by far the most common mistake university students make on final exams is to not answer the question that was actually asked.

this isn't politics - one doesn't get to just pivot and answer the question one WISHED one had been asked instead.

#ProfessorProblems #GradingHell

The only thing that seemed to resonate with him was when I said that it felt like he wanted to skip the steps of learning about style and tradition to jump over to “interpretation” (which was my nice word for what he does).

Anyway. #ProfessorProblems

After four days of conference travel, I’m home. The first thing I did was to greet the #tea
“Hello, tea, did you miss me? Because I missed you.”
Never mind that there wasn’t a proper afternoon tea service to be had for love or money, they put their tea in bags. Bags, people, BAGS!
I wasn’t raised by wolves.

Guys, I think I might be bougie.
#professor #professorproblems #academia #academicmastodon