tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post114902848280394460..comments2024-03-22T02:57:20.853-07:00Comments on Center of Gravitas: Summer School Day-DreamingGayProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1156985866456213332006-08-30T17:57:00.000-07:002006-08-30T17:57:00.000-07:00Just FYI: Mark Harmon turns 55 on Sept 2.Just FYI: Mark Harmon turns 55 on Sept 2.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149551683204534382006-06-05T16:54:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:54:00.000-07:00Not all gay profs started summer school last week....Not all gay profs started summer school last week. Ours started today, and though I was scheduled to teach, neither of my classes had the required no. of students (falling one student short). I turned down a performing job to teach SS because it paid more... but, alas, I planned poorly and now have no summer income. How am I going to pay for my new plasma tv?Castle of Stinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948284354783783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149455397495404942006-06-04T14:09:00.000-07:002006-06-04T14:09:00.000-07:00Have you considered teaching shirtless?Have you considered teaching shirtless?Luciferushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713206391521280301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149437646411212912006-06-04T09:14:00.000-07:002006-06-04T09:14:00.000-07:00I'll be working summer school at my brick oven mid...I'll be working summer school at my brick oven middle school. Just realize that it could be worse....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149337288565321342006-06-03T05:21:00.000-07:002006-06-03T05:21:00.000-07:00wow... this is sums up so much of my feeling about...wow... this is sums up so much of my feeling about teaching as well... although, with far fewer appearances by Mack Harmon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149284842406703682006-06-02T14:47:00.000-07:002006-06-02T14:47:00.000-07:00Dirk and Mike: Yes, I realize Steve McQueen is no...<B>Dirk and Mike:</B> Yes, I realize Steve McQueen is no longer alive. The dead make easier stalking targets -- You mostly know where they are going to be. Sometimes GayProf is a busy man. He needs his objects of stalking to stay put.GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149279829683327522006-06-02T13:23:00.000-07:002006-06-02T13:23:00.000-07:00Um...you do know that Steve McQueen is dead, don't...Um...you do know that Steve McQueen is dead, don't you? Can you really stalk the dead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149276118314571132006-06-02T12:21:00.000-07:002006-06-02T12:21:00.000-07:00I just started a summer class, too! I wanted to g...I just started a summer class, too! I wanted to get one elective out of the way so my third year of grad school wouldn't be too hellish. At least our prof is as interested in having a relaxing summer as we are; the class looks like it's going to be a breeze. Whew!<BR/><BR/>I worked at a movie theatre when "Summer School" was out! Mark Harmon was quite the dreamboat in it, but I always used to sneak into the theatre to see <A HREF="http://www.soap-passion.com/yr/perso-221.html" REL="nofollow">Ken Olandt's strip scene.</A> Woof, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149249547864931802006-06-02T04:59:00.000-07:002006-06-02T04:59:00.000-07:00Hmmm. I rather enjoy summer classes. Then again, I...Hmmm. I rather enjoy summer classes. Then again, I teach English. I appreciate the compression (our 18-week semester gets squeezed down to 6 weeks), as it allows me to drive my students harder and get better development from them.<BR/><BR/>Is it draining? Sure. Do my students wish I would, just once, let them leave even five minutes early? Undoubtedly. Is it worth it? Absolutely. And that's before I remember that every week I work in summer is like three weeks with the same unit load in the regular term.Andrew Purvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192962796481117755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149239119240019122006-06-02T02:05:00.000-07:002006-06-02T02:05:00.000-07:00Student: "Maybe I will ditch class tomorrow."GayPr...Student: "Maybe I will ditch class tomorrow."<BR/><BR/>GayProf: "Maybe I will show a film tomorrow."<BR/><BR/>This one always makes me giggle: The absent student approaches you in the next class to find out what was missed, and you get to say, "Oh, nothing, we just watched a film." The expression is priceless.BlondebutBrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904674688810897258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149172980662717032006-06-01T07:43:00.000-07:002006-06-01T07:43:00.000-07:00I solved the paper grading problem with the "group...I solved the paper grading problem with the "group paper." Because I teach law and philosophy of law, I told them that they would rise and fall as a team practicing law. So, they had one paper to write as a group (five per group) and that they would all get the same grade as on the paper just like in the practice of law. Thus, they had to self-police, plan, organize, and write. I only had to read five papers. It works great, and they all did get the material.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149138421468627672006-05-31T22:07:00.000-07:002006-05-31T22:07:00.000-07:00“I wonder what Anderson Cooper is doing right now....“I wonder what Anderson Cooper is doing right now.” me too! haha. like your post a lot.<BR/><BR/>i took summer school the past two years (i'm still in college), and even though i consider myself a good student, it was especially hard to keep motivated during the summer months.Paisidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903394398068167438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149131730849217112006-05-31T20:15:00.000-07:002006-05-31T20:15:00.000-07:00You know, I wasn't into Mark Harmon, but the stude...You know, I wasn't into Mark Harmon, but the student who was always asleep because he moonlighted as a stripper? HOT! Or at least he was in the eyes of my pre-adolescent homosexual self. Looking back, he probably had a mullet or some other 80s hair atrocity, but I didn't have many opportunities to see half-naked men gyrating in thongs, so I didn't have much to choose from.<BR/><BR/>I can sympathize with both students and professors about summer classes. If you're REALLY lucky, you get a good group and it turns out great. Unfortunately, it's usually full of half-awake, hungover zombies, which makes it fun for no one. <BR/><BR/>But I refuse to believe the most common refrain of your students, is "GayProf's such a dick!" It's probably, "Man, he's so dreamy, I can't concentrate on his riveting and thought-provoking lecture!"Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149127209773716762006-05-31T19:00:00.000-07:002006-05-31T19:00:00.000-07:00GayProf, you know I adore you. But it's uncanny h...GayProf, you know I adore you. But it's uncanny how you read my mind (if my mind were funnier).<BR/><BR/>I freaking HATE teaching summer school. <BR/><BR/>And I freaking LOVE Mark Harmon. So much so that I watch NCIS every week. So thank you for all those yummy pics to feed my addiction!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047700345491098393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149109185425305702006-05-31T13:59:00.000-07:002006-05-31T13:59:00.000-07:00I only ever took summer school in HS. I took PE b...I only ever took summer school in HS. I took PE because I couldn't fit it in my schedule during the year with band AND french IV AP. It was great, we lifted weights and watched movies all day.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12869584065420927072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149100471721488372006-05-31T11:34:00.000-07:002006-05-31T11:34:00.000-07:00I always took summer school because of the hot pro...I always took summer school because of the hot professors. (wink)<BR/><BR/>That said, thank heavens someone else has seen SUMMER SCHOOL and was smitten by the beauty of Mark Harmon. I can still hear that E.G. Daily song as they struggle with the final exam....sighhhhhhhhhhh.<BR/><BR/>Oh, one other thing...the stalking of Steve McQueen? I'm guessing you are doing very little legwork since he doesn't get out much these days.dirk.mancusohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681555593691365839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149090825407877532006-05-31T08:53:00.000-07:002006-05-31T08:53:00.000-07:00Are you sure your super hearing/mind reading capab...Are you sure your super hearing/mind reading capabilities weren't a little off, I'm sure that student was really thinking/saying "GayProf has such a nice..." well, you get the picture. Because wasn't summer school all about being hot for teacher?Conor Karrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01191096973505292399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149090289897774742006-05-31T08:44:00.000-07:002006-05-31T08:44:00.000-07:00I'm sorry, what? Were you saying something? I was ...I'm sorry, what? Were you saying something? I was completely distracted by that shirtless Mark Harmon picture.Dorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14754097613320749614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149089438069891852006-05-31T08:30:00.000-07:002006-05-31T08:30:00.000-07:00Well, I would sympathize but haven't you been OFF ...Well, I would sympathize but haven't you been OFF for hundreds of days or something? Please, cry me a river. (wink)tornwordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581361982939423598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149043701820575462006-05-30T19:48:00.000-07:002006-05-30T19:48:00.000-07:00All I remember about summer school was it was pret...All I remember about summer school was it was pretty much all sex, all the time. Only I didn't go to summer school so now I've got to question everything! Thanks gayprof.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769930056412752986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149033110371809482006-05-30T16:51:00.001-07:002006-05-30T16:51:00.001-07:00Aw, *I* wouldn't mind taking a summer class with y...Aw, *I* wouldn't mind taking a summer class with you (coincidentally enough, I am taking a History of Sexuality in the United States course this summer; because it's actually interesting, it's an undergraduate course, but I'm going to try to get the professor to give me graduate credit for it). <BR/><BR/>However, your post has made me dread the one graduate course I am taking this summer. God knows what kind of drill camp that will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149032525274331592006-05-30T16:42:00.000-07:002006-05-30T16:42:00.000-07:00Kalvin: You sound great as a student (well, except...<B>Kalvin:</B> You sound great as a student (well, except that drinking problem thing). Do you want to take Chicano History this summer? In Texas? Come on, you know you want to. Everybody else is doing it, why not you?GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149032376496857142006-05-30T16:39:00.000-07:002006-05-30T16:39:00.000-07:00This is so different from my summer school experie...This is so different from my summer school experience. I loved taking classes in the summer. Granted I came in more hung over than I ever would have during the year, but that's just my summer glow--deal with it. As for the other students, we were all motivated, and it was refreshing to see people actually interested in the subject. I especially liked that the classes were smaller, and I felt like I could concentrate on them more. Maybe I'm just a dork.Kalv1nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105726258904259151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16010478.post-1149029527597562962006-05-30T15:52:00.000-07:002006-05-30T15:52:00.000-07:00I took summer school EVERY year in uni (we even ha...I took summer school EVERY year in uni (we even had 2-3 semesters of summer school) - I liked it because it was better than dragging courses out for a whole year - and because I was a fast reader I was the only person getting an A in the class (1000 pages a week minimum). Now I see the other side of the coin and know that when I finally get that uni job, I will likely be teaching summer school - we can meet up and have some drinks competeing to find which one of us has students who care less, and how we did 5 things today we would have been ashamed to do during the year as a teacher but simply don't care about any more. Go gay prof!Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.com