As of 12:15pm PST, the computers in my classroom are still non-functional. Nobody at IT seems to know who they work for so I shot an email to the Academic Chair. Only thing is that they are so good at providing lip service that they had both the chair and me thinking that the problem would be solved stat. Well, here we are 24 hours later and no fracking computers!Time for another email.
Even worse, none of my students showed up to class today. That's right! No one. I didn't cancel class so wtf? I've decided hands down, that if I get to teach here again, I will be taking attendance each and every day. And as for the "But we're adults!" sob story, you can go shove it somewhere!
I love the icon! Thank you whoever you are!
ReplyDeleteWhoever I am? Am I not Fab?
ReplyDeleteAnd EMH, you can select different sizes for that thing. It doesn't have to be X-LARGE like your skillset!
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ReplyDeleteIt is one of the all time great avatars.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least you had these problems on the same day. No computers, but then again no students to teach. I'd call it wash, and retroactively declare that today you had an in-class activity for extra credit. Under no circumstances tell them that no one came. Continue in your course. Skip several chapters if you wish.
ReplyDeleteIt is, indeed, a most excellent avatar. And I like Dr. Nathaniel's solution for dealing with the collective no-show. That must be something of a record. I've had only 1/3-1/2 of the class show up (depending on whether you start with the number of people officially still on the roll, or the number still actively engaged in the class), but that was usually weather-induced. Does your institution have some kind of semi-official spring skip day/festival? We have one, but students are supposed to come to class, and at least some usually do (of course, there was the year they came but we couldn't actually hold class because the classroom overlooked the festival venue and the music was so loud we couldn't hear each other, but that's another issue).
ReplyDeleteWow, I've never had no one show up as much as I'd like it. I'd rather have zero than three. Zero gives total freedom. Taking attendance won't resolve the issue. I have my baby flakes sign an attendance sheet and they still argue they were present even with the blank signature space staring them in the face.
ReplyDeleteWhen IT people aren't cooperating, one of my favorite pranks is to install Linux on non-functional computers. It doesn't stay installed for long, but it makes me happy.
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ReplyDelete(diabolical laughter)
It's just evil enough to try...