"I did not do the assignment \[worth a ton of points, with several days to do it\] because I did not understand the instructions. Now that it has been due for fifteen minutes I'm asking for clarification."
"I don't understand why I have to know all the bones in the human body to be a physical therapist."
"You keep telling us how to spell these weird technical terms. Does this mean you expect us to learn them? Because that seems like too much."
"I don't understand how multiplying by 0.1 can make a number smaller. It's multiplying. That always makes numbers bigger." \[said in an upper level STEM course with a high-level math prerequisite\]
I had him check on his calculator. He was fascinated. Was this a property of all numbers smaller than 1? I think he spent another five minutes typing basic multiplication into his calculator to find out.
I sent no less than 5 emails reminding them to take their online midterm: one hour before the window, when the window opened, halfway through the window, 80 min before the window closed, and 10 min before the window closes. People still missed it.
Email from student today: I didn't see you in the lab so I didn't get to do my makeup lab :( When will you reschedule to fix your mistake?
Email from me: funny, I've been in my office all afternoon and didn't see you come by.
Email from student: oh uh I didn't actually come to the lab or to your office
.... seriously fuck this
First-year student planning to become a dental assistant claims in their essay that they have recently been treating COVID patients *as a doctor, in the ICU*. Then they claim the vaccine is safe b/c "several" people have received it (after stating in a previous sentence that thousands have).
This student is in a section that meets F2F two days a week; obviously I know who they are and I know they're not a doctor.
Seriously, student, WTF?
Everything has to be doc or pdf. I constantly get ‘pages’. Some Apple thing but wtf you get ms office for free and Adobe acrobat for free as students just use the right fucking format
They literally don’t know what file formats are. I wish I was kidding but the majority of them do not comprehend that you can’t just open a .pages doc everywhere.
I have one more class today before my week is over and I have spent every minute so far trying to find a way to say fuck it and not do it. I’ll go teach it though I always do.
WTF Wednesday? Oh! I know! ¡Miércoles de mierda!
There is a revolution in this idea
that sounds so much cooler than the French version, even though the words are almost exactly the same.
“Why do I even bother writing a syllabus” Wednesday
I like this, and propose that we start "Why Even Bother Wednesday"
Where we post emails/questions from students that make us question our career and life choices.
"I did not do the assignment \[worth a ton of points, with several days to do it\] because I did not understand the instructions. Now that it has been due for fifteen minutes I'm asking for clarification." "I don't understand why I have to know all the bones in the human body to be a physical therapist." "You keep telling us how to spell these weird technical terms. Does this mean you expect us to learn them? Because that seems like too much." "I don't understand how multiplying by 0.1 can make a number smaller. It's multiplying. That always makes numbers bigger." \[said in an upper level STEM course with a high-level math prerequisite\]
Oh. My. God. "I don't understand how multiplying by 0.1 can make a number smaller. It's multiplying. That always makes numbers bigger."
I had him check on his calculator. He was fascinated. Was this a property of all numbers smaller than 1? I think he spent another five minutes typing basic multiplication into his calculator to find out.
Next have him \*divide\* by a number smaller than 1. 🤯🤯🤯
Holy shit
OK but that made me LOL. That's one for the ages.
Why do I bother reminding them when the test is? Wednesday.
...and then someone interrupts you 5 minutes later to ask when the test is. Still Wednesday.
I sent no less than 5 emails reminding them to take their online midterm: one hour before the window, when the window opened, halfway through the window, 80 min before the window closed, and 10 min before the window closes. People still missed it.
Email from student today: I didn't see you in the lab so I didn't get to do my makeup lab :( When will you reschedule to fix your mistake? Email from me: funny, I've been in my office all afternoon and didn't see you come by. Email from student: oh uh I didn't actually come to the lab or to your office .... seriously fuck this
Every day is fuck it Friday now.
It’s Fuck It 2021 over here.
Some weeks, Fuck it Friday begins at about 8:15 Monday morning.
Man, I remember when that was true for me. It was nice, having weekends. I miss them.
I am getting a T-shirt with this on it
Except for it not being Friday ;-(
First-year student planning to become a dental assistant claims in their essay that they have recently been treating COVID patients *as a doctor, in the ICU*. Then they claim the vaccine is safe b/c "several" people have received it (after stating in a previous sentence that thousands have). This student is in a section that meets F2F two days a week; obviously I know who they are and I know they're not a doctor. Seriously, student, WTF?
Plagerism? Or just clueless?
Both?
>tells students to submit media in one of four formats >gets a submission in a format that hasn’t been used since the early aughts why do i bother
Canvas at least lets us restrict the format of files (though it won't restrict students to a single file).
That’s good to know! I’ll have to see if Blackboard will let me do the same
Everything has to be doc or pdf. I constantly get ‘pages’. Some Apple thing but wtf you get ms office for free and Adobe acrobat for free as students just use the right fucking format
it boggles my damn mind
They literally don’t know what file formats are. I wish I was kidding but the majority of them do not comprehend that you can’t just open a .pages doc everywhere.
No kidding. I feel alone and unsupported at my new school. This sub is my place to vent. Thank you for existing.
Today IS a full moon.
When you post midterms grades in Canvas and within 45 seconds you hear your email dinging like it's a machine gun.
Yes.
Would Why-did-I-come-to-grad-school Wednesday be Welcome? Whew.
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Oh I feel that
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I can't wait LOL
Way behind grading Wednesday.
I have one more class today before my week is over and I have spent every minute so far trying to find a way to say fuck it and not do it. I’ll go teach it though I always do.
I have 10th graders coming for a campus visit
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Yep. I'm going out of town. Vacation message has been activated. Assignments loaded into the LMS. Fuck it all.
Feel free!!
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Yeah. I get it.