tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post2849649649664970423..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Meet Your "Qualified" ReplacementDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-51502649076190678092012-06-05T11:57:25.921-05:002012-06-05T11:57:25.921-05:00paranoid is the chair of the math department. Watc...paranoid is the chair of the math department. Watch him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-18804159654833622882011-11-08T14:43:12.077-06:002011-11-08T14:43:12.077-06:00One very ticked off history professor...
If an in...One very ticked off history professor...<br /><br />If an individual chooses to strike to stand up for his/her rights then I hold nothing against them. However, if you are choosing to strike, in a way, you are choosing your needs over your students. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with that, but that is a decision that needs to be made by each individual. If you choose to strike, youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-15114967037192701932011-11-07T23:33:50.028-06:002011-11-07T23:33:50.028-06:00As a civil service employee on the 'inside'...As a civil service employee on the 'inside', I have witnessed the scramble to find any qualified instructor to teach not only 100 level courses, but especially 200-level and higher courses. Several undergraduate students and graduate students were pressured in some way or another regarding this issue. So, as a result, we have a very unorganized, unqualified set of people trying to take Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-82243258986652295152011-11-07T19:29:47.646-06:002011-11-07T19:29:47.646-06:00Isn't this supposed to be a university where s...Isn't this supposed to be a university where students are taught by experts in their field not dilettantes? Winters and his supporters certainly do not belong in a university and the latter are little better than panhandlers if they refuse to contribute "fair share" to a Union they have economically benefited from over the last decade. By submissively allowing the erasure of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-30261526364116099812011-11-07T19:20:15.360-06:002011-11-07T19:20:15.360-06:00Quite one,
You said: "It is possible I will ...Quite one,<br /><br />You said: "It is possible I will teach a class in another college. Oddly, I do have the expertise to do so. More importantly the other faculty and I have a solid history of mutual respect and have always treated each other with such. I think it sets a tone for more productive negotiation when people work together before there is such animosity."<br /><br />I Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-85293609926966652532011-11-07T17:58:02.877-06:002011-11-07T17:58:02.877-06:00Kelli: so we are supposed to measure "good in...Kelli: so we are supposed to measure "good intentions" as a criteria for "business as normal" and "you will be taught by qualified instructors?" That is Un Frigging Real if you ever asked me!One very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-53213209904899104332011-11-07T15:13:43.545-06:002011-11-07T15:13:43.545-06:00I heard from a student on the picket line on Frida...I heard from a student on the picket line on Friday that an undergraduate friend of hers who is especially good at math was asked to teach a math class by the department. I know that's 3rd person information, but still...Amelia Ketzlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-25854077336424852172011-11-07T12:03:48.184-06:002011-11-07T12:03:48.184-06:00Dr. Winters is only doing what he thinks is best i...Dr. Winters is only doing what he thinks is best in this situation. Unlike you all, he is trying to keep things as positive and normal for the students as possible. He may not be a History expert and he openly admitted that in class today. I think you all ought to be ashamed of yourselves. If you have an opinion get out and express it in a positive way. Don't take you anger for the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-20592723632841773812011-11-07T11:49:27.149-06:002011-11-07T11:49:27.149-06:00If you are all so angry then why don't you go ...If you are all so angry then why don't you go somewhere else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-47677031282127286432011-11-07T09:33:11.211-06:002011-11-07T09:33:11.211-06:00OMG. Now you are vilifying people by posting thei...OMG. Now you are vilifying people by posting their Facebook pages. Un. Friggin. Real. <br /><br />I saw the straw man "Cheng" you all had at your demonstration in town Saturday.<br /><br />If someone posted a straw man "Hughes" or "Jonny Gray" outside Anthony Hall....you all would be screaming to high heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-11903854060311164962011-11-07T09:03:08.268-06:002011-11-07T09:03:08.268-06:00Thank you for that Quiet One. Yes, we will all ha...Thank you for that Quiet One. Yes, we will all have to resolve our differences and progress forward to make SIUC a better place when this is all over and done with. And I really hope instead of aiming to settle old scores, our administrators join us in that collective effort. But we have also reached a crisis point where many of us feel that our role as professional educators is under threat One very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-83978148870185158902011-11-07T08:33:18.725-06:002011-11-07T08:33:18.725-06:00Oh, and I'm tickled pink to have my posts labe...Oh, and I'm tickled pink to have my posts labeled "eloquent!" Thank you.Quiet Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-20375383796087554002011-11-07T08:31:56.129-06:002011-11-07T08:31:56.129-06:00Well Day 3. Today I passed three strikers at the ...Well Day 3. Today I passed three strikers at the entrance. I know one personally -- we exchanged smiles. I am glad there will be no rain and that the warmer temperatures will be less difficult.<br /><br />This week I will teach two class today, one as a guest teacher (invited before the strike) and another my class. I have office hours today as well. They are booked solid. My class tonight Quiet Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-25420180997353694422011-11-07T06:53:09.023-06:002011-11-07T06:53:09.023-06:00Thank you Jonny Gray for that. If Dr. Cheng and &...Thank you Jonny Gray for that. If Dr. Cheng and "Dr." Poshard stop offending us by their decision-making, and you know, actually sought to work with us to make SIUC a more thriving university, we might actually not be on strike right now. Yes, we have left students with empty classrooms. It was an agonizing decision for me personally, which is why I sought to mitigate it by giving myOne very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-88356234488019831822011-11-07T06:15:39.130-06:002011-11-07T06:15:39.130-06:00I began the original post with a deliberate attemp...I began the original post with a deliberate attempt to avoid <i>ad hominem</i> attacks on Dean Winters. My very legitimate and on-topic concerns are about his qualifications to do the job he is being asked to do.<br /><br />In the comments that have followed, some have been outraged by this example of how the Administration intends to preserve "business as usual" on this campus. As I Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-17908596151693508752011-11-07T06:00:58.202-06:002011-11-07T06:00:58.202-06:00If faculty were in their classrooms where they bel...If faculty were in their classrooms where they belong there wouldn't be a need for subs. Any faculty member who willingly walks out and abandons their students in the middle of a semester has no business being a faculty member. Todd Winters and all other faculty and admin who are stepping up and working their butts off to cover for those using this as an excuse for free time off should be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-70945135132136618292011-11-07T05:58:41.136-06:002011-11-07T05:58:41.136-06:00As noted below, the spam filter sometimes catches ...As noted below, the spam filter sometimes catches posts for no reason I can make sense of. When I see it happening, I go reclassify posts caught in the filter as "not spam." Please know that I do not edit or remove posts except in extreme cases (we've done that 3 times in the history of this blog -- I've yet to have to make that cal myself). When we do remove posts, there is Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-69589248605929323362011-11-07T00:38:53.547-06:002011-11-07T00:38:53.547-06:00When this administration declares it is so concern...When this administration declares it is so concerned with retention, wouldn't you think they would choose with greater care someone who teaches History 101A? Like an actual history professor? Oops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-69440955780385563542011-11-07T00:36:45.150-06:002011-11-07T00:36:45.150-06:00It is the gift that keeps on giving for me and my ...It is the gift that keeps on giving for me and my striking colleagues, that is for sure. But I assure you, I would be just as irate were it Dr. Eichholz filling in this week for my colleague's class. Luckily it is not mine, but had this strike occurred last spring when I was last teaching in the Core Curriculum, it very might well have been. And that pisses me off to no end.One very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-39589571063376291432011-11-07T00:11:29.351-06:002011-11-07T00:11:29.351-06:00Very Ticked Off Professor, I think that the admini...Very Ticked Off Professor, I think that the administration by no means believes he's a perfectly qualified replacement for you, he's only temporary relief. I believe dean Leonard has something like 48 striking faculty. Were I in her position, I would take all of the help that was offered. I'm sure she was just in a hurry to fill up classes left open by these striking faculty members Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-78232710872867760652011-11-06T23:56:18.226-06:002011-11-06T23:56:18.226-06:00Anon 11:13 PM,
Be careful with that bet. Chairs a...Anon 11:13 PM,<br /><br />Be careful with that bet. Chairs and deans are not part of the FA bargaining unit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-37959301656004244852011-11-06T23:35:21.120-06:002011-11-06T23:35:21.120-06:00I don't doubt his good intentions: I doubt the...I don't doubt his good intentions: I doubt the wisdom of the administrators here who think he is a qualified replacement for my striking colleague teaching that particular course. Thank goodness that the GAUs got a clause prohibiting the administration from forcing them to teach the classes of striking tenured faculty. We were a bit worried for a while about that mean-spirited possibility One very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-81701382049486758712011-11-06T23:25:22.457-06:002011-11-06T23:25:22.457-06:00Ticked Off Prof:
I don't think that dean Winte...Ticked Off Prof:<br />I don't think that dean Winters is being arrogant at all, he's trying to help. I have no doubt that if somebody more qualified than himself stepped up to teach your class that he would gladly let them teach it. He's simply attempting to be of assistance to the university any way he can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-4183505660452774842011-11-06T23:16:24.822-06:002011-11-06T23:16:24.822-06:00If it were Jim Allen (professor of French history)...If it were Jim Allen (professor of French history) teaching that class, or even emiritus professor David Wilson, former dean of the graduate school and a professional historian by training, I would not be complaining. You miss the point. Not just ANYBODY can do my job, just like not everyone can do Dean Winters'. His arrogance in thinking contrary to that is exactly what is wrong with thisOne very ticked off history professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-73567116279968721972011-11-06T23:13:16.010-06:002011-11-06T23:13:16.010-06:00Anon 10.58
Its you who are disgusting, and a cowa...Anon 10.58<br /><br />Its you who are disgusting, and a coward for not standing up to Cheng, et al, and letting the FA do the dirty work for you, fighting the battles for your benefit. I bet you have reaped many rewards over the years from the FA's good contracts, and probably not paid a dime for them.<br /><br />Good night and good riddance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com