Comments on: No research for you http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8724 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: McGehee http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8724/comment-page-1#comment-21238 McGehee Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:32:18 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=8724#comment-21238 <blockquote><i>And anyone who isn’t bright enough to find where the research lab is, when I have a sign on my door saying “I’m in my lab – room 229″ probably should be pursuing some major other than biology.</i></blockquote>Like cartography?

And anyone who isn’t bright enough to find where the research lab is, when I have a sign on my door saying “I’m in my lab – room 229″ probably should be pursuing some major other than biology.

Like cartography?

]]> By: fillyjonk http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8724/comment-page-1#comment-21234 fillyjonk Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=8724#comment-21234 Mostly-yes on the uselessness of one or two hour blocks. However, there are some odds and ends of research that can be done in that time, depending on what you do (sorting, counting, weighing...much of the ecological stuff I do can be done in shorter stretches). You can also read journal articles (which I should really do more of) during those blocks of time. (Though realistically: I re-read the material I'm covering in my next class and then surf the web. And then feel bad about it later.) We are expected to hold no fewer than 10 office hours a week, but as my research lab is four steps away from my office, I figure I can just as easily work in there as I can sit in my office. (And anyone who isn't bright enough to find where the research lab is, when I have a sign on my door saying "I'm in my lab - room 229" probably should be pursuing some major other than biology.) I get an awful lot of grading done during office hours. I will also admit to having brought knitting projects with me for those office hours when I have no grading to do and am between research projects, or where the current project is one that cannot be tackled in a two-hour or so chunk of time. I don't object to students "randomly" showing up; what I object to is someone showing up when I'm mid-survey and expecting me to drop everything that moment to help them. If they're willing to either hang out while I finish up the immediate task, or come back in some allotted length of time, I'm happy to meet them. Mostly-yes on the uselessness of one or two hour blocks. However, there are some odds and ends of research that can be done in that time, depending on what you do (sorting, counting, weighing…much of the ecological stuff I do can be done in shorter stretches). You can also read journal articles (which I should really do more of) during those blocks of time. (Though realistically: I re-read the material I’m covering in my next class and then surf the web. And then feel bad about it later.)

We are expected to hold no fewer than 10 office hours a week, but as my research lab is four steps away from my office, I figure I can just as easily work in there as I can sit in my office. (And anyone who isn’t bright enough to find where the research lab is, when I have a sign on my door saying “I’m in my lab – room 229″ probably should be pursuing some major other than biology.)

I get an awful lot of grading done during office hours.

I will also admit to having brought knitting projects with me for those office hours when I have no grading to do and am between research projects, or where the current project is one that cannot be tackled in a two-hour or so chunk of time.

I don’t object to students “randomly” showing up; what I object to is someone showing up when I’m mid-survey and expecting me to drop everything that moment to help them. If they’re willing to either hang out while I finish up the immediate task, or come back in some allotted length of time, I’m happy to meet them.

]]> By: sya http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8724/comment-page-1#comment-21230 sya Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:30:33 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=8724#comment-21230 I've always thought it was kind of rude to drop by a prof's office randomly--so I usually make appointments beforehand. Except for this one time when some other students and I camped out in front of one prof's office in protest against TAs who were refusing to give help. And having been a TA myself, the only office hours that seem to be used by undergrads are right before exam time. I’ve always thought it was kind of rude to drop by a prof’s office randomly–so I usually make appointments beforehand. Except for this one time when some other students and I camped out in front of one prof’s office in protest against TAs who were refusing to give help. And having been a TA myself, the only office hours that seem to be used by undergrads are right before exam time.

]]> By: Dick Stanley http://www.dustbury.com/archives/8724/comment-page-1#comment-21228 Dick Stanley Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:27:46 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=8724#comment-21228 Indeed, work-by-committee is an oxymoron. OT, in case you're not actually ignoring this on purpose: CG, consider yourself tagged. I hope you play these Reindeer games: http://texasscribbler.com/blog/2009/07/seven_things_i_love.html Indeed, work-by-committee is an oxymoron.

OT, in case you’re not actually ignoring this on purpose:

CG, consider yourself tagged. I hope you play these Reindeer games:

http://texasscribbler.com/blog/2009/07/seven_things_i_love.html

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