tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post7450767409432482702..comments2023-11-03T04:02:39.642-04:00Comments on The Waiting Room: The Ones Who Don't Know Shouldn't TeachSeeking Solacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-8045742512096925242011-07-18T23:25:34.238-04:002011-07-18T23:25:34.238-04:00Not only was the response rude, but ignoring the d...Not only was the response rude, but ignoring the discussion to grade the samples during the meeting was rude. The staff person broke the first rule of assessment: you can't just pick up a pen and start grading without knowing what the assignment is designed to do (as you pointed out). Iundinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-15203940337965327952011-07-16T07:45:19.017-04:002011-07-16T07:45:19.017-04:00Everybody thinks they know how to teach. Wonder if...Everybody thinks they know how to teach. Wonder if they're that bad at their own jobs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-23079267756055331232011-07-09T09:47:49.118-04:002011-07-09T09:47:49.118-04:00We posted on teaching tactics earlier this week an...We posted on teaching tactics earlier this week and got a ton of responses about how if we just believed in the students and truly loved teaching we wouldn't need tactics, and that because students are paying tuition they deserve to have their preferences catered to. And so on.<br /><br />All of those responses were from people who have never taught. We remember when we were naive young things too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-69483421189596826622011-07-06T21:46:39.906-04:002011-07-06T21:46:39.906-04:00Thanks everyone. She is doing much better today. W...Thanks everyone. She is doing much better today. We had a really nice chat about the whole thing. <br /><br />ITPF: There is a line of people who would be willing to criticize this person. :)Seeking Solacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-68961133895115226792011-07-05T23:02:26.047-04:002011-07-05T23:02:26.047-04:00Glad the mentee has you! I like philosophyfactory&...Glad the mentee has you! I like philosophyfactory's idea personally.<br /><br />I see similar things even amount faculty. For example people who have never taught in my field or taken a class in my field, wanting to give thoughts on why what my course goals and objections are are wrong. Excuse me, but if you teach X and I teach Y and they don't really intersect...leave it alone! Sounds like your staff person was trying to make himself feel important.rented lifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-48066664621681851672011-07-05T22:57:05.765-04:002011-07-05T22:57:05.765-04:00I think that it would be pretty acceptable for you...I think that it would be pretty acceptable for your mentee to waltz into the staff person's office and criticize their methods of doing business after watching them for 5 minutes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-74290204937494337232011-07-05T22:08:30.778-04:002011-07-05T22:08:30.778-04:00I can say that while having such things happen is ...I can say that while having such things happen is hurtful and unpleasant, having a mentor or manager validate those feelings and offer her/his support is incredibly meaningful and helpful. So I wanted to say that I think you're even more awesome than usual on this one. Yay for you!<br /><br />There are, sadly, so many people who are willing to behave badly to get attention or look smart that learning to deal with them is an important lesson. I do hope she comes to you for advice and support if she needs it.post-dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493309260165352484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-44798647271864177852011-07-05T21:13:57.695-04:002011-07-05T21:13:57.695-04:00What really blows is that the person who did this ...What really blows is that the person who did this isn't an administrator. He's a staff person!Seeking Solacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605809609182729290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17632197.post-57326514171723320262011-07-05T21:11:44.991-04:002011-07-05T21:11:44.991-04:00You're absolutely right—this crap drives me nu...You're absolutely right—this crap drives me nuts. I have a new-last-year administrator who fancies himself an expert on the core curr. class I (and many others) have taught for years, despite the fact that his area is the "other" part of our college. And he's a writing rubrics expert, too, informing us that the ones the all-campus faculty committee developed recently based on working with OUR students are lousy (after looking at them for 30 seconds in a meeting). We should use his. He did something similar to the stunt you describe in a meeting last year, though didn't lean on any person in particular. One of the many reasons I've stopped going to those meetings.TiredProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162370630018949849noreply@blogger.com