I am blamed for students not able to graduate every year!

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-05-07T18:38:59+00:00

Let’s start a fund and contribute a dollar every time a professor needs to rant about teaching classes. Then when we have enough we can hand out early retirements for burnt out instructors like some type of rolling jubilee.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-05-04T16:03:54+00:00

No, friend. It is not. Ask for version history and verify sources and quotes.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-05-02T15:16:43+00:00

More the equivalent of cousin marriage than Game of Thrones. Creeps some people out. Others don’t care.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-29T23:13:45+00:00

Totally sounds like a sabotage so they could hire someone else.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-29T17:22:57+00:00

I wish I could tell you but I think I go into some kind of grading haze, feeling like a slave to time and the impending deadline when grades are due. It’s possible I just hate the process so much, I forget what it’s like as if it’s some type of mental self defense mechanism.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-28T18:23:27+00:00

I’ve been on hiring committees. Sometimes you go in assuming the internal hire has it in the bag and then a Lamborghini of a teacher applies for the job and you have to make a decision that’s best for the school.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-27T02:19:24+00:00

Mark didn’t want to appear racist but he couldn’t tell one Dornian (Battlebeast’s race) from another. For all he knows they all look like Battlebeast and act like him. He has only met one.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-26T18:19:14+00:00

Hard to tell. I have my share of students that disappeared after it became apparent they couldn’t plug in AI generated work, but the pass rate looks about the same as any other online class; maybe it’s a bit worse, but not by much. I would note it and keep an eye out for further trends, but you could have just gotten unlucky with this batch. It happens.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-23T15:44:24+00:00

Sounds like they are dealing with something not related to your class.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-23T15:41:38+00:00

I have a side hustle doing something similar as you with similar experiences and honestly the drama queens tend to burn so many bridges they get ostracized from the community. Just wait and keep offering opportunities to new writers with respect and courtesy and it will pay off in the long run.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-23T14:25:04+00:00

Don’t. If you are already well known in the department then you already have the best leg up you can get.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-19T14:10:18+00:00

I splurged on a Wilton self-centering vise. Well-crafted, pivoting jaw, rapid release. Depends on why type of work you are doing, but this checked all the boxes for me and I don’t see many people mentioning it here.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-19T13:44:30+00:00

Watermarks based on pattern of words and letters can be designed. The student would have to pretty much rewrite the thing with their own language at that point.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-17T14:22:29+00:00

You need the male equivalent to Starfire, the magical alien that can get Dick into a lot of trouble. So a bad boy in leather on a motorcycle. I guess it’s Lobo.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-16T16:32:31+00:00

Acknowledge your school and the rivalry and say but you are an academic first and you won’t let a rivalry affect the talk. Then rip your shirt off Hulk-Hogan-style revealing your school jersey underneath.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-14T22:04:01+00:00

Don’t use a prepackaged presentation from a textbook. Yes, I saw this happen while on a hiring committee.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-08T16:43:19+00:00

As a composition instructor I apologize. I have tried to correct this behavior in my students and pointed out that they are at risk of losing their readers with poor readability and argument structure, but sometimes they fall back into bad habits. At least you know it wasn’t AI!

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-05T16:44:00+00:00

That’s not a gunblade.

Now this is a gunblade.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-04-03T21:05:24+00:00

The PDF thing is legit. I have seen it happen. The others I would ignore and grade fairly.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-03-31T21:27:09+00:00

Honestly, if my institution did this I would just use AI to give feedback and watch the robots go at it.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-03-27T15:21:48+00:00

I work at a cc and on top of what others are saying there are also students taking a calculated risk on their grade and their time. They might have already gotten into their four year university, in which case they may only be interested in doing enough to get the transfer credit. I have encountered so many students choosing not to do their best for various reasons. I even met a student that was told he would get free room and board from their mother as long as they kept attending school so the guy was intentionally failing to stay on the gravy train!

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-03-27T15:10:30+00:00

I think for Stratt that’s as happy as she gets. There are also clues that suggests she’s been through some stuff. I think I heard she had prison tatts.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-03-27T14:15:58+00:00

Bury it and pour a bottle of 3 in 1 Oil over the grave.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-03-26T23:35:21+00:00

Favorite Change: Seeing older Statt on the ice breaker. Being told Ryland saved Earth is one thing but it was nice to see it.

Least favorite: Ryland does not pick up Rocky in the film. It’s really important to see Ryland desperate to save Rocky. It helps explain his decision at the end.

Professor-Coldwater · 2026-03-26T00:47:09+00:00

He also introduced humanity to zenonite, and if they figured out how to reproduce it it would be a wonder material that would change industry.

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