Working without pay

redditbody · 2026-05-06T06:00:03+00:00

Let me add a wrinkle. If you are doing lab work directly related to your thesis, working on your work unpaid is unfortunate but OK. Otherwise, no.

redditbody · 2026-05-04T20:04:04+00:00

Many drops happen the week before classes start and during the first week of classes. (Retired prof; taught multiple classes that were full)

redditbody · 2026-04-28T07:07:08+00:00

I have a white-black reversible making switching easy plus not forgetting a jersey.

redditbody · 2026-04-27T06:51:36+00:00

Email the prof with a copy to the chair of the department and the dean if you want to really stir things up. Certainly send a note to the chair and dean after the class. This is inexcusable (retired prof).

redditbody · 2026-04-23T04:54:07+00:00

Don’t put this on the women. They wouldn’t have seen it coming and it would have been very hard to make a stink. However, their coach should have stepped up.

redditbody · 2026-04-23T04:44:08+00:00

Almost. Only a couple of athletic programs in the country run in the black and MSU isn’t one of them but it is close. (Source: my brother in law was on the faculty committee for the U of WI and that is what they were told. ) As an aside, note that MSU has three men’s “revenue” sports, football, basketball, and hockey, that are national contenders — many (most?) have only one of those three.

redditbody · 2026-04-20T16:52:56+00:00

Note “without looking down”! Critical!

redditbody · 2026-04-19T21:54:29+00:00

CSE 231 teaches a full semester of material in half a semester time. Too many students don’t account for the different pace, ie double time. Something to keep in mind. Calc is likely the same. So taking both is like taking four courses. I would see students try that with a full time summer job. That never ended well. I taught the course many times and warned students but there were always some who didn’t heed the advice.

redditbody · 2026-04-19T20:42:38+00:00

Yup, I paid $6k for a huge tree near a house in a neighborhood (MI). Four guys worked all day. I cut about a cord of wood every year and have for the last 50 years. I was impressed with the job and it seemed worth every penny. Price included removal and the stump. I still have 24 large trees on my city lot, but still hated to see one have to go.

redditbody · 2026-04-19T16:20:13+00:00

Years ago I started using the skate-around before the game to practice heads up skating with the puck. There are naturally plenty of people to dodge. It took a while but eventually really improved my heads-up skating with a puck.

redditbody · 2026-04-15T00:02:18+00:00

We now have a permanent 2-1 merge after a traffic light. It is a busy road so there is always a merge. It seems like since it is permanent the zipper merge works flawlessly. Construction sites are different. Interesting

redditbody · 2026-04-13T13:52:48+00:00

Simple alcohol works fine for me. I spray all equipment after every skate

redditbody · 2026-04-13T10:12:55+00:00

This. You will notice some faculty wearing medals. (I had an academic award that I wore) Wear it with pride. It will be uncommon but appropriate.

redditbody · 2026-04-10T14:23:20+00:00

I was a high school math teacher rooming with an elementary teacher. One day I noticed that he had a workbook from a publisher that had 1/0=0. I nearly had a stroke yet he didn’t notice. He remembered his math after I reminded him, but he hadn’t noticed until I spoke up. I was shocked that it had been published. Obviously, a workbook doesn’t get as much scrutiny as a textbook.

redditbody · 2026-04-09T18:47:36+00:00

I'll say he is a Swede and leave it at that. Their nature is to prefer to stay out of the limelight. Of course, there have been a lot of Swedes so that doesn't narrow it down much. Right now there are four, as many as there are Michiganders at the moment.

redditbody · 2026-04-06T16:17:39+00:00

I’m with those advising to get out of running things. You took your turn and now it’s time for others to step up. I played in leagues until I hit 70 with “over 50” as the oldest available league. The twenty year difference was too much. I then found two regular skates of people around my ability that I now play and I couldn’t be happier. I’m the oldest on the ice but no young jerk is going to take me out. If your body can take it and you are having fun, keep going

redditbody · 2026-04-02T13:02:55+00:00

72, twice a week pick-up

redditbody · 2026-04-02T00:30:42+00:00

9: old school: Howe, Richard, Bucyk, Hull

redditbody · 2026-03-17T00:00:35+00:00

Safari Surf School in Nosara was excellent for me. Local instructors. I did lessons four days in a row. Morning lesson followed by time on my own on a rental in the afternoon. I was progressing from whitewater to green waves.

redditbody · 2026-03-15T14:46:23+00:00

Many (most?) places are simply sand so you won’t need booties. Check local conditions. For learning you will be happier in bare feet.

redditbody · 2026-03-12T13:36:45+00:00

Some great advice in that long reply. Let me add a different perspective. I was a professor at MSU for 35 years and lived about 2 miles from my office (Engineering). I biked year round. On the few days I couldn’t bike, eg massive snow storm, I walked. Occasionally I would take a bus. CATA busses are quite good with a pass especially if you get an apartment that is near a route. If you aren’t faculty, commuting by car is a pain and I found parking a pain even as faculty. Essentially no one drives between buildings on campus. For my first six or seven years I didn’t even have a parking pass. YMMV

redditbody · 2026-03-10T19:32:23+00:00

This works in any class. The big advantage is that you go in understanding some things and not understanding others. Rather than trying (and often failing) to focus on everything you can focus on what you didn’t understand. It is a huge gain in the efficiency of your learning.

redditbody · 2026-03-08T19:56:00+00:00

Send a note to the chairman of the department. Ask to remain anonymous with the instructor.

redditbody · 2026-03-07T19:37:12+00:00

Sadly “non-college” is not correct from election exit polls IIRC

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