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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:54 PM Original message |
How does one "misremember" |
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ossman (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. huh? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I am guessing this is going to Obama being referred to as a 'law professor' |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yes, but not being referred to. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. actually it is a very minor difference, but go ahead and make a fool out of |
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OlderButWiser (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a little trick... |
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jenmito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can't "misremember" something 4 times. It was something that never happened. She lied. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. in order for it to be a true misremembering there had to have been another incident |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. People refer to lecturers and instructors as professor all the time. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Other people may |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. But lecturers do not refer to themselves as professor. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Exactly |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Some do and it's not a big deal. This is nothing to compare to lying about sniper fire. n/t |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It's a much bigger deal |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. This is a BS distraction from Hillary's repeated lies |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. One moment in time? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. my brother is a 'law lecturer' at Gonzaga Law University and if you use |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Lecturer vs. Professor? |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ask Roger Clemens |
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ossman (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. So 2 wrongs = a right to Hillary defenders. |
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chapel hill dem (212 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. That reminds me of Nixon's Law: If Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right, Try a Third... n/t |
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Johnny__Motown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. Most people would just ask. what the hell is a senior lecturer? Yes he dumbed it down for the masses |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Oh, that explains it all. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. Exactly. He made the labyrinth of titles simple. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. I had no idea what a lecturer, adjunct, etc. was until I went to grad school |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You make the very point of the thread. Most people don't know |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But the difference for me is I don't have the terminal degree |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. But degree isn't the only thing that separates professors from adjuncts, |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I guess I just see that as shorthand with the public |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. But he could have simply said your i.e. phrase, and not used any title at all. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. and also my caution comes from the fact that I am surrounded by people who do know the difference |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. You must be desperate. Hair splitting anyone? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. At the University of Chicago, Obama was regularly the target of snipers. |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. If you want to get technical... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yes, you're correct nt |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Actually, this is not correct. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. Definition: |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. He was a a teacher of the highest academic rank in a college or university |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Straw Man |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I think number 3 could be said to apply |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
30. So are you going to write letters to the all the law professors who have endorsed Obama? nt |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Law Students give Obama big thumbs Up |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I could have bee a law professor "If I wanted to." ha ha ha n/t |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I guess you couldn't read the 2 short paragraphs. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. When you're the main instructor for the class, you're the professor |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. When you are a lecturer that's what you are, not a Professor. n/t |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You are a professor, maybe not a Professor |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. if that were true, then Obama would have simply called himself by his |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. You should educate yourself about how universities work today |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. And your knowledge of this is based on what, exactly? |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. I've always called my college + level teachers "professor" |
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Symarip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Seriously. Is this going to keep you awake at night? |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. You have got to be kidding me (I'm a professor) |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. His title was: "senior lecturer" . What students called him and what |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Bullshit. Again, what are YOUR credentials that qualify you to make such proclamations? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. No kidding, moc. n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
47. Enter Stage Right. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Nobody outside the school really gets these distinctions. |
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