For the past 5 years I have hosted a back to school BBQ for faculty, staff, and students in our department at my house. Not letting Covid-19 stop it this year, I have transitioned it to a curbside pickup.4yr ⋅ Khalerzhas ⋅ r/Professors
Very well put. As the instructor of this course, I couldn’t agree with you two more!3yr ⋅ MissHillary ⋅ r/Professors
I asked my class how they were doing and if they needed a break? They did. Me too.3yr ⋅ Mtt76812 ⋅ r/Professors
Student Copy and Pasted from Online Source (like Encyclopedia Britannica, Etc.). Literally word for word and left the hyperlinks from the site in the text. I tell them I am reporting for Plagiarizing... This is their response.1yr ⋅ TickleProf ⋅ r/Professors
Confused student said they don’t understand anything. I asked how they prep for class.3yr ⋅ tomcrusher ⋅ r/Professors
I have an almost begrudging respect for the student who emailed me on the very last day of my summer class asking if they could do anything to bump their grade because they're only 34 points from a C.4yr ⋅ RhinestoneTaco ⋅ r/Professors
How I feel every single lecture for an entire semester of a class I've never taught before.3yr ⋅ chrisrayn ⋅ r/Professors
When a student wants a favor, but addresses the email to Mrs. ________2yr ⋅ ProfessorVibes ⋅ r/Professors
When your students point out all the ways to check assignments to other students and I don’t have to step in — pure bliss3yr ⋅ knewtoff ⋅ r/Professors
It's treason, then... (I saw this on FB and couldn't stop laughing)1yr ⋅ SuperNerdyArtFTW ⋅ r/Professors
How many times must I tell my students to treat their studies like a full-time job2yr ⋅ Prof_Slytherin ⋅ r/Professors
I'm guessing they meant Commensurate [with experience], but I'm loving the salary range on this job posting1yr ⋅ OracleOfDiscord ⋅ r/Professors
Don't fiddle with the course. Don't change deadlines. Please, just leave it alone, it's fine.1yr ⋅ click_trait ⋅ r/Professors
Student was careless in her introductory post. Forgot to edit out I'm an Al designed to provide information and assistance. I'm here to help you with any questions or concerns you have. This is the first assignment for the class, it's not even CompSci! What would you do?3mo ⋅ OccupyMars420 ⋅ r/Professors
Just once, I'd like to try a semester where I'm not prepping a course mid-semester on-the-fly.1yr ⋅ hot_chem ⋅ r/Professors
This is literally a slide from U of Florida’s guidance on the Stop Woke Act2yr ⋅ emarcomd ⋅ r/Professors
Students writing their papers a few hours before deadline & Professors on the plane to their conference to present be like...1yr ⋅ Bostonterrierpug ⋅ r/Professors
Assigned project a month ago, do you think student means “start”? Also, there were no assigned groups, students could choose to work individually or communally. Hang in there profs3yr ⋅ AtypicalSword ⋅ r/Professors
When education is reduced to government-approved “facts” with no discussion of context, you might have totalitarianism....1yr ⋅ DionysiusRedivivus ⋅ r/Professors
As an Assistant Professor, I wouldn't mind having an Assistant to a Professor2yr ⋅ esvadude ⋅ r/Professors
Fellow professors, can someone please help me with my second grader’s math homework.1yr ⋅ Bostonterrierpug ⋅ r/Professors
Me, when I see students I had in previous semesters while walking across campus1yr ⋅ PaulAspie ⋅ r/Professors
No Covid protocols, but we’ll continue to exploit your video lectures after you’re dead!1yr ⋅ Va3Victis ⋅ r/Professors
A professor friend recording a class lecture from his garage at midnight4yr ⋅ neofaust ⋅ r/Professors
One of the bonus questions on the exam I’m giving my students today. If only I could film this... Hopefully relieves some finals week tension and stress!4yr ⋅ anthroslut ⋅ r/Professors
1940s CIA memo on how to sow dysfunction in an infiltrated organization sounds suspiciously like a faculty meeting.4yr ⋅ CharlamagneTheDog ⋅ r/Professors
Me when a student said that the music I was playing in the video chat, before the start of class, was boring.4yr ⋅ GobHoblin87 ⋅ r/Professors
My wife sent me this. She gets the dedication and the heartbreak. I will play this song to the bottom, if I have to.3yr ⋅ chrisrayn ⋅ r/Professors
Some sound advice as we prepare our syllabi and assignments for the coming apocalypse, AKA Fall 20213yr ⋅ dingbat101 ⋅ r/Professors
Wondering what to do with your robes outside of graduation? Why not play a lizard person on Doctor Who?2yr ⋅ Bostonterrierpug ⋅ r/Professors
Another person tracked me down via Reddit. I know I can just delete my account but I don't feel like I should have to... Censored for privacy. High School student identified me by name, department, and title.1mo ⋅ amprok ⋅ r/Professors
Student emailed me 1 hour before the due date...on a Sunday...happy beginning of the semester everyone1yr ⋅ PeachyTrain ⋅ r/Professors
MISSING PROF: sam dubal, a UW professor of anthropology, has not returned from an overnight camping trip near mt. rainier on friday. more details in the comments.3yr ⋅ tar4ntula ⋅ r/Professors
My asynchronous course that I left on the back burner a little too long.1yr ⋅ casseroleplay ⋅ r/Professors
Just got this email, semester started today. How would you respond? I require masks in my full class of 24 in a very small lab. Not every instructor in my dept does but I'm not the only one. My county has substantial transmission and reinstated an indoor mask mandate.2yr ⋅ GobHoblin87 ⋅ r/Professors
I guess this is why my students literally miss major projects and exams and then complain about their grade to me and demand extra points...1yr ⋅ CheesePlease0808 ⋅ r/Professors
I made this stupid Animorph meme. Behold, the most esoteric meme I've ever made.3yr ⋅ Mtt76812 ⋅ r/Professors
Bill Ackman is melting down now that his wife's plagiarism has been discovered4mo ⋅ Melodic_Oil_2486 ⋅ r/Professors
No one is volunteering to serve on committees so our provost suggested...2yr ⋅ usefulthings ⋅ r/Professors
Student evaluations - one of these things is not like the other ones.7mo ⋅ bertrussell ⋅ r/Professors
That dang vacation happened to schedule itself right in the middle of the semester. I hate when that happens.1yr ⋅ jeremy1525 ⋅ r/Professors
Tonight was my first class back in person since March 13th 2020. I am a grown adult, I promise.2yr ⋅ shanster925 ⋅ r/Professors
These have been in this classroom since fall, 2020. Now, it's a contest: let's see how much longer they can remain.1yr ⋅ dizneez ⋅ r/Professors
