https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1653690963825422338?t=W9GwIVZR6zdy5TmHw0zGlw&s=19
Rage
Itâs quite stunning how, less than 3 minutes after posting course grades, Iâm contacted by students complaining about what they got.
Every semester, my teaching experience is determined by the bottom tail of the distribution. If those ~5-10 students just quietly do poorly throughout the semester, my job is generally fine or even pleasant. But if those students are challenging/demanding/difficult, it can be a bad time. This semester was a bad time.
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Will you get fired if you tell them that they are too stupid to get better grades?
I can see myself maybe blowing $500 if I got into an Ivy League school or something, but IU?
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I genuinely am curious about where the line is in terms of how rude or nonresponsive I can be in cases like this.
But for your question, itâs not even relevant! I absolutely donât believe that the complaining students are maxxing out at their capabilities. Thatâs what makes all of this so frustrating; I am constantly approached by students during the semester asking how they can do better and the answer is always the same: I assign textbook problems each chapter, and I supply detailed solutions to those problems on an Excel spreadsheet that shows each and every calculation. The exams I give feature problems that are very, very similar to those assigned textbook problems. So they should simply make sure that they work through all of those assigned problems (many of which we work through in class) to make sure they understand them.
But sometimes weâll be 75% through the semester when a student will say, âwhat assigned problems are you talking aboutâ, or âhow can I see the solutionsâ? Itâs only 2-3 students that show this level of apparent helplessness, but man is it draining to deal with.
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Iâm sure this is something unique to SF and it actually is shoplifting/crime in SF that is the cause.
Fucking Canadians too.
Also Iâm sure this hasnât been happening before
HmmmâŚ
Seems like a company may be trying to reframe its situation.
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She also got a sprinkle cake with the IU emblem and a custom bomber jacket emblazoned with âHoosier Daddy.â
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i was going to make fun of this, but then i realized i have dozens of shirts and things from my alma mater. but thatâs because my mother knows that one thing about me and its the basics of every gift iâve received for a dozen years.
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As the parent of a kid who just went through the college application and selection gauntlet, this is definitely a thing. The entire process is (or can be) such a fiasco - we approached it somewhat differently, but it was hard for my kid watching everybody else get caught up in it.
Many kids do a âdecision announcementâ in the manner of an athlete. I have to admit my kid had one classmate whose decision I was interested in hearing - this girl got in almost everywhere with full rides. It came down to Stanford vs. Yale and she chose Yale.
I lost it when the cop said âyou could care lessâ.
Typical pig, ACAB, etc., not knowing proper grammar.
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I guess social media pressures young people in to putting on big performative displays for life events like picking a college.
Maybe they allow that kind of frank talk in the Great White North, but down here in Estados Unidos telling a stupid person theyâre stupid is a violation of multiple federal and state anti-triggering laws.
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Are these events available to attend, and, if so, where would one, hypothetically, purchase admission?
Not knowing how hard to try is a very common form of stupidity. Probably the most common.
nah bro itâs all about the gram. And TikTok.
How long ago was the last time you were in a department store like Nordstromâs?
- More than three years ago
- More than a year ago
- Six months ago
- A month ago
- A week ago
- I am in one right now
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I got a sweatshirt and a hat.
Last time I went to a Nordstrom was pre-pandemic. It was a then relatively new one on âBillionaireâs rowâ near Central Park, and the stuff there seemed more expensive than a typical Nordstrom. Still open.