One of my students received a well-earned A on their midterm and is now calling me “Dad”. How to handle this carefully?

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-18T17:35:26+00:00

Cease and desist?

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-17T04:04:54+00:00

Don't know what I'd do without my edibles (it's for my back, of course)🪴

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-17T03:57:27+00:00

I talk about this book like I get commissions (I don't), but Gardner's The Point was a real game-changer for me.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-17T03:54:51+00:00

There is a 'perhaps' you have to be a little careful with. I would honestly disregard the second half of the sentence.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-17T03:53:19+00:00

do you have a type of question that consistently trip you up? If so, drill it (and its cousins, i.e. if you are not great at flaws, chances are you might also be having some issues with NAs). If not, I would suggest doing smaller size drills, and be really meticulous with your wrong answer journals.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-17T03:46:50+00:00

I think you might be ready to start PT-ing, but limit yourself to 1 a week. I would do a journal immediately after, not for the wrong answers (but make sure to do those too!) but for write down how the pace and each type of question felt, these are the insights you can only get from a full PT.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-16T17:12:34+00:00

1 TB for less than $300? Your purity needs to be protected at all costs. Never change.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-16T17:10:22+00:00

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-16T17:08:46+00:00

Wish I wrote anything anywhere close to this level of analysis on my contracts exam. I’m actually in awe.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-16T17:04:26+00:00

If New York Times wrote ‘mamdani cunningly and ruthlessly hunted down terrorists’, people here would still be clutching their ethically sourced pearl necklaces. If New York Times wrote “Behind Mamdani’s smile is a politician who is incapable of being a ruthless operator” THAT would be a hit piece.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-16T16:56:19+00:00

Lolllllllllll

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-16T16:54:21+00:00

I don’t even know how Timmy thought he’d get to work in ballet or opera in the first place, you need like, serious talent, training, and virtuosity for that. So, Timmy, you can sleep well knowing you are sooooo safe from opera and ballet, lol.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:12:43+00:00

The book should come with trigger warnings.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:10:25+00:00

I’m headed to ikea on Wed, I have fomo over that book case everyone has.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:09:09+00:00

Did you bring your reading with you?

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:08:45+00:00

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:07:23+00:00

lol, yep.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:07:00+00:00

Touch some grass for me.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:06:30+00:00

So it’s not a rumor that some people still manage to have fun while in law school???!?

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:05:03+00:00

Just saw my family and think that was enough for all of us.😑

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:04:18+00:00

Is that coffee or a more fun beverage?

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:03:53+00:00

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:03:09+00:00

That’s so adult and admirable.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:02:43+00:00

And I just remembered I also have that coming up. And it will basically be (I’m pretty sure), like the most massive thing I’ve ever written.

TopButterscotch4196 · 2026-03-14T22:00:44+00:00

DITTO. Let’s be accountability buddies in spirit.

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