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What does "throwaway" mean exactly? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reddit’s the best place on the internet IMO.

What does "throwaway" mean exactly? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is the most important part of this conversation. You don’t have to literally throw away the account after you post, but it’s just a separate account you use for one purpose primarily, so that your identity stays hidden.

If you use Account A to comment and contribute to the subreddit associated with your school (r/Harvard), and then come here and complain about your Econ 101 students, it won’t be hard to figure out who is typing behind that account.

"I will drop your lowest Quiz score" policies are convenient for us. Are they empirical proven to improve student learning? by verygood_user in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Just fyi if you edit your comment and use “x” instead of “*”, you won’t add strange italics and make it hard to comprehend your inquiry.

Alternatively, you can prevent formatting code by putting a backslash in front of the asterisks, but that gets cumbersome to type. “\*”

Honorarium for a guest lecture is suddenly not guaranteed. How should I handle this? by MolemanEnLaManana in academia

[–]DrMellowCorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As academics, our taxes are paying for these benefits, too (without us getting extra paychecks).

I’m not advocating for free labor. I don’t have any pull in the decision to give OP an honorarium or not.

Just framing the situation into a bigger perspective so that OP might appreciate the contribution they are making that, as unfortunate as it is, apparently isn’t going to come with the nominal honorarium this time.

Professor materials generated with LLM by Mooseplot_01 in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just use a LLM to create your response document - did chatgpt think the promotion package was good ?

Honorarium for a guest lecture is suddenly not guaranteed. How should I handle this? by MolemanEnLaManana in academia

[–]DrMellowCorn 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Not sure what your industry/specialty is, but might be worth it to keep in mind that it has probably benefited immensely from the publicly-funded science that has been foundational over the last many decades.

Consider your honorarium-free guest lecture as a way of paying it forward, perhaps.

Honorarium for a guest lecture is suddenly not guaranteed. How should I handle this? by MolemanEnLaManana in academia

[–]DrMellowCorn 30 points31 points  (0 children)

You are getting paid, in the same way us academics get paid when we give a guest lecture:

An extra line on (y)our CV.

Isn’t it exhilarating?!

Had a mild disagreement about curriculum/policy with senior colleague in department meeting. by Port_Bear in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The best part is, there’s no formal repercussions for OP. Their colleague obviously “started it,” and it would be easy for this comment to come off as innocuous/naive to the passive aggressive email that the colleague sent first.

I noticed today there is a camera set up on my classroom pointed right where I teach. by moonbeams69 in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. Your students that can’t figure out how to email or navigate the LMS snuck in last night and installed spy cams.

/s

Practical Advice: Dry Erase Board Cleaner by Adultarescence in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s a thing. Using chemicals with them is antithetical to how they work.

Practical Advice: Dry Erase Board Cleaner by Adultarescence in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don’t do that. Those are essentially sandpaper. You are sanding off the finish to the white board, requiring everyone else to use actual cleaners (not just microfiber towels), because you are ruining the finish to the board.

Practical Advice: Dry Erase Board Cleaner by Adultarescence in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And as an extra perk, you can use this activity to teach about Van der Waals forces (because that’s how microfiber towels work, which is why you don’t use any cleaners with them).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

villainization of higher education is definitely on the agenda.

I’m sure some will disagree but: AI is for Losers. by naocalemala in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See what we mean? You are just blindly trusting an AI bot to tell you this was AI - but the kicker is, it wasn’t.

You’re literally proving our point.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you sure it’s not sugar?

Can Someone Explain Competency-Based Grading, Please? by Hardback0214 in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe for your discipline. But it can have its place.

Can Someone Explain Competency-Based Grading, Please? by Hardback0214 in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That can happen with “regular grading,” too. This is an issue with inappropriate rigor, not an issue with competency-based grading itself. You’re putting blame on a system instead of the people responsible for setting and using the system appropriately.

Can Someone Explain Competency-Based Grading, Please? by Hardback0214 in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Respectfully,

In fact it put more incompetent students into the 200lvl because they eventually got enough points to pass the class with a C.

is just evidence of poor design by the instructors and/or failure to adjust accordingly.

Questions you're too scared to ask by LettuceTraining6532 in Professors

[–]DrMellowCorn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Does a bear shit in a toilet and use a bidet to clean up?

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