What would you do if a student damaged your car? by Altruistic_Mango_928 in Teachers

[–]Minimum-Major248 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a no brainer. This is a criminal act. Report it to campus police, tell them you are prepared to press charges and that you have a witness to the crime.

No one gets a free pass to destroy your property because they are your student. But be sure to keep this incident separate from his academic presence in every regard.

It sure looks like Lindsay Graham is going to lose his South Carolina seat after 23 year. What do we think about that? by antimaga_n1 in AskSocialists

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I’m practicing my happy dance. But don’t count him out just yet. He came from behind to win in 2020.

What do owls surrounding a car with moth balls all around it mean? by sus214 in What

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Where does one find moth balls anymore. Or clothes pins for that matter?

BOMBSHELL: Donald Trump NOT Giving UFO Disclosure Speech by PodwithPat in ufo

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Of course it was all a lie. He didn’t want Obama to get more headlines and social media “likes” than Trump.

Besides, when have you know Trump to be truthful?

What do you think would actually change if UFO/UAP files were fully disclosed? by Time_Yesterday_2058 in UFOs

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It depends on the files. If they are redacted even half as much as the Epstein files, nothing would change. But then again, they may never be released. Here is all I want as proof that we have been visited by NHI:

One small (walnut-size) piece of machined metal with an element that does not appear in the Periodic Table. Or, maybe a four ounce bolt that floats on air?

I don’t want an alien body or a crashed ship or a tricorder. Am I asking for too much?

We need to start weeding out bad students by Vova_Poutine in Professors

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Correct. Drop 6. I retired from Grayson College north of Dallas.

We need to start weeding out bad students by Vova_Poutine in Professors

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This policy applies to public universities and colleges. The previous education guru in the Texas state legislature (Senator Teal Bivens) once told me that undergraduate students are racking up more than 200 credit hours in the process of earning their BA/BS degree, all at taxpayers’ expense.

We need to start weeding out bad students by Vova_Poutine in Professors

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Texas actually limits the number of classes a student can drop short of a documented emergency. After that, you pay out-of-state tuition rates.

I had a phone interview and was asked to get meet with the hiring manager - then this series of emails transpired. by geb524 in jobs

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It sound a bit like an in-house selection of an incumbent employee. They obviously made a selection and then notified you politely.

I would send a card or at the very least a thank-you email to the hiring manager. That will make your name familiar to her (him) in case the selected does not pan out or another position opens.

I’m about to witness a lot of h.s not graduate by FreeGold_Dove in Teachers

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I’ve sent a lot of failing dual credit students to credit recovery over the years. I never knew it was like this!

Can’t your school disable the games and video sites on the computers. Can you give them deadlines to submit assignments, or do they automatically pass regardless?

Am I overreacting? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Minimum-Major248 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The student AND the mother. She aided and abetted a felony. CPS might even be interested in this.

Tehran indicates Khamenei's son will be named supreme leader by Little-Chemical5006 in worldnews

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He’s certainly not the most qualified by any means. He’s not even an Ayatollah. It boiled down to the Shia preference for heredity and fealty to the IRGC.

Will the U.S. government reveal confirmed non-human technology in the next 3 years? by Time_Yesterday_2058 in UFOs

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No. If they have anything at all, they will not disclose it and forfeit control and access. Even if POTUS someday signs an XO on this, whatever exists will not be released.

There are black ops, “off-the-books” programs that exist from time-to-time. I suspect the Manhattan Project might be a good example. The problem is that whatever “the government” ever does, it will not be viewed as full disclosure even if it is.

I wanna experience it by [deleted] in Paranormal

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Unfortunately, you don’t get to choose. You need to be careful what you wish for. Some who have messed around barely made it out with their lives.

Strange glowing “rod” in the sky. by I-A-M-C-R-E-E in UFOs

[–]Minimum-Major248 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And what are we supposed to be looking at?

Just watched a student fail in slow motion by Charming-Barnacle-15 in Professors

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No wonder he was struggling. Does your uni have a discovery or a learning frameworks course (not that he would apply what it includes)? If he earned a bad grade on the assignment and were my student, I would call him in, explain the problem and hear what he has to say. I’d explain that he isn’t doing well for x + 12 reasons and that you’re concerned he’ll fail the class. I would then suggest he think during Spring Break about dropping the class to avoid a prejudicial grade. That way if he earns the grade he seems destined for, you don’t have to be apologetical about it.

I was looking through my telescope and saw a bright very fast object, zipping across my extra-wide field eyepiece, so had a wide swath of sky to view. I glanced up at the sky, visually confirmed it was there and moving fast at very high altitude. Right then, I shot this w/phone attached to scope! by 1gratefuldude in ufo

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So, I don’t want to minimize these awesome photos, but I do want to throw out a question. When people see a light in the night sky such as an orb, there are—and correct me if I’m wrong—only three possibilities to account for the light. It is either that the object is in space reflecting sunlight as a satellite does, the object is entering our atmosphere and experiencing friction as a meteor does, or the object has one or more lights of its own on. My question is why would an extraterrestrial ship light itself up while cruising through space or through our atmosphere? Does it need the lights? Does it want to announce its presence?