I love all the emotional manipulation this time of the semester
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What’s a proverb, idiom, or phrase that you think definitely applies to being a professor?
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I know the feeling is mutual
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Love this new policy I adopted this semester
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Can we please just end the fall semester before Thanksgiving break already???
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I really hate the victim mentality of some of these cheaters and plagiarizers
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“I’m confused”
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“It’s not the resolution I would have made”
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Grade grubbing as evidence of taking class seriously
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Competitive altruism
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What is the most rude or inconsiderate thing a student has ever said to you?
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While entering midterm grades
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“The professor doesn’t teach”
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Two comments from my evals that made me laugh
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Two fun threats from students today
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A tale of two emails from two separate students expressing shock
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Apparently a professor on our campus looked up answers to any questions students had during class
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Had a student throw their exam at me today
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What are some unrealistic expectations that students have of us?
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Do your students seem to think you get paid per student?
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Too real
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Student who once told me that he “pays my salary” after I wouldn’t bump up his grade just emailed me asking for a letter of recommendation.
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Just a FYI to students who use RMP to select their professors
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