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9. I remember one college instructor

Fri Dec 6, 2019, 05:52 PM

Dec 2019

His syllabus had a lot of really good information in it, and I remember he was death on slang or vernacular. He didn't make a big production of it, but he did make sure to read out his syllabus sentence on using the right word. "Oh, you make it sound so . . . academic." "Right; because at this school, you are an academic." Try to sound like one!

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After grading many, many assignments by college students this week [View all] Coventina Dec 2019 OP

whoa, harsh vibe . . . Nature Man Dec 2019 #1

Yep, it's totally harshing my mellow, man! Coventina Dec 2019 #2

Only appropriate if the subject matter sdfernando Dec 2019 #3

Lol! thanks for the laugh!! Coventina Dec 2019 #4

relative of mine is reporting greymattermom Dec 2019 #5

Oh yes, 'tis the season of magical thinking. Coventina Dec 2019 #6

I thought in college no one cared if you were late or bagged a class. Captain Zero Dec 2019 #54

Nope. We are now required to keep attendance due to new federal financial aid restrictions. Coventina Dec 2019 #56

I hear ya. paleotn Dec 2019 #66

--- guess you weren't a fan of Lionel Hampton and his viberophone. 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #7

LOL! Coventina Dec 2019 #8

I saw him once in a small club in Tucson. panader0 Dec 2019 #89

I remember one college instructor gratuitous Dec 2019 #9

Yes, I usually put the note: Don't use slang in academic papers. Coventina Dec 2019 #10

Yeah, it helps when they can identify slang usage. flor-de-jasmim Dec 2019 #21

Thanks for the reminder to watch this again: meadowlander Dec 2019 #11

That was hilarious! Coventina Dec 2019 #13

Thank you!!! Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #50

If you're teaching law students..... LisaM Dec 2019 #52

That's small potatoes, compared to what I'm seeing. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #64

I don't mind some one-sentence paragraphs. LisaM Dec 2019 #72

I'm guilty of clich here, Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #74

I'm in trademarks, too! LisaM Dec 2019 #75

Mostly I did licensing and patent work. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #77

white-out! Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #78

Absolutely. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #83

This is so interesting to me! LisaM Dec 2019 #79

Yup. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #81

The filing fees for these three applications is going to be about $15,000. LisaM Dec 2019 #82

No one in our firm billed at that rate - Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #84

Both LisaM Dec 2019 #87

That's the client I use as an example of why one portion of the bar exam is not totally meaningless. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #88

I have built up tricks over the years. LisaM Dec 2019 #90

Do they start a sentence with "I mean ..." ? lpbk2713 Dec 2019 #12

Not in their papers, but in class, all the time! Coventina Dec 2019 #14

how about starting one with "So"? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #24

Constantly. Some papers begin with "So" as well! Coventina Dec 2019 #25

So, I mean, like the vibe's I'm getting their are literally making my head esplode. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #29

It's the thought that counts!! Coventina Dec 2019 #32

should've sprinkled more apostrophes Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #35

Wow,I was thinking of that one. I hear it constantly on NPR in the AM by virgogal Dec 2019 #49

And "Well" and "Yes" utopian Dec 2019 #76

I hope that none of those papers begin with Ummm or Uhm... japple Dec 2019 #47

My response is to repeat it. Igel Dec 2019 #55

Wow! You are harsher than I am, then! Coventina Dec 2019 #58

Hey, take a pill and chill, Jill. Have a toke and tell a joke! The history of the word "vibe" is abqtommy Dec 2019 #15

"Vibe" does not describe a work of art. Coventina Dec 2019 #17

I have learned enough about you to now place you on full ignore. That's my observation. abqtommy Dec 2019 #26

LOL! Coventina Dec 2019 #27

Why not? kcr Dec 2019 #95

I'm sensing negative vibes. NutmegYankee Dec 2019 #16

Yep, as I stated above. Coventina Dec 2019 #18

Rembrant's Night Watch is like totally tubular. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2019 #19

Hmm. tavernier Dec 2019 #20

Did you send him condolences? Coventina Dec 2019 #22

No, tavernier Dec 2019 #23

You're not, like, being inclusive. Binkie The Clown Dec 2019 #28

Yep, I'm a real ogre! Coventina Dec 2019 #30

I don't blame you one bit. cwydro Dec 2019 #31

Well, the sad thing is, I don't really require fancy words. Coventina Dec 2019 #33

Clarity in writing is so critical to almost any profession leftieNanner Dec 2019 #36

Good for you! cwydro Dec 2019 #51

I am sensing a very harsh vibe from you Coventina. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #34

LOL! Thanks!! Coventina Dec 2019 #37

I'm getting a strange vibe... jcgoldie Dec 2019 #38

Hahahahahaha!!!! Coventina Dec 2019 #41

I just retired in June from teaching college English--and grading innumerable essays. tblue37 Dec 2019 #39

Has your hand recovered yet? Coventina Dec 2019 #40

Not really. The damage is probably permanent after 47 years of marking papers. nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #42

Sounds like you need a soothing tension relaxer Martin Eden Dec 2019 #43

A personal massager? Coventina Dec 2019 #44

Even better ... Martin Eden Dec 2019 #46

I feel your pain. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #45

Ouch!! Coventina Dec 2019 #48

My job is to teach them how to write legal analysis - Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #53

It sounds like you really have your job cut out for you. Coventina Dec 2019 #59

I'm a language person with no capacity for art criticism. TomSlick Dec 2019 #57

Don't belittle yourself. All you have to do is ask yourself "Why do I like/dislike this work?" Coventina Dec 2019 #60

I appreciate the encouragement. TomSlick Dec 2019 #71

Can we also give MEME a rest? CTyankee Dec 2019 #61

Agreed on that. However, that term does not show up in my students' papers! Coventina Dec 2019 #62

Perhaps they are less sure of its meaning. Vibe is easy to define! CTyankee Dec 2019 #65

Not yet!! LeftInTX Dec 2019 #73

I never heard a professor use "vibe" BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #63

Vibe - JoJo (With Lyrics) Sloumeau Dec 2019 #67

You're killing my vibe, man! Initech Dec 2019 #68

Bullshit!!! slumcamper Dec 2019 #69

you're forgetting something ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #80

One of my favorite uses of the word vibe . De Niro lunasun Dec 2019 #70

Thank you for actually reading the essays exboyfil Dec 2019 #85

But surely if they wrote "like a vibe" that would make it meaningful? BSdetect Dec 2019 #86

Check the context and nuance of the word's use. You could be the Class Vibe Rater. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #91

I've not encountered that term cab67 Dec 2019 #92

Can we still use "Awesome"?????? nt Hotler Dec 2019 #93

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