The National Verbwhore demographic thing

[NobodyGetsOutAlive]

I'm in Kamille Stone's seminar for  one of the core modules. The fact I can't even remember which one shows how much my interest is waning (sadly, I haven't made it to a single seminar of hers yet, poor woman. she seems nice in email too) and Ian Fairer did some lectures on a core module last semester.


Fun.

[Almost Yearly]

My favourite and indeed most skilled subject is English.

Must ... control ... self ... ngh

[TraceyQ]

My favourite and indeed most skilled subject is English.

Must ... control ... self ... ngh

Let the child be. He will learn very soon and then we can all point and laugh our cocks off at him.

[sproggy]

My favourite and indeed most skilled subject is English.

I'm no poet, but surely there's more to skilled English than thumbing through a thesaurus and flowering up other peoples quotes?

[Almost Yearly]

Yeah - pile on !!

No, it's just that I keep seeing VM leaving people baffled at his attempts to articulate an idea or argument, and I keep seeing him use words or whole phrases completely wrongly. It always irks me so (admittedly more than it irks anybody else on here, it would seem) - and then I have to read this modest admission of his. Meh. Hate to see your physics paper then, VM.


He does seem to know a bit about games though.


I know, Trace, I shouldn't keep having a go. Firstly it's not becoming, and secondly it never makes even a tiny ding in his shield of self-delusion (must be a Taurus) - but fuck it, there's not much else on. I'll go do a mong or sumfink.

[Daniel]

Secondary School, Year 10 - am I the youngest?

[morgs]

I went for the box labelled Employment, though I pass the day in Secondary School entertaining pupils with 'Look Around You' in Science lessons...

[monkhouse terror]

I went for the box labelled Employment, though I pass the day in Secondary School entertaining pupils with 'Look Around You' in Science lessons...

I want you for my teacher you git. I'm stuck with a scary gay chemistry teacher with a handlebar moustache and a fetish for test tube racks.

[Gazeuse]

Secondary School, Year 10 - am I the youngest?

What's all this "year 10" stuff...Don't they have 'forms' anymore??? Upper sixth, lower sixth???

Where has all the romance gone?!?

[TraceyQ]

Secondary School, Year 10 - am I the youngest?

What's all this "year 10" stuff...Don't they have 'forms' anymore??? Upper sixth, lower sixth???

Where has all the romance gone?!?

Fourth year in your old money.

Re: Romance. Gone the same way as my valentines day card.

[morgs]

Yeah, just add 6 to everything.... 5th years are year 11 etc.  We went all-American about 12 years ago, just as I left school myself!

And most of my pupils don't 'get' a lot of Look Around You.  They think that Earth, Wind and Fire are Elements.

They're not.

They're a band.

Or at least they were.

[Dr David V]

As you probably know, I'm studying media production at NVQ level. Here's a picture of me at work.

[Gazeuse]

Oh dear.

Not long 'til I start piddling myself then.

[Gazeuse]

Here's a picture of me at work.

Did you remember to take the lens cap off??

[falafel]

I'm in Kamille Stone's seminar for  one of the core modules. The fact I can't even remember which one shows how much my interest is waning (sadly, I haven't made it to a single seminar of hers yet, poor woman. she seems nice in email too) .

Oh, she is. Just imagine a younger, blonde, cheerful Australian version of Alan Partridge's Lynn who likes to wear big wavy dresses and specialises in quiet patches, confusion, and self-deprecating sighs. In the best way possible. She is genuinely very pleasant.

Moving on: I'd like to pose a couple of questions to all those of you who got a job after leaving University: How? - Why?

No, seriously. I need both help and motivation.

[butnut]

Secondary School, Year 10 - am I the youngest?

Hey - you're not old enough to watch Chris Morris. Wait until yo're 18 before you return ;)

[fum]

I'm currently doing a level 2 course for my Humanities and Art History degree, through the open university. As well as this I look after the following:

My soon to be 4 year old daughter.

My 10 year old stepdaughter (when not at school)

9 fish

and the house.

And a hungry husband ;-)

[kenneth trousers]

I do structural repairs on aircraft (mon to thurs)

[Bellscab]

Studying Philosophy and Theology. Finals in May. What a fool I am.

[Tom Rad]

Doing a PhD in Linguistics. And teaching undergraduates. On strike today, though.

[NobodyGetsOutAlive]

Are you AUT scum Tomrad?

[Tom Rad]

No, I'm not a member of AUT as it happens, but I am considering joining.
But perhaps you could kindly elaborate on why you consider members of the Association of University Teachers to be scum?

[falafel]

No, I'm not a member of AUT as it happens, but I am considering joining.
But perhaps you could kindly elaborate on why you consider members of the Association of University Teachers to be scum?

Because they want more money. Isnt £12.50 a year enough for 'you people'?

I don't share NobodyGetsOutAlive's hostile attitude. This strike action is getting me off 3 seminars and a lecture, scot free.

Except the seminars are more down to the futile NUS strike tomorrow.  Ooh, what a good idea: "we don't want top up fees, so we'll encourage students not to go to their lectures". As if we'd go anyway.

NUS scum.

[MojoJojo]

Sigh, I'm a PhD student. That doesn't mean I'm striking 'cos I'm not employed.

The strikes aren't about wanting a raise - it's about the fact that they are planning to change the pay scales, in a way that it is believed would lead to a reduction in pay.

However, many academics do feel that they are underpaid. They are penalised because they are interested in what they do. And they have to put with the fact that half the idiotic undergraduates they teach go into industry and end up earning more than them in 5 years.

Academics tend to have lots of international meets, which means that they tend to meet lots of well paid academics, from countries which seem to value them, such as America.

[hands cold, liver warm]

I'm doing a PhD.

I wish I wasn't

I should have learned plumbing or something

[Tom Rad]

Sigh, I'm a PhD student. That doesn't mean I'm striking 'cos I'm not employed.

The strikes aren't about wanting a raise - it's about the fact that they are planning to change the pay scales, in a way that it is believed would lead to a reduction in pay.

You're quite right. The reason for the strike is because academic staff have been asked to agree to a pay deal which actually worsens our career prospects.
This is because the proposed deal includes changes to the way the salary scale is structured, i.e. smaller annual increments. That means it would take a person longer to reach the top of the scale than it does now.  As a result a person's career earnings would potentially be lower. In addition, the deal would mean that pay and salary scales would be locally determined - meaning that pay and grading would be based on where a person works, not on what they do. And because every institution would have the right to follow their own pay and grading model, irrespective of national agreements, the role of national negotiations would be undermined.

Although I don't hold a full time academic post, I may one day do so (at least if I stop pissing about here and get on with doing some research so I can one day finish my doctorate). So any changes that are made now to the pay conditions for academic staff will have an effect on me in the future. That's why I'm on strike.

Anyway, MojoJojo and hands cold, liver warm, what are you doing your PhDs in? How far are you into yours? I'm in my second year but it seems I just know less the more time I spend on it...

[NobodyGetsOutAlive]

No, I'm not a member of AUT as it happens, but I am considering joining.
But perhaps you could kindly elaborate on why you consider members of the Association of University Teachers to be scum?

Argh, I didn't really. It was just a flippant remark with no meaning behind it, sorry for any offence blahblahblah.

I do admire what they are doing as well, I truly do. And, as falafel says, it gets me out of lectutres and seminars as well.

Christ, I think I might jump on the "let's reinatate smilies!" bandwagon now.

[Lady Beany]

Ummm I manage 600 sex line operators.  Don't look at me like that, its true!  Only been in it for three months so far, but its going well.  I get to fire them an all sorts.  They made a big mistake when they gave me power.

I also help out at the old tv channel I used to work for.  The new manager has no idea what he is doing, so he runs stuff by me for development blah di blah.

Oh and I freelance the odd  tv show if and when time allows.

[aaaaaaaaaargh!]

What sort of stuff have you fired people for?  I'm really curious

[Lady Beany]

Not complying with ICSTIS (Telephony regulator) rules and basically being shit at their job!  Yes, it is possible to be a shite sex line operator...