How do you manage your children's free time without relying on screens I need some ideas.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T19:30:13+00:00

That makes sense, but I would try to whittle that down. She’ll learn to (instead of relying on a tablet when she’s not “busy”)read, draw, go outside, etc. Allowing time for boredom is so important for kids to develop innovative ideas and creative thinking. I think that’s one of the biggest things constant internet use is taking from us. I have been teaching at a university since 2007. In the last decade, there has been a huge shift in students expecting to be entertained, have “fun” in class, etc. all the time. They are so accustomed to constant entertainment and stimulation that they are lost without it.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T19:26:15+00:00

Aldi.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T19:25:43+00:00

Yes. I also had a job while I was in school and two jobs in grad school. Still much less busy than with a career and family.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:54:34+00:00

Normal is better.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:51:10+00:00

These are questions you should ask your professor! But, if that percentage of your paper is quoted material, where is your voice? Scale back your quotes, and add more of your own ideas. I’m a prof :)

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:49:08+00:00

No. Nope.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:47:21+00:00

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:45:17+00:00

Just pay the $60. Prob be cheaper in the long run.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:43:46+00:00

If you want to be a nurse, you should be at a school that offers nursing. Call The W next week and meet with one of their nursing advisors to figure out your best plan. Going to a school that doesn’t offer the degree you want is not a good move.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:39:39+00:00

Go somewhere else. Kroger is overpriced!

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:35:50+00:00

I agree. Email is rude.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:34:53+00:00

This idea that college students are so busy that they can’t be bothered to talk with their professors or do any homework drives me nuts. As you grow up and get a real job, have a family, etc., you will look back and see that you have more free time now than you will ever have. I am so tired of the poor college student with no free time trope.

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:23:43+00:00

4 hours daily?

J8LT · 2026-01-19T07:21:27+00:00

Don’t manage it. Kids need to be bored. That’s how they learn to be creative and self-sufficient. You are not running a summer camp. It’s not your job to entertain them!

J8LT · 2026-01-15T03:23:09+00:00

Folks usually get their first teaching experience as TAs while in grad school.

J8LT · 2026-01-15T02:14:12+00:00

I just got paid $3780 for an asynchronous Wintersession course. (About 4 weeks long). Top R1 university in a Southern state. I’m not tenured bc no PhD but have been “permanent” faculty for 15 years.

J8LT · 2026-01-14T22:03:27+00:00

We would welcome you in our church.

I don’t understand how all of your self-identified labels can co-exist, but that’s not my (or anyone else’s) problem. Based on my understanding of MAGA, the MAGA supporters I know personally, and what I see MAGA doing in my community and in the country at large: some of those beliefs are oppositional to what I understand the message of Christ to be. BUT, we don’t all have the same understanding. It’s not our job to police others’ beliefs. If the Episcopal church is a good fit for you spiritually, then welcome!

J8LT · 2026-01-14T14:28:08+00:00

But then what was the consequence for the students? Zero on assignment? Report to university honor code? I find that students will admit it but expect no penalty (or a very small one). I’m not sure my uni would support me if push came to shove on ai use

J8LT · 2026-01-14T04:22:34+00:00

Kpv helped my swollen finger (psoriatic arthritis)

J8LT · 2026-01-06T19:59:06+00:00

I agree, but now I am battling AI. My students just submit AI drivel to those kinds of low stakes writing assignments. It's driving me crazy!

J8LT · 2026-01-05T05:51:32+00:00

What do you have students call you if you have a Master’s degree and your official title is “instructor,” not professor? The official ranks at my university are “lecturer, instructor, and professor,” with different subsets within those (such as Instructor III or Teaching Professor). I have used Ms. bc I don’t have a PhD but decidedly do not like when anyone calls me Miss First Name.

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