Many times on these pages, and on the page that came before, proffies write what we would have said, what we would have done. Swatted away students and their inanities, their vile and contemptible lies and bullshit. On these pages, under clever monikers, we play out revenge fantasies… It’s delicious… They often make me smile… But how many of us do it for realz – as is said? What happens when I holler BULLSHIT in class when a student says, “I had a flat tire, although clearly you can see my hands are clean”? What happens when we stand up? Do students truly run to the Dean’s office, make appointments with Trustees, the chair? Do adjunct lose their jobs? Do full timers get a dose of bad medicine from a higher up? Are we really at the Read more
What Happens When We Stand Up. What Happens If We Don’t.
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A New Mantra
I’ve had it. While I tend to remind myself that I am fatal to most grandparents, this semester the students aren’t even trying to come up with cleaver excuses for missed work. This time most of the requests are written poorly and/or come up with the lamest excuses that I’ve ever seen. So from this point on, I’m just saying “no” to everything. Clueless Clara: Can I make up the test. I wasn’t ready for it but now I am. CO: Well I’m not ready to give you a makeup so no ADD Anthony: Can I make up the writing assignment. I have severe add and wasn’t taking my meds. I now know that was very harmful to my education.CO: Well duh. And no. Mathematically-Challenged Martin: I got a 92/200 on the exam. Is that an A? If Read more
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