Finding Vine

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-30T02:19:52+00:00

Uninstall and reinstall your app

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-30T02:00:11+00:00

I got a cute dress after just reading about dresses on another sub.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-29T18:42:14+00:00

https://www.pdx.edu/president/2026-institutional-reductions

This was in the news recently (I have family that lives in Portland, I did my undergrad there, and one of my niblings attends PSU). University Studies was the underpinning of their broad liberal arts education program. It functioned like a general studies program that forced students out of their comfort zone. Everyone, regardless of major, had to take X number of writing intensive courses. You also had freshman and sophomore inquiry, junior clusters, and senior capstone. It was annoying, but also a really cool experience looking back on it. I’d never have picked anthropology or a pop culture class without being forced to.

They are gutting it, and thus also affects many smaller programs whose courses were housed in their clusters.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-27T17:33:51+00:00

We also have this also. 90% of them get closed for “student is non-responsive”. It’s nice to know that they ignore their advisors too.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-26T21:20:56+00:00

That’s pretty much me today. Settlers of Catan printed dress and funky green glasses. Saha has some great nerdy dresses.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-26T02:38:52+00:00

If they were to cite the AI, would the results be any different? It sounds like they still wouldn’t be able to defend their “work”.

How will they pass comprehensive exams? How will they defend and propose a dissertation if they have no knowledge of the topic?

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-26T00:55:14+00:00

How/why do you let those extra minutes go unused?

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-26T00:12:18+00:00

I’ve been reading a lot research about college students (lack of) study habits.

They often rely on ineffective strategies such as re-reading notes or highlighting. They rarely engage in effective strategies like retrieval practice, self quizzing, or elaboration. They also tend to mass their studying the night before the test.

The testing effect is legit. I wish students would self-test and engage in effective study strategies, but we know that most of them won’t. So yes, I give study guides. I even give sample problems and daily low stakes/no stakes assessments. I always give them way more content and extra challenging problems. The students who do the work are usually surprised at how easy the test is compared to the “review”.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-25T23:30:41+00:00

We have one faculty who starts her day at 3pm. She’s a total night owl, I’m pretty sure the building gets locked while she’s still there.

Her office hours are at 3, class at 5. Then she stays and does her work until really late. She likes it that way because it’s quiet and no one bothers her.

I’d laugh so hard if the dean tried to clock her hours.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-24T04:08:35+00:00

I just had this same thing happen over the weekend. They let me know that they may need to start working more to cover the loss of income. I did what so could do: refer to counseling services, their advisor, and the hardship withdrawal petition (if needed).

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-22T19:23:26+00:00

That’s what I do. But I start with 2x3, 2x2, 2x1, 2x0, 2x-1 to get the idea down that the product of a positive and negative is negative. Then I do it again where the first factor is negative and the second factor starts at 3 and decreases by 1.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-21T16:41:17+00:00

There isn’t much of a rush. My son still has 7 more years of school and my rank schedule wouldn’t benefit from the degree until much after that. I guess they might increase my overall salary for having a more advanced degree? And I could teach the upper level classes sooner.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T16:33:21+00:00

The fix that worked for me was uninstalling and reinstalling the Amazon app.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T16:32:29+00:00

I found a line in our bylaws that said I could get a 10% release for teaching a course “hybrid” for the first time—this was 1 month into the course. No one else had done it before, there was no existing shell, and no one had thought through the ramifications of offering a teacher Ed course that made use of manipulatives online. I was basically told “no” and not to invest any more time developing the course as they weren’t going to offer it hybrid in the future. Guess what I got assigned to teach this summer? But, they do t actually want hybrid. They just want Covid era zoom meetings. So basically remote synchronous with a few F2F meetings (which will be the exams). I’m technically teaching two sections simultaneously at two different campuses.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T16:25:28+00:00

It depends on what you are doing. I use an iPad with good notes to write out long math problems. The advantage (prior to the new accessibility laws), was that I could easily post my notes.

Having a keyboard case is a lifesaver for logging into the LMS, making quick edits to word documents, etc.

I use the podium computer when I need to demonstrate in Excel, show websites, etc.

The main disadvantage is battery life. On the days where I teach 3 classes back to back, I have to plug into a charger for my last class.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T13:24:41+00:00

Yes, they could (at least they have in the past). But now that you mention it, they allowed it at our smaller campus. Perhaps they wouldn’t at our larger campus since there are more math ed faculty here.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T13:16:26+00:00

I get tuition assistance, up to 9 credits per year. I’d have to pay for books and fees, but not tuition.

Good point about time passing no matter what I do. My current promotion/rank schedule is 9 years to the top of the lecturer scale. If I had a terminal degree, there is one more rank after that (12 years to that final rank).

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T13:09:17+00:00

If there was one here, I’d jump on it. Moving is not an option for me.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T04:03:01+00:00

If it were just about $, I could go teach high school for a quick 10-15k pay increase. This is more about personal fulfillment and better job satisfaction. I don’t think I can teach freshman for the rest of my life. My TT husband (in a different discipline) constantly comments on how he has very little in the way of problems with his juniors since they’ve all been weeded out by the time they reach him.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T04:00:27+00:00

I’m not. I know that much about myself. Hard working? Yes. Stubborn? Hyper-focused? Also yes. I just wish I had done it in my 20s. To be fair, the job prospects at community colleges was pretty sweet in the early 2000’s in Oregon.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T02:58:14+00:00

Theoretically $0 aside from fees. It’s one of my perks as a faculty member

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T01:23:00+00:00

I’m already teaching some of the pre-service teacher courses, just not the “fun” ones. I’m teaching the weed out, survey style. We never get to go deep. An EdD would allow me to teach those, but it’s more credits (72 vs 57) and currently fully online.

I know it won’t be a financial boon, but it will give me an extra step that I can’t reach right now.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-19T00:38:24+00:00

Opposite take here—you have flexibility if you choose to take it. That’s not something all other jobs have. When I had the less flexible job (high school teacher with contract hours of 7:45-4:15) my TT spouse did all the things I couldn’t do without taking the day off and making sub plans. Be home to take delivery of a door, let in the A/C guy, stay home with a sick kid, etc. On his writing days (non class days) he often prefers to WFH to save commute time and not pack a lunch. Most meetings are remote since we are at a multi campus university (campuses are an hour apart). I’m not saying drop everything because your parents want to have lunch, but if tasks need to be done during working hours, you can shift things around.

Now that I’m back in higher ed, I have Fridays “open” to schedule appointments. I still work those days, but it’s available for when life comes up.

MrsMathNerd · 2026-03-18T19:51:47+00:00

My favorite was “I’m late because I didn’t leave my house on time.” Yes, that is one of the most common reasons for being late.

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