historicrocker

It's my personal view and it's because she speaks about her opinions as if they're absolute and pure. That, for me, is too much for me to handle. Of course I'm just weak and ignorant. It's ok though because I'm going to go to sleep tonight and think nothing of this.

its good she ain't a sheep

That's entirely the image she wants to project. And to far too great an extent.

I really like it.

This would be a prime moment to advertise yourself, Richard.

University lecturers aren't better paid' date=' and most lecturers also have to deal with the stress and strain of running a successful research lab that pulls in the money for the university too. This means most senior researchers and lecturers are constantly battling to pull in the money that justifies their existence at the institute, which relies on a succesful research lab and a fully trained group to do that work - It's a whole extra set of conditions that high school teachers don't have.

I'd disagree that most lecturers don't give a crap - those that can't give a rat's ass piss me off royally considering the amount of effort myself and many of my colleagues make.[/quote']

This brings up the real issue then. The university should be paying the lecturers to lecture rather than to research. It would be far more efficient to pay the staff to do specific jobs rather than either do poor research because of lecture timetables or poor lecturings because they get so wrapped up in research. The way the university employs its staff puzzles me.

I'm all for giving the University lecturers more pay' date=' but from my experience, I think secondary school teachers are simply more deserving of pay increases.

When I was in secondary school, I had teachers who were often covering up to three classes at a time (including advanced higher classes and seriously misbehaved children), often having to spend breaks marking as they'd had to spend their free periods covering classes and looking after children on detention. They were generally run ragged and yet still (most of them) were always attentive and helpful.

At University (and I am fully aware this is not representative of all lecturers), I've seen lecturers stroll into seminars 15 minutes late because they've been getting a coffee and then offering no explanation or apology, and I've then missed buses because they've stuck the time on at the end. A tutor showing me around got lost (in his own department), and then asked us for directions, and I once had to hang around for 3 hours for a seminar at the end of the day, to find it was a mistake on the timetable that even the receptionist knew about, but the lecturer had gone home early and forgot to mention it.

I'm not saying they don't deserve a pay increase, I think anyone who devotes their life to education or health should be hugely rewarded, but if anyone in education deserves it then it's secondary teachers. Bear in mind, that lecturers teach people who (on the whole) want to be there. It's pretty rare to hear of a lecturer being punched, kicked and spat on.[/quote']

I disagree. A bit. Somebody who devotes their life to education of health should have made that choice mostly on the principle of helping people. Rewards should not be a primary incentive and that's what they seem to be becoming. I agree that most lecturers don't give a crap and the intimacy of a high school teacher with their pupils is much greater than with a lecturer. And the dedication... lecturers don't really have much on their plates compared to the constant assignments and class exams of high school. And university lecturers are better paid? That's a little screwy.

I apologise. The person was probably nice and even left a nice little comment.

God dammit I have 16 reputation points. Who doesn't get it? I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall. Are you spiting me? People, are you spiting me?

Yes' date=' words like all semiotic symbols have meaning. There is a denotation and connotation. To me, the reply seems amazingly easy to understand.[/quote']

I typed an entire two paragraphs response and decided it was all crap anyway. Ok, my opinion: Lightning Bolt's Hyper Magic Mountain is crap. People who decide I won't get reputation points: shallow, because who could possibly raise themselves in such esteem that their issuing of reputation points in some way matters? Ok, I'm done.

something you'll never have.

Does that mean anything?

And what the hell is this "reputation" crap?

Or give.

Hypermagic Mountain is pretty shit. I'd like to see them live but only if they play their better songs. Otherwise I don't get a crap.

Valentine's day is like Christmas day. It's hyped up beyond reason and all it really boils down to is the company. I don't care much for Valentine's day but I guess I respect it.

Do you really think you are entitled to have an opinion on the music community when you are the proud owner of Now thats what I call music 31?

Yes, yes I do.

You like Three Inches of Blood. Yarr.

Does anyone ever get entire parts of music albums lodged into their thinking? When I was writing my Taxi Driver essay in the second hour of my Film Studies exam I was absorbed in listening to the first twenty minutes of Achtung Baby by U2. It was crazy. And my essay looked like "and this also happened..." and "oh, and" every time I retrieved the all-important awareness that I was actually sitting doing a bleeding exam.

One hundred and twelve. Please, somebody ban me. I'm a wild card! Hahaha!

Sixty views. Yus. I am purposelessly occupying people's time! I don't know anything aout football. But I do like Pro Evo.

Ok, so nobody actually knows who I am (unless they're the guy who licked my damn face last night in Exodus) but I have returned to aberdeen-music to inject some whole-hearted bitter commentary on the music scene. Haha.

Ok then. I quit.

What an "ignorant" thing to say.

Fuck ma boots! Many people talk about bands/artists/cockbadgers that they don't like on this site. That's why it exists.

Are you on James Cunt's (oops' date=' did it again) payroll?

love from christy[/quote']

Oh. Why am I here?

This is still going? Why?

And can anyone actually explain to me where the word originated? I'm intrigued.