Community college veteran. Generalist. Talk to me about feminism, pop culture, and neurolinguistics. (And everything else). Opinions may be salty.
Joined September 2018
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I'm into it.
Learned today that @UNC is moving to Pass/Fail for undergrads. They also created a new grade for those affected by COVID-19 called CV as an alternative to IN, which will give students three additional months to complete work. Well done. Others should follow their lead.
Picked up some stuff from the office and I'm sitting here, ready to leave, and I just keep crying. I know it's stupid, but it really feels like the world is never going to be the same. I'm worried for my students. I'm worried about the tiny life I've built.
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Just created a survey to find out my students' ability to access video. Can't really proceed without knowing if that's going to be an issue for them.
Since all my students somehow think campus will give them coronavirus but not, say, the Starbucks they had last week, I'm honestly not even sure what I'm supposed to do in class today with the few who do show up.
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Posted repeatedly that I was not online on Tuesday nights. Posted last evening that the exam was due at midnight and that, as I said, I will not be around. Posted "there will be no reopening of exams".
Guess what I have in my inbox this morning?
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Yes, this! Even as a non adjunct, I worry about my work being stolen and misused. This is an US conversation we all should be talking about!
#Coronavirus Q from reader:
"for us adjuncts - what are the ethics of universities asking us to develop our courses for online use? Is this something we should be expected to do freely? #AcademicTwitter @AcademicChatter
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Ah so mine definitely won't close. Our administration thinks we're all pretty worthless and replaceable. It'd save them budget money if the old timers died.
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Student: I took the test at the library and the page refreshed and the computer blocked me.
REALITY: student was not on a library computer or even the school network. Likely he was on his phone using the app, and opened a new window to look up an answer instead.
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Me: my knee hurts! My GOOD knee! ...wait. Is this my good knee?
Officemate: Getting old is not having 'good' knees, just 'favorite' and 'less favorite' knees.
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I'm torn about the #COVID2019 teaching impact. On the one hand, this is probably the boot in the ass I needed to explore things like Zoom and change up my teaching game.
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re: be a lady youtu.be/j2u34hD4m5Q via @YouTube a wholesome and awesome meme vid you might need today.
Student had a screaming meltdown because of her C paper, calling me a 'mean bitch'. A C. She stormed off. Her two friends also wanted to talk about their papers. Civilly.
TWO students will get to revise their papers. She will not. Judge me all you want, twitter.
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Freedom of speech means she's free to state her opinion. She is also, in academia, free of consequences to her grade.
There is a price, however, and that's a loss of grace.
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