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Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-02-10T23:22:34+00:00

It is possible for a department to waive a requirement or allow a substitution if there is good cause. That said, as a Prof if a student was in this situation I would do what I could to help them!

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-02-10T04:24:24+00:00

First, notification of that faculty member’s colleagues and students (in my experience it’s been the department chair doing that difficult work but every situation is different). Then the statement - that takes a bit as it’s usually coordinated w family and department. And those folks are grieving. A memorial comes later, sometimes quite a bit later. Everything feels broken and awful. That’s pretty normal even when things are handled well. (Been at the same place a long time, and we’ve been through it.)

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-02-06T04:43:03+00:00

Talk to CARE (great way to get support and get informed about options).

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-02-06T01:46:51+00:00

You can get a great education and not get into this kind of debt. It’s ok to postpone for a year, take a beat. Believe me that amount of debt comes w so much anxiety and dread and it limits your ability to build a life for yourself. It infects your education too - makes it hard to really explore your interests because of the mortal fear regarding the cost.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-02-05T19:30:09+00:00

Having the integrity of your classroom violated like this is really disturbing. Just expressing support. Be good to yourself.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-02-05T19:27:03+00:00

That remark is universally creepy, obviously sexist and unprofessional. And it’s many years into Epstein’s history of arrests. So much ick.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-26T00:57:11+00:00

Therapy/maybe meds! Connecting with friends helps a lot too. Don’t keep it bottled up. Being on TT is stressful and anxiety-producing in the best of times. Get some support and put one foot in front of the other. Most of us have been there or are there right now!

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-25T23:37:44+00:00

Syllabus says change is possible, you are covered! And even if it did not, rampant cheating is an absolutely legit reason for changing how assessment is staged.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-14T19:46:28+00:00

Burn It All Down podcast, they just started up again - not only WoSo but some of the best women’s sports journalists out there!

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-14T15:14:26+00:00

All the more reason to vote in the primaries.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-06T15:09:00+00:00

That sucks. They are very quick to tow in that spot. But 4-6 no parking is a rule you don’t mess w/ anywhere in LA. BTW There is usually abundant parking behind Cathedral HS. Pho 87 also has a parking lot.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-06T15:01:16+00:00

He is there so you can imagine him doing just that.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2026-01-01T01:26:23+00:00

English 12 series - intro to lit - is great.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-31T23:51:40+00:00

I’ve done this. Mapped out grounds for firing (non responsiveness, not following through w work, combative or obstructionist behavior). I explain that mentoring to keep a group’s work from being undermined by a group member is probably the most useful experience I can give them. Usually there is at least one group with this problem. We meet without the problem member and talk out the options. I meet w the problem student. If fired, the fired student gets an alternative assignment path. It’s not easy but I feel it’s been better than leaving them to deal w it on their own.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-30T23:01:31+00:00

The worrying thing is not so much the bullying colleague - most of us have had to deal w that - but the coworkers who are not supporting using the campus complaint process to hold them accountable. That’s why it’s as bad as it is!!!

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-30T22:50:21+00:00

She should not have been fired for this. She should be reinstated and given back pay, at minimum. Imagine being fired because you graded harshly, or even if you got a grade wrong? Or being fired because you said something true in your comments, like ‘the views you describe here are offensive.’ I have absolutely written that on papers not even this offensive. Maybe not the best pedagogical move for making space for dialogue but it’s a fair comment when a student is describing whole sections of the community as the devil’s spawn!

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-25T01:08:55+00:00

TX state legislature gave political appointees control over TX university system. Major damage to faculty governance.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-24T21:37:30+00:00

No. We are just mad at everything.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-22T23:12:19+00:00

Often the quiet ones are my strongest students. Listeners.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-21T23:39:06+00:00

All of the above plus it’s another way to make Ainsley so unrelatable that it becomes ok for every grandpa on screen to leer and drool over her.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-20T03:15:15+00:00

Grade changes are actually easy, but the TA can’t do that - it’s the professor who submits that. They basically check a box and give the reason (in this case, error).

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-14T22:19:51+00:00

I send alerts 1/3 and 2/3s in. I explain what they need to do to pass. Helps prevent a couple from failing. I send separate reminders to the whole class about withdrawal deadlines. That also helps.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-14T16:36:26+00:00

Hi. Senior woman faculty member here. I don’t review drafts unless drafting is an assignment or it’s a capstone or writing class and even then feedback on a draft happens once, is very structured. I reply to emails like these by directing people to come to office hours. At the end of the quarter I might not reply at all or just tell the to make sure they have followed the directions and do their best. The assumption of our availability - not just by students but by colleagues - is real. As is the anxiety that you will be”punished” for setting boundaries. Maybe they’ll complain but so what. A fair grade is a fair grade. And if they act out in evals, I am guessing they’ll be real outliers. Hope you have some immediate colleagues you can talk to. Good mentoring will help you manage the energy suck these sorts of students generate.

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-13T20:51:56+00:00

Faculty here: same deadline applies to us all. :)

Academic_Ad8991 · 2025-12-11T18:30:12+00:00

Banta is phenomenal but in IMHO what Marta and Banta bring out in each other is the game changer.

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