… they get into a near-shouting match over THREE points on a homework assignment. (Each homework assignment has 100 points on it. The average of all of their homework assignments counts for 10% of the final grade in the course, and the lowest 4-5 out of the 12-13 they’ll be turning in are dropped. So […]
Okay, so I have a lot to say and not a lot of time to say it in. Firstly, I have the issue with that student resolved now. I think. There’s a good support system in place here for grad students that are teaching, so that we don’t have to deal with bullshit from students. […]
Okay really quick complaining session before I get back to working really hard to finish this analysis assignment before 2PM. I’m already becoming disillusioned about working in academia. College students are whiny and feel they are entitled to whatever they want. Sure, college is a service they pay for, but they’re not paying for an […]
So, analysis exam #2 is in 2 days. (Yes, instead of studying right now, I am blogging. I’m a terrible grad student.) It’s my last exam in any of my classes before finals. Yikes! I feel pretty good about my first semester as a graduate student so far, but I’m trying not to get too […]
As you all know, I’ve been teaching pre-calculus recitations this semester. In my department, for the first semester there is a class taken by all new grad students that are teaching in which we basically learn about teaching and share stories and get advice and whatnot. We have little teaching exercises intended to help us […]
Yesterday my students had their first exam of the semester. I didn’t write the exam; the lecturer did. And I don’t have to do the official grading of the exam; the lecturer does. But I did have to administer the exam, and I’d say it went pretty well. I also had to do the first […]
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