Comments on: I helped fix a mower? http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/i-helped-fix-a-mower personal and professional notes from a naive chemistry professor Wed, 20 May 2009 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 <img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=8d261b968be951be34bcf0235e686821.jpg&s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orangewallaby.net%2Fwall%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2F8d261b968be951be3.png' width='80' height='80' alt='Wavatar' />By: Tigger http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/i-helped-fix-a-mower/comment-page-1#comment-3620 Wavatar Tigger Wed, 24 May 2006 03:13:42 +0000 http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/i-helped-fix-a-mower#comment-3620 perhaps they expect most of their alumni to be yuppies who will care lots about making sure their own property looks wonderful and lush, so they should have no problem with helping the school to aim for that. I s'pose you could reply to the money-grubbing with some lightly sarcastic comment about how you'd rather not give them more money if they're simply going to use it for postage on letters that beg for money to buy more baseballs. oddly, I'm still seeing only money-grubbing letters from the Jupiter campus of FAU, and nothing from the honors college. That campus won't ever see a penny of the few pennies I have to spare, though the college might, if they could prove none of it would benefit the university at all. oh well. perhaps they expect most of their alumni to be yuppies who will care lots about making sure their own property looks wonderful and lush, so they should have no problem with helping the school to aim for that.

I s’pose you could reply to the money-grubbing with some lightly sarcastic comment about how you’d rather not give them more money if they’re simply going to use it for postage on letters that beg for money to buy more baseballs.

oddly, I’m still seeing only money-grubbing letters from the Jupiter campus of FAU, and nothing from the honors college. That campus won’t ever see a penny of the few pennies I have to spare, though the college might, if they could prove none of it would benefit the university at all. oh well.

]]> <img class='wavatar' src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=c7647f300e13d06bf439a293c6b269df.jpg&s=80&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orangewallaby.net%2Fwall%2Fwp-content%2Fcache%2Fwavatars%2Fc7647f300e13d06bf.png' width='80' height='80' alt='Wavatar' />By: Meerkat http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/i-helped-fix-a-mower/comment-page-1#comment-3617 Wavatar Meerkat Wed, 24 May 2006 01:32:34 +0000 http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2006/i-helped-fix-a-mower#comment-3617 Well, you know, must keep the lawn maintained, because a well-maintained lawn attracts more applicants because they thing the college looks pretty. And more applicants means more students. And more students means more money for the college. So they can fix more lawnmowers. Very, very important *nod* Well, you know, must keep the lawn maintained, because a well-maintained lawn attracts more applicants because they thing the college looks pretty. And more applicants means more students. And more students means more money for the college. So they can fix more lawnmowers.

Very, very important *nod*

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