Epiphany!

I just realized something today: if you don't put up with bullshit, bullshit disappears remarkably quickly.  I can't believe it took me this many years of teaching to learn it.

Juggling is easy
when you don't
give a shit!

Hangdog Harry:  "Yo, doc, I won't be able to come to the exam on time because I have an appointment to clean my teeth.  Can you just have it proctored for me by the learning center?"

Prof Chiltepin:  "No.  The exam time has been a matter of public record since before the class started, and you can make a dental appointment for any time you like.  If you are not there, you will receive a zero for the exam, which is worth 30% of your grade."

Hangdog Harry:  "Oh, okay, no problem.  I'll just reschedule the appointment."

Lazy Lucy:  "I didn't know we had a paper due!  Can I have an extension."

Prof Chiltepin:  "No.  The paper is due today at noon, at which point the course ends."

Lazy Lucy:  "Oh.  Okay.  I'll have it done."

It's just amazing how quickly insurmountable problems and incredible inconveniences melt away when you just say that magical little word . . . no.

Who will guard the guardians? "2 Wesleyan University cops fired, accused of voyeurism." (Associated Press)

Wesleyan University has fired two campus police officers who are accused of spying on a female student.

Mike Whaley, the school's vice president of student affairs, said in a statement that the officers are accused of "surreptitiously viewing and possibly video recording a female student in her residence."

The school notified students in an email Tuesday night, but did not identify the officers or where the voyeurism allegedly took place.

The statement called the alleged voyeurism an intolerable breach of trust. The school says the officers are cooperating in a police investigation.

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They say "the officers are cooperating in the investigation. Bullshit. Why would they cooperate? I trust none of these people. How the fuck can someone get an education if they don't even feel safe? Goddamn shit.