But some classes you have to attend because they’re all group projects or classwork or something like that and that’s something the instructor can’t solve on their own

I also get that one. the main issues I have with it come from the students not communicating if the student sends me an email with strict deadline of when they’re going to get everything done, which is apparently what they’re supposed to be doing it works out surprisingly fine

It was very weird. I was sitting listening to professors complain about not knowing how to accommodate a student because of the nature of the class and I was just call the office. They literally just went OK when I told them the issue. (Think no public speaking in a theater class.)

I the problem is bad faith actors. They are the problem and we need to be more willing to point that out. Im not sure if it works in individual cases but with this, a discussion needs to be how to help the most people while not destroying the system and the helpers in response to bad actors.

Most accommodations are nowhere near as demanding especially timed tests. That said, I do believe it’s on the university to provide alternative testing space and extra time but other than that, this is rearranging deck chairs on the Hindenburg.

What’s amazing is the number of others profs who don’t believe me- no, you can’t ignore accommodations, but when I got a request to divide a test into chapters when the test was already made (also I got issues of my own)- I called our office and was told, ok.

Extra time on test as long as the testing center provides a space I have no problem with whatsoever. I’m also very flexible on deadlines and attendance policies. I try to make my class universally accessible while still managing my own ability and accessibility needs.

Order has been restored. It was quite discombobulating as a Louisianan (motto: we’re not last in everything - thanks Mississippi!) when that sign started moving.

Ooh. I’ll have to look at it if I can stand it. Being called a cafeteria Catholic in my youth by people who were constantly ignoring Catholic doctrine has left a mark. Probably bc I would be following it personally while arguing for political tolerance and they would be doing the reverse.

Sure people might not like that teachers were asked to respect kid’s pronouns, but are they ready for forced infant baptism? Or forcible non-child baptism? Are they really ready to bring back fights over filioque? Because this is how you get massive wars over the filioque.

So (a) this is bad Catholic theology (b) bad history. I don’t know if I should be pointing out that public schools had protestant bibles and prayers to help turn Catholic immigrants into good Americans or go back to the warnings of the 100 years war.

That rubric was fine. I do use rubrics but the amount of students that will not simply google “what is a reflection paper” and then ask for clarification is ridiculous. I’m generous on my late policy (bc most work will be too) most workplaces aren’t going to give you more detail than that for stuff.

If the other students call bullshit it will end thus but they. shouldn’t. have. too. because they have none of the extra protections afforded to an R1 institution.

I think they were trying to balance it, but I’m probably going to restate my disclaimer that I’m grading your ability to understand and engage with class material.

Question- how do professor’s beliefs play into this? If I’m a devote Catholic and a student doesn’t cite cannon law, if I give them a good grade am I endorsing heresy according to this right? Or vice versa? … why do I suddenly have a sense of deja vu. Weird.

The comments the professors wrote were constructive, even pointing out where she could make an argument while saying it’s ridiculous you’re bitching about name calling while calling everyone else demons and assuming they’re weak willed sheeple and you are the only person who believes what they say.

I get that it’s easy for me to call for this at my nice union school in Mass and it’s why I limit my calls to tenured faculty and talk about creating strike funds but it’s just going to get worse and harder and harder to stand up.

Well yeah. You might get rid of 500 people classes or keep the a/c on in the buildings after 5 ( I don’t know if LSU did that but UNO did).

I bet you probably think they should use some of that money to stop the library from flooding or something pointless like that. What’s a university if it doesn’t have a winning football team?