><br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> <br /> =^..^= <3Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-67110702843634894852014-02-03T17:15:33.022-06:002014-02-03T17:15:33.022-06:00LOL! Yeah, not much you can do with that except m...LOL! Yeah, not much you can do with that except move on. :)<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-3267011868781794422014-02-03T13:38:10.428-06:002014-02-03T13:38:10.428-06:00Oscar, Yeah, my faculty friends have gotten big la...Oscar, Yeah, my faculty friends have gotten big laughs as well.<br /><br />Patti, I can imagine so. I have to be careful in my evolution class in dealing with the god issue, which sometimes comes up.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-9716670388862364782014-02-03T13:33:12.286-06:002014-02-03T13:33:12.286-06:00In a somewhat similar vein, my husband teaching po...In a somewhat similar vein, my husband teaching political science has to be very careful not to slant anything he says. At the end of his course, usually about half of the students think he's a Democrat and half a Republican and that's what he is going for. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-21774942564760677712014-02-03T11:55:42.155-06:002014-02-03T11:55:42.155-06:00That's a funny one, Charles.That's a funny one, Charles.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-30421007329329701572014-02-03T10:44:23.557-06:002014-02-03T10:44:23.557-06:00Tom, some well deserved giggling on that one.
Ale...Tom, some well deserved giggling on that one.<br /><br />Alex, thumbs up.<br /><br />Keith, lol indeed.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-51439232276848608262014-02-03T10:21:37.322-06:002014-02-03T10:21:37.322-06:00ROTFLMAO.
There was the time in one of my class...ROTFLMAO. <br /><br />There was the time in one of my classes where we were working with an equation that involved time (t) and acceleration (a). A young lady, in response to a question from me to the entire class about how to solve the problem, said something about having both T and A. She didn't understand why the mostly male class erupted in laughter.Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-29045445078757084032014-02-03T08:44:09.808-06:002014-02-03T08:44:09.808-06:00Yeah, I'm chuckling now!Yeah, I'm chuckling now!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-73498985187775678762014-02-03T08:30:09.301-06:002014-02-03T08:30:09.301-06:00I would have been the one snickering. Because I&#...I would have been the one snickering. Because I'm giggling now. :)Tom Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451129317759266295noreply@blogger.com