Aug 13, 2019
When you’re supposed to be on vacation but you get the page proofs for your new accepted article.
Me @ life
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When you’re supposed to be on vacation but you get the page proofs for your new accepted article.
Me @ life
Course Evaluations
It’s university course evaluation season! This is a gentle reminder to be kind, thoughtful, and thorough as you fill out evaluations.
Remember, your instructors/professors are people. The purpose of course evaluations is, in part, to give instructors feedback that helps them to better understand how the course might be (re)envisioned to ensure student growth and success. If you enjoyed the class – wonderful! Tell them why/what you appreciated. If you didn’t – that is valid as well. However, explain why in a way that acknowledges that the feedback you are giving is received by a person.
The best way to have your constructive criticisms taken seriously is to be thorough. For example, “this class sucked” tells no one anything. Describe what about the class you disliked (i.e., “the expectations for the final paper were unclear. We were not provided directions and the professor was unavailable during office hours to clairfy”), explain what the impact/outcome was of this, and suggest things that you think might be helpful in the future.
As your instructors – we know. Exams can suck, papers can suck, sometimes you just hate to go to class. But it’s our job to help you grow and to assess that growth. Your course evaluations let us know if we’re doing that, and how we can do it better.
(And never forget your own agency. Ask yourself, “Did I do everything I could have done to succeed in this course? Did I ask questions/attend office hours/read/prepare/engage the way I should have?” If the answer is no, make sure how you assess the class acknowledges that. Learning is participative).
- WWG
Tattooed academics - do you let your tattoos show while at work/teaching? How did you decide?
Tuesday vibes: You are so. fucking. late. Barreling through the hall you contemplate running but decide that the odds of tripping are too high. A wild colleague appears and starts asking about your day. Time slows momentarily as you make eye contact. You try to respond but only make noise like a chronically stressed teakettle. Walking even faster you mentally throw out the idea of that person ever thinking of you as sane again.
So. fucking. late.
The feeling when you survive the end of the semester’s week-long marking marathon, only to realize that you now have to finish your own projects....
nothing is more stress reducing more than someone close telling you your stress is un warranted and to stop feeling your feelings.
I feel like an older undergrad until I go on main campus and someone walks into me because they didn't look up from their phone
09.25.16
patapos na ako sa 5-page case analysis sa bioethics.
grabe, ngayon ko lang talaga naupuan after mabigay ni Doc kasi naman kung di ako pagod galing sa work, tamad naman ako mag gawa. haayy.
ginusto ko naman pag sabayin ang gradschool at pagtatrabaho kaya kakayanin ko to,, sana lang mas maging patient mga prof ko sa akin sa mga late ko napapasa na gawain. -.-
tapos may 2 subjects pa ako kailangan i-settle para makumpleto na units ko nung first year,
matatatpos. ko. ito.
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