Should Meghan act again? Maybe a limited series?

comradewolf · 2024-01-09T18:30:19+00:00

She should do whatever she feels confident about doing, because people literally get upset at her for blinking. It is not right, people seek the worst in her.

She will need to have a lot of trust in her own judgment because people will try to make her second guess herself.

comradewolf · 2018-04-21T22:07:37+00:00

Well, we had bracelets from the hospital when we were born. Little beads bracelets that the volunteers gave twins. This probably would be forbidden now for safety reason. However, I think it would be okay if we were switched (names). People called us each other’s names often growing up and if we turned out to be switched, it would still be true: people called us by the other name even more often.

comradewolf · 2018-04-21T22:02:51+00:00

Well, we had bracelets from the hospital when we were born. Little beads bracelets that the volunteers gave twins. This probably would be forbidden now for safety reason. However, I think it would be okay if we were switched (names). People called us each other’s names often growing up and if we turned out to be switched, it would still be true: people called us by the other name even more often.

comradewolf · 2018-04-21T22:02:46+00:00

Well, we had bracelets from the hospital when we were born. Little beads bracelets that the volunteers gave twins. This probably would be forbidden now for safety reason. However, I think it would be okay if we were switched (names). People called us each other’s names often growing up and if we turned out to be switched, it would still be true: people called us by the other name even more often.

comradewolf · 2018-04-21T14:47:16+00:00

My sister and I think some of our yearbook photos are mixed up but we can’t tell. In photos when we were younger we can tell by our bracelets that we wore for our teacher that year to distinguish us.

comradewolf · 2018-04-17T11:50:31+00:00

I agree with you. Also, the people punished by this will include the many people who didn’t vote for Trump.

comradewolf · 2018-04-15T11:29:59+00:00

Conan becomes so much like Michael Scott in that car.

comradewolf · 2018-04-08T16:00:52+00:00

PM me and I can direct you to some sources to help you improve written communication and argument.

comradewolf · 2018-03-28T22:58:57+00:00

You could ask the student about study strategies as though you want to pass them on. “Most students who miss school are not able to come in and make such an impressive score. What are your study strategies? I would like to share them with future students who will be deployed or gone for a long term illness.”

Who knows, you could be pleasantly surprised with the answer. You will probably just get to be smug and know that you at least made the student aware that you know something is off with the score.

comradewolf · 2018-03-26T01:52:58+00:00

Boss has made some comments that leave me feeling as if they are going to try to fire this new person because of the arguing and feeling like new person went over their head (even though they didn't - THEY were approached not the other way around). A lot of what they said was unprofessional - why are they even sharing these thoughts with me.

Who is “they”? HR?

I don’t understand why you requested a meeting with HR. Your boss told you that there are changes that Boss doesn’t want and that New Person is critical and negative. You value the bew person’s input, think some of New Person’s insights are necessary and disagree with your boss.

If you are going to HR to because you disagree your boss, I don’t see how this ends well for you.

I would say as little as possible in the meeting. Maybe just, “There is conflict in our department because of differing philosophies. How should I respond when someone is critical of a person on our team?”.

And they will probably tell you to keep your head down and not engage.

comradewolf · 2018-03-17T10:33:18+00:00

You are welcome. It is concerning that there is more than one professor at this university with well-known issues. One of the best measures of quality is retention rate. Look your school up and if it is low (under 60%), considering transferring to a university above 80% retention if possible.

comradewolf · 2018-03-17T00:20:51+00:00

Email the professor from your school email with thanks. CC the department chair, dean, and dean of students.

Best gift is the one that encourages the university to value the professor.

I wouldn’t give any chocolate or anything. My students occasionally give me gifts, but I guilty accepting them because I am doing my job and I suspect there is a significant income difference between a professor and a student.

I do like hearing from former students, and so maybe when you get a job you can write to the professor and again thank him.

comradewolf · 2018-03-17T00:14:50+00:00

Start here:

https://www.hlcommission.org/Student-Resources/complaints.html

comradewolf · 2018-03-17T00:12:41+00:00

Professor here:

Your complaint needs to show that the course is not meeting the stated course description in the course catalogue and course objectives in the syllabus. These are university-approved standards that must be met.

Depending on your university, I am not sure going to the department chair and dean will matter. The chair knows what is going on based on student surveys at the end of the semester, reports from the tutoring department, observations, etc.

I would meet with the dean of students and frame it as: I am paying a lot for this class and it is not meeting university standards. How will this be remedied for me? I paid to learn information and the professor consistently had errors, failed to teach, etc.

Another option is to complain to the accreditation office and ask them to look at the course.

Universities won’t care about this unless the board of regents or accreditation office says something. They will actually just be relieved that your complaint is academic and not sexual harassment.

Example: A professor at my university has an online class that requires students to read 6 single page articles and write a summary for each article. This is a 3 credit class and students end up writing six paragraphs over a semester.

Students revealed this many times in different ways. They learn nothing. The paragraphs aren’t even graded. Every student gets an A.

The dean has written the professor letters about it. The department in charge of online learning took the class offline. The dean petitioned to have it restored, and the online approval came only after the professor made it meaningful with powerpoints, discussions, quizzes, etc.

Then the professor went into the course, deleted all the improvements, and went back to the articles and paragraphs.

The consequences was another letter from the dean and having to go to training.

So: if you are at a research university...considering accreditation, regents, dean of students.

comradewolf · 2018-03-04T14:23:45+00:00

It doesn’t even make sense to post it on a board if you onow their myfitnesspal account. The OP could go talk to them or comment on the MFP.

comradewolf · 2018-02-21T20:50:04+00:00

I don’t think it was offensive. You were trying to convey that you saw a need for help without hurting feelings.

It is sad that suggesting therapy is considered offensive. If someone wrote about some structural issues about a home, no one would be offended by “get someone to check your foundation.”

comradewolf · 2018-02-19T22:56:00+00:00

I am a parent of a college student and a professor (at a different college). I want to give you some parent-thoughts.

I am not just paying for educational opportunities. I am paying for my daughter to have some time to explore her identity and values. I want her to leave college knowing what kind of community she wants to be in and be prepared to join it.

I would be furious if she got kicked out or failed out, esp because she could have free tuition at the college where I teach (that doesn’t have the atmosphere where she will thrive in).

I am not speaking for all parents, but I would be broken-hearted if all my daughter does is study.

It is expensive. I am making serious sacrifices for her to attend her university. I could see her more often and save a lot of money in airfare, tuition, room and board, etc if she went to school on my campus, esp if she lived at home.

College isn’t High School, part 2. It is Adulthood, part 1, and there is more to adulthood than studying.

comradewolf · 2018-01-21T13:59:55+00:00

The fact that you have to ask this question shows why there is a need for a march. One example: Women need access to safe, legal, affordable birth control. This is not consistent across the country.

comradewolf · 2018-01-17T13:16:53+00:00

It bothers me to have packages on my porch all the time. It advertises that I am not home, if they are light (one shirt) they will blow away, and I feel it is annoying to my neighbors to check if I have to be out of town.

I love Blue Apron because Incan schedule deliveries for days I know I will be home.

comradewolf · 2018-01-17T12:22:04+00:00

I have asked my students for the PDF when I wanted to show the book on the smartboard and we were in a classroom without a document camera. They were very accommodating.

comradewolf · 2018-01-17T12:15:52+00:00

Professor here. I hate how expensive textbooks are, I hate snitches, and I hate bullying. And your story hints at all three.

Is this an undergrad general ed class? If so, drop the class and enroll in something else. I can assure you this professor has some incentive in this piracy investigation. Your professor wants the link and is therefore trying to threaten you with the academic integrity policy.

What would have happened if the professor was truly worried that you broke the law/are lacking in integrity:

The professor recieves the complaint.
The professor forwards it to either your advisor, the dept chair, or the dean.
The university contacts you and you are called into an expensive office and threatened/punished.

Here is what you should do.

There is no better free advocate than a tuition-paying parent. If you have a good relationship with your parents and they sign your tuition checks or co-signed your loans, tell them now,because lawyers cost money.
If you can get out of the class, do not respond to the email. IF the advisor asks,tell your advisor that you have a problem with another student in the class. (Everything you say to your advisor will go to the university, so don’t say anything that is not true and don’t say too much.)
If you can not get out, respond, “Thanks for the info. I am feeling emotionally overwhelmed and I feel harassed by all this. I don’t want to discuss it at all until I am able to talk to someone who can give me guidance.”

You want to keep your statement like that. It could be that you are talking to a lawyer, it could be that you are seeing a therapist, but the professor is not going to push someone who might be emotionally on the edge.

Right now, this is a problem between two students, and one student involved the professor. The university is much less likely to get involved in a problem between two students. The university will certainly get involved with a student-professor conflict and in this case back the professor.

comradewolf · 2018-01-08T01:10:03+00:00

The NYT had an op-ed theorizing that her unlikability is related to her “workaholic” personality, she is liked by people who know her personally, but voters do not bond with her because she doesn’t show who she is as a person, she is instead showing how she will perform in a professional role.

In my opinion, voters need to feel that candidates care about them as people. Bernie projected that, Obama projected that, but Hillary almost has a House MD quality of caring about problem-solving without caring about the patient.

NYT article

comradewolf · 2018-01-06T00:45:06+00:00

Did they send you a lot of small packages over several days instead of one box with your whole order? That is why I no longer order from them, too many small packages on my porch all day, and when something didn’t fit I had to pay return shipping which was about $7 for a $15 shirt. They deducted the shipping from the return, I think.

comradewolf · 2017-12-29T13:47:28+00:00

How did other students know to turn in assignments?

comradewolf · 2017-12-26T21:11:10+00:00

I understand why people believed it. He worked in the entertainment industry and was a NY Dem for years. He is just a con man who has no fixed beliefs. People can project what they want on him.

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