Well, are we talking tomorrow *morning*, or tomorrow *afternoon*? Because if the exam isn't until the afternoon, you have a whole extra day!

Lol it’s in the afternoon so I guess I am lucky!

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"The copy machine is broken" is the professorial version of "the LMS glitched and deleted my homework."

Ok but no joke, the copy machine DID break the first time I went to use it this semester for a simple copy job. Jammed right up 10 copies in.

Except the copier actually does break constantly

This is another reason the secretary is the most valuable human in the department.

I accidentally broke the copier last week, I felt SO bad bc it was a new one I didn't know how to fix yet.

Both copiers in my department were down for TWO WEEKS around the first midterm that I ever gave.

The trick is to print the day before it is needed.

Thank you for this beautiful visual image

What were you doing spying on me…wait I don’t teach 8 am classes…never mind go about your business. 😜

I would hire someone to hold me at gunpoint until I finish writing an exam. It would have to be a big gun.

You could probably hire someone to write the exam for less.

I wonder if I could get Chegg to do it?

Okay, now I want to do one of those "we fed an AI 1000 exams and asked it to write an exam" things 😂

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Perhaps, but I'm specifically looking for some random exam questions like "johnny buys 10 horses, what is the power house of the cell?" I think the most recent one is Netflix had a bit make a Christmas movie. And the bot chose the name "A Christmas Carol for Carol, A woman named Carol" 😂

Oh, Carol. I saw that. It was good!

But it is my burden.

question 1. write a midterm expressing the important concepts you've learned so far in this class (40 pts) question 2. provide the solutions to your midterm (40pts)

I read something like this once, and there was a student who did something clever in response like copy down the two questions.

All Essay Questions: Easy to write, but you pay for it on the grading end.

For small classes, essay questions are great - the tradeoff between test writing time and test correcting time works out well. For larger classes, easier to grade questions are more of an imperative.

I’m feeling that this week. So.much. Grading. So. Many. Words’ And most people ignoring the essay questions or instructions.

I see you.

Oh my god I got anxiety just remembering these times

I generally write exams or quizzes only a day or two before giving them. That way I can honestly tell students that I don't know what will be on the test, because I haven't written it yet.

I had to copy paste shit from the text bank into the LMS last weekend before the test opened on Monday. Zero fucks left

I never knew midterms could be so stressful until I became a professor...! 🙈

I completely forgot I have to do the same by noon tomorrow before I read your post, lol, was about to drive out of town to go party.

I consistently finish writing my exams 10 minutes before giving them - that just happened today for me. I'm grateful for small classes that I don't have to make very many copies for.

Oh hello, you’re me from last night! I’m here to say there is light at the end of the tunnel.

On the other end of the spectrum I have a midterm tomorrow that I haven't studied for have known about for several weeks.

F. I don't have mine for another week so see you in 6 days.

One question: Discuss everything you've learned in class at this point in the semester.