When Professors go over the top in their praise:

[bicentennial_baby]

This is the comment on the title page of the 2nd stage of our group project:

"Really great start...Beautifully written. I cannot wait to for the final version. Relative to the other class papers, this one is in a class by itself."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

You'd think we'd just written a Shakespearean play...It's a paper on the Effects of NAFTA on Mexico's Environment.

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

1. He got mixed up, that compliment was actually meant for Obama

:think:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. !

:spank:

And it's a she. :)

[CreekDog]

7. Obama is a she?

:crazy:

[TZ]

14. ....

Still having problems with that whole gender distinction thing are you?:rofl:

[CreekDog]

16. b-but there are so few visual cues around here

:dilemma:

[TZ]

22. oh well...here. learn some from Dr.Strange

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7645803#7645837

[CreekDog]

31. i doubt that's worksafe ;o)

i'll check when i get home. :evilgrin:

[Robb]

3. "Rally, great start"

:D

[bicentennial_baby]

4. I fixed it! I've had a long day...

*pout*

:P

[nomorenomore08]

5. I had a TA my freshman year of college who said one of my papers (for a literature class)

was "grad student level." Pretty good considering it was, as usual, something I'd thrown together in a few hours. I got a lot of B+'s and A-'s for dashed-off first drafts, even in the upper-division classes.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. I mean, part of this was *really* good, but...

Even I can admit it wasn't *that* good. That being said, my group is all Junior/Senior Econ majors, and we're in a class of knuckleheads. Works for me. :D

[billyskank]

8. Hey

Nothing I love more than a paper on the effects of Nafta on Mexico's environment. :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

10. Baybee!!

:bounce:

Sorry I didn't get back to your PM today yet, I read it at 7 am, and then I was off to skool and offline all day until I got home. I miss you!!

And hehe...fascinating, I tell you :P

:loveya:

[billyskank]

11. Okayz

I was wondering why you weren't talking to me. :cry:

:P

:loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

13. If I ever don't get back to you...

it's NEVER because I'm intentionally not talking to you. :hug:

:loveya:

[billyskank]

15. ...

:hug:

[Critters2]

17. If I ever don't get back to you,

I'll just leave you hangin' and wonderin'. :)

[mike_c]

9. I have a rubber stamp that says....

"Change your major
before it's too late!"

[bicentennial_baby]

12. !

:spray:

:rofl:

[Critters2]

18. That's wonderful!!

[leftyclimber]

33. I want one that says

WTF?????

:evilgrin:

[mike_c]

43. that's classic....

:thumbsup:

[sasquatch]

19. My professors start off with the bad stuff then get into the good stuff

:D

[bicentennial_baby]

20. There was no bad stuff...

:D

[sasquatch]

24. Asskisser

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

25. She's my thesis adviser...what do you expect?

:P

[sasquatch]

26. HAHAHAHA!!

:rofl:

[Debi]

21. Well, NAFTA's effect of Mexico's Environment is a tragedy....

Isn't that Shakespearean??? :shrug:

It's just cuz yer so damned smart! :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

23. Actually, it has had none of the predicted effects, so far,

based on our extensive research. Go figure. :crazy:

:hi:

:pals:

[Debi]

27. pfffttt So Far

:eyes:

Is Thursday bar night for y'all? It is in this college town.

[bicentennial_baby]

28. We're married and lame...We drink at home

:rofl:

[Debi]

29. In different rooms on separate computers

Yer just plain crazy! :crazy:

[bicentennial_baby]

30. Naw, he's on one side of the living room, and i'm on the couch

:D

Right now though, we're on the porch, it's 70 degrees out :D

:loveya:

[leftyclimber]

32. Speaking as a TA

It's a thrill to get something at THAT stage of a project that's a reasonable approximation of the English language. ;)

I had one student last semester who I was genuinely sad not to have any more. She could spell, punctuate, and synthesize information. I used to save her papers for last so I wouldn't compare anyone else's to them. At the end of the semester I wrote a note on her last paper telling her how much I had enjoyed reading her work. Sounds like you're one of "those," which is a good thing to be.

Good on ya for being one of the good ones!

[bicentennial_baby]

34. Thanks! I TA'd last semester, and I hear you!!

In fact, one of my students is now in my class, and I cringe at the thought of what he's producing now. :scared:

Hehe, my Prof was going over what people did poorly on, and it was exactly those things. Bad sentence structure, no concept of integrating sources and synthesizing info, etc. I knew going into it that we were golden, but it's nice to get the appreciation. My Prof is my Senior Honors Thesis adviser next year. :)

And, I was smart enough to read the syllabus online the night before classes started, so I handpicked my group the first day. No dead weight! :D

[leftyclimber]

36. If you're planning on going to grad school

...you're going to kick ass. You are way ahead of the game! :yourock:

[bicentennial_baby]

38. That I am!

Either Economics or Public Policy. Depends on how much math i want to learn/do. :P

Thank you!! :pals:

[eyesroll]

35. Wow, cool!

I got "we're sorry to have to change your group at the last second, but we know you, of everyone in the class, could handle it" yesterday.

(It was an in-class negotiation simulation, not graded, not a big deal.)

[bicentennial_baby]

37. Why did they have to change it?

And thanks pal! :pals:

And thanks for the add! ;)

[eyesroll]

39. I was doubled up in my role, and someone in another group, who didn't have a partner,

was ill. So they needed a last-minute fill in.

You're welcome! :hi:

[no name no slogan]

40. Wow. Just be glad it wasn't on the final version

I've handed it quite a few "rough drafts" as finals... :)

[bicentennial_baby]

41. This thing is going to be *polished*

It's a group of 4 overachieving Econ majors :rofl:

Me like getting A grades at the end of the semester. If I keep up my current intensity, I'm looking at probably 2-3 As, 1 A-. Maybe 4 As, depending on how it all plays out. I'm working harder and learning more this semester than ever before. I'm digging it. My Profs are really challenging me, and it's working! :D

:hug:

[no name no slogan]

42. being challenged == da shizzle

Having a challenge brings out the best, no doubt about it. I bet the paper is gonna kick some serious ass! :D :thumbsup:

[Faygo Kid]

44. When that happened with my ex-wife, it turned out they were having an affair.

Long time ago, but she left a paper out graded by the guy and his effusive praise was so over the top that any guy with half a brain (that's me) could see that there was more here than a prof-student relationship. Sure enough, she confirmed it when confronted.

I went to pound the shit out of him, but he wasn't in his office. I let it go with a note, and she and I staggered through two years, then divorced. Things were never the same after that. Too bad. Those were 18 years I can't get back, but that's OK. Life is like that, and it was a while ago. But your post reminded me of when anybody goes over the top like that. It's a red flag.

My daughter was born in 1976, too, by the way.

[bicentennial_baby]

45. Er...ok. I'm not having an affair with my Prof

She's my thesis adviser and I and my group mates are in a class of idiots, so our paper is 1st class, comparatively. She's married, happily, with a new baby.

But...ok. :)

[sasquatch]

46. It'd be so much hotter if you were though

:D