tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post1047738829589220212..comments2023-11-03T04:02:39.642-04:00Comments on The Waiting Room: It Doesn't Hurt To Ask...Does It?Seeking Solacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-91418734378213843332008-04-16T09:19:00.000-04:002008-04-16T09:19:00.000-04:00This type of attitude from these particular studen...This type of attitude from these particular students irritates the ^&*(*!! out of me. I don't care that they won't graduate if they don't get a certain grade in a class. If they want to graduate and be an adult then they should act like responsible adults and get their backsides to class and do the work like the rest of us. Stick to your guns SS, don't give in to either the children or the administration that supports them. Remember that for all of the bad eggs there are still those of us who really do care about our grades and work really hard to do well in class. So fight for us because we need good profs who will back us up against these whiny children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-80044051390283763682008-04-15T12:05:00.000-04:002008-04-15T12:05:00.000-04:00At my former college, the students would beg and p...At my former college, the students would beg and plead. I once had a student cuss me out. Although it is tempting to give in, I just stick to my guns. <BR/><BR/>One of the reasons(I believe) why I was fired from my last teaching gig was because I would not pass a student who clearly committed plagiarism. The student needed my course to graduate. The Dean of Academics tried to make me change the grade so she could graduate on time. I would not budge. Two days later, I was fired. <BR/><BR/>I don't regret my decision. If you cave on something like that, the powers that be will get you to do anything.Seeking Solacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-4241644725392944682008-04-15T11:35:00.000-04:002008-04-15T11:35:00.000-04:00Good lord, this totally resonates with me right no...Good lord, this totally resonates with me right now. You're lucky at least that you have to deal with advisers and not with the students themselves. How the begging puts me off. I really don't understand why we have to compromise ourselves and the students who did actually do the work in order to make sure these slackers pass. It's so frustrating. As I've been saying, my ideal situation is to give the student her F, and then let the university decide she can graduate if they're so desperate. Why should the instructor be responsible for the student's abysmal failings?Ianquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.com