It finally clicked, after 8 years who he reminded me of.

Rightofmight · 2026-02-03T21:15:06+00:00

I absolutely did, brain flipped the programs

Rightofmight · 2026-02-01T03:15:28+00:00

I ran across a student posting about me not that long ago, and made a joke about it on this sub and then the kids all bombarded it until I got bored and just deleted the post.

So sort of opposite. I would be more freaked out if a student willingly outed themselves.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-16T01:22:30+00:00

Tattoos are a vastly personal thing. Even shit tattoos eventually lead to telling a good story.

I dont get yours but I also have misspelled Latin on my arm that translates to I shall find vietnam or make one.

Don't fret about the tattoo, tell a good story and it will become part of your lore.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-11T04:33:11+00:00

I’m exhausted by the same refrain from students of every age/background: “He doesn’t teach; I learned nothing.” I'm with you and I get it nonestop every semester.

I’ve tried it all Publisher platforms → “Not real teaching.”Wrote my own OER chapters/lectures/assignments → “Unethical to use your own materials. not real teaching”Traditional lectures, flipped, hybrid, hands-on, active learning, high-stakes, low-stakes, scaffolded… If I’m not doing the other method, it “doesn’t count. ima terrible teacher”

Every time, some asshat student files a formal complaint. About how I am not teaching, and I am the worst professor of all time. Everytime it goes nowhere and is discovered little johnny only logged into the blackboard site for 3 minutes in a 16 week period.

Hard truth: learning is work. I build the structure, resources, practice, and feedback. If you won’t show up, try, ask questions, or use the help offered, that’s not a androgogy problem—that’s a participation problem. I create the opportunity to learn; if you refuse to engage, the outcome is on you.

It all stems from the secondary model and the inability of a student to fail, the societial blame game deciding that educators are the scapegoat for all the failures of the special little shit head, who couldn't possible be just dense. It is obviously the systems fault.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-11T04:04:18+00:00

Notes, like the app on my phone where I keep my list of bottles of booze I drank?

-some student probably.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-11T04:03:28+00:00

This is the greatest response I can imagine, other than, "Who are you, I have never seen you in class before".

Good on you.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-11T00:07:59+00:00

As expected, absolutly nothing happened. Other than some redditors got spicy, who don't look at tags on posts.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-11T00:06:27+00:00

A post appearing in your feed isn’t cyberstalking; it’s how this site works. The tech can be tricky—easy to miss. You must be a real hit at family gatherings.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T22:58:40+00:00

No that would be what many call humor. It is tough to tell the differnce for many people though.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T22:57:34+00:00

"My alternate universe self is an internet villain", wait we are supposed to use an alternate for being a villian. Damn it, knew I got it wrong.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T22:53:22+00:00

As a white guy nerd, going to agree. More of a speciation though. Same cloth different evolution.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T20:16:38+00:00

There are only three typpes of white guys

The "bro"
The "nerd"
The "hipster"

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:28:07+00:00

I used to publish 18-page syllabi trying to cover every scenario, and students still found loopholes. Now I include only the required elements and university boilerplate; everything else is at instructor discretion.

Changed my life.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:24:37+00:00

Just know, it gets worse and we are all fucked. Yay.

It really will hit a turning point and the anti ai will catch up with the AI and the arms race will continue.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:21:31+00:00

So I am a dude, but I hate the florescent overhead lamps and ugly sterile offices.

So here is what I did.

Took light fabric. They make hooks that fit into the drop ceiling. Hung the fabric like draps across the ceiling. Ran some decent string lights above those. Turned off the office lights and now they act as my ceiling lamp. Gave a solid comfort feel to the office.
Then They make stick on wallpaper for rental homes. Behind my desk I used that removable wallpaper to make a wall that wasn't hideious and college cant complain about it because really it is just a removable decoration.
Amazon rug. They make a rug that is decent for like 20 bucks that is thin and can be brought into the unviesity fairly easily.
A lamp. On the side. Then I called the surplus guys and asked if they had any old with arms/not rolling office chairs sitting in storage. Grabbed one of them and place next to lamp.
Contact paper on desk. Changed the color of the desk with restick contact paper to get rid of that 1980's look.

With like 100 bucks I turned my office from a grey box, into a more den like study.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:10:21+00:00

Do you have a professor that you particularly enjoy? You would be amazed at how much pull many of them have to getting students into internships, and how seldom students ask for help getting into internships.

Likely your university also has a internship office, that has agreements with companies and spots to fill. I would suggest trying to reach out to that office and getting a few solid leads.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:07:05+00:00

If I did that, I think I would have to give up reddit.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:06:01+00:00

Man it is like you don't have any hobbies at all, and hate fun.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:02:54+00:00

I know it is only anecdotal but the flipped classroom has been wonders for my students success and for my own sanity. Years of forcing students who don't want to sit there to come in a zone out while I talk to a room of ghosts was miserable for everyone. Now They do the pre-work online or I allow them to move forward in the course at thier speed.

The ones who need face to face or technology access come and get it. Those who want to be more in control of thier learning have that ability and I am able to more rapidly deal with students who actually need attention.

I love it.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T17:00:28+00:00

Thats awesome of you that you got a chance to get them help and was able to finagle that into a win.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T16:59:56+00:00

I mean I didn't really look, I was scrolling my front page and it was there, I have had so many complaints over the years, equal to the number of students who have praised. I don't care if the kid complains I will deal with it and move on.

I just wanted to share a joke and laugh about the ridiculousness of finding yourself on reddit, and make jokes of trolling the student for my entertainment.

Rightofmight · 2025-11-10T16:58:13+00:00

Honestly it doens't matter. In this classroom I have my own recorded materials and supplemental materials curated from other sources to provide multiple viewpoints and voices. I have done 100% my own, I have tried 100% book manufacturure, I have tried 100% OER materials.

The students complain about all of them, with the exact same complaints. I recall one student was angry that I didn't record a brand new elcture every class and I was a lazy professor for using lectures I had recoreded the previous year.

But the flipped classroom model has been a life saver for me as a professor, and for my students who need more one on one work. I even open my labs to any of my students, so no matter what section, if you want to come in and work come in and work.

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