The stink eye...

So -- the moron from last week who couldn't figure out that when s/he registered for a 3 credit T H class, meeting from 11:00-12:15, actually meets on Tuesday ***and*** Thursday...

S/he came to class today -- clearly unprepared. S/he hasn't done the homework and somehow s/he blames me.

I know this because s/he is giving me a royal stink-eye...

Secret message to stink eye..

I advised you to drop. You didn't listen. I told you that if you decided to stay in the class, I wasn't about to re-teach all the material I'd covered so far. Aparently you are unable to be adult enough to try it on your own and ask questions. Perhaps you should think about whether or not you should be in college now... just something to think about...

So -- I don't give a flying fig if you pass. There, I said it. I really don't give a craopola if you're in the class at Spring Break. You're an idiot... and the least you could do is to act like you give a crap that you made a mistake about when the class meets.

Really -- figuring out what the class schedule MEANS is the first part of going to college. After that you show up, buy your books and then come to class -- but, if you don't know WHEN to come -- you're useless..

not so much luv,
your logic proffie

a returning student...

... without a clue.

Last semester hir attendance was horrible and she drifted away.

This semester s/he registered for the class but never showed up...

Today s/he sends an e-mail claiming s/he thought the class was 100% on line...

IF the course was 100% on-line, she'd be failing for non-attendance. As it is, s/he has missed all the classwork so far. The class is about 2/3 face to face...

I really have to wonder what's going on there.

ummm... no, I don't think so...

Without being too specific -- someone sent me a "become a fan of __________ group" invitation on Facebook.

I like the person, but I don't like the group s/he works for.

In fact, I'd like to start a group in direct opposition to hir employer -- something like "___________ group is bunch of bigoted asshats -- if you're smart, you'll run away".

But -- I know how the bigoted asshats would interpret my fantasy group -- so, I think I'll just ignore the invitation.

Some good thoughts for Hubby -- please...

His first set of law school grades are supposed to come out today...

'nuff said.

... and then they write a thank-you note...

My family-tragedy incomplete from last semester has finished the course.

She'd been doing very well up until the end -- when her world turned upside down.

Other profs weren't as compassionate -- as is their right -- but, in this instance I'm glad I offered an incomplete.

She dropped by to give me her paper -- and, upon reading it realized it was crap --so, since she'd earned a C without the paper, and I gave it to her. Now she can get the admissions folks off of her back and get her academic life back on track.

When she left my office -- she gave me a heartfelt thank you note -- describing her experience and thanking me for my help in getting her back on track.

I have to remember my students are mostly young and sometimes crap happens -- even to young people. The tricky thing is that the young folks don't have the skills to manage life, when life is falling apart. I'm glad I did what I could to help her out -while being fair to others..

Maybe I'm just cranky pants...

but -- in response to a pretty grim statement from me to a student who has YET to attend LOGIC...

S/he says "You really don't think i can catch up?" --

ummm -- you're too big of a dumb-ass to figure out that school started almost TWO WEEKS AGO.

You want to come to my office outside of my office hours -- when I really can't see you -- because a student with a real emergency needs me to read her paper from last semester so she can get a grade and stay in school... no, you can't frigging come to my office whenever you darned well please, just like YOU can't decide when the class starts.

Also -- By the way -- if you don't get your butt to class tomorrow, I'll drop you for non-attendance... and you'll have an attendance failure. That's all in my syllabus, if you bothered to get it and read it...

good luck -- twit!

A bit at loose ends..

Yesterday I sent the dissertation to Dr. Advisor -- Please send good vibes for me to Red State ;).

So, I don't have dissertation work to do.

At BNCC, my class prep is done for a while -- and, the only class I need to do any original thinking for is Ethics... and that's more of the same. All the on-line quizzes are written. All the discussion topics for the semester are posted.

Logic doesn't take any original prep, I've been teaching from the same text for 7 years -- I've got that one nailed down :).

My committee just had a big meeting -- and, we had a pretty strong consensus around our common book for next year. As soon as it's officially announced, I'll tell you :).

We're in a schedule lul -- so the most "exciting" thing about being department chair is that someone is leaving a room open when they're done teaching....

Hubby is busy with moc/moot (or some other word to indicate the absence of "real") court.... so he's not even home.

So -- I'm at a bit of a loose end. My desk at home is still a bit of a disaster area, so maybe I'll clean it up... then put myself down for a nap/read... hmmm.