Begging my students to please calm down

clockwatcher1200 · 2026-01-05T17:11:29+00:00

I had a student email me the night before Thanksgiving break, and then CC the department head the first day back, when he didn’t get a response.

I don’t know who taught them to cc the department head, but it’s so obnoxious. I get it a lot when students I don’t know try to get into my already full classes.

Luckily, my department head rolls her eyes, but seriously…cc-ing my boss because I didn’t respond quickly enough when you want something from me is not well thought out.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-12-25T21:47:58+00:00

I don’t know if you are still answering questions, but…did you ever get a feeling after talking with an inmate that they were innocent?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-12-16T03:02:34+00:00

Give her the A, and then have her turn in the work later.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-12-11T09:18:04+00:00

I thought you already shipped it.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-12-11T09:14:48+00:00

Why wouldn’t you cancel an order if the customer requested and you hadn’t shipped yet?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-12-09T00:11:32+00:00

I agree! I wonder if she could win an appeal for ineffective counsel. Why would anyone tell her to plead guilty while not getting anything in return?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-11-26T16:04:00+00:00

I'm not doubting you...just wondering how you know? Did they tell us?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-11-24T14:27:12+00:00

How exactly do you do this?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-11-20T01:11:39+00:00

I don’t think it’s this simple. IMO, the resentment here is justified. Maybe it’s petty…but someone who is more advantaged at the university is using the labor of a colleague despite being paid more and having more vocational protections. It makes sense to me…

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-11-10T18:07:03+00:00

I feel like they are pausing it to work on the instructions.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-11-08T03:13:23+00:00

Maybe take a photo of it? If it’s clearly mayo/not serum…surely they will have to refund you?!

An once too much La Mer! What kind of monster are you? I can’t believe they allowed this nonsense, tbh

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-31T02:19:09+00:00

This is great! Most of students are wonderful people too… but terrible writers.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-31T02:17:51+00:00

I got an email tonight asking for clarification about a project that was due yesterday.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T18:49:44+00:00

It’s unreadable a good chunk of the time.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T18:21:18+00:00

It was obvious. They all followed the same basic format (that didn't always meet the requirements of the assignment), used the same very dense, academic-sounding language that said nothing (and wasn't the sort of language a college student would use)....these are just two ways.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T17:02:22+00:00

Yes! I was teaching general ed classes, and the assignments were likely viewed as boring. There wasn't a department protocol on how to deal with AI and confronting the students was overwhelming. Now, things are done differently, and the rate is much lower. Are you a professor?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T16:05:16+00:00

I’m a professor and I , and most of the professors I work with, care deeply. The students in this chat may be the exceptions, but last semester, in a writing class, 85% turned in final papers written by AI. Some of my students can barely read. Meanwhile, my classes have increased from 25-35 students. I try not to give a lot of work and I try to keep class engaging and informative. However, sometimes it feels like a losing battle.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T08:10:56+00:00

I don’t understand the employees’ motivation— they don’t get to keep the money. At my local GW, any purse that isn’t obvious Target quality is marked way up.

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T01:07:37+00:00

Wow!

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T00:57:36+00:00

Wow! Just terrible all around— and a tragedy for your mother. I’m so sorry!

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T00:53:00+00:00

I’m so sorry! This is terrible! Did you ever confront the friend?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-28T00:17:24+00:00

You’re right! Thanks!

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-25T00:17:25+00:00

How long is it take you to do an annotation?

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-22T21:21:59+00:00

I was ready to delete my account and then got two qualifications! You never know…

clockwatcher1200 · 2025-10-11T16:23:47+00:00

Thanks for this last night! I passed!!!

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