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Syllabusted

Fun fact: almost all of my emails for the past two weeks could have been answered with the following image.

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DOOOOOOOMED!

Yesterday was my first day of face-to-face teaching for Fall 2020. In order to make this as safe as possible, the lecture hall in which I teach has had most of its seats covered with black garbage bags, leaving only … Continue reading

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Curl

Apropos of nothing, according to one of my Scandinavian colleagues, what we in the States refer to as “helicopter parents” are in Sweden called “curling parents,” because they spend all their time sweeping away any obstacle in front of their child. I … Continue reading

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Good counsel

I am still getting emails from the Mad Dad with whom I spoke yesterday. I’m not sure if I opened Pandora’s box, but this was my email response to him (some names have been changed to protect the innocent; I have … Continue reading

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Rookie mistake

So I just finished a “crucial conversation” with an irate parent demanding I fire one of my professors for the crime of terrorizing his straight-A student with a failing exam grade. While demanding to know how this happened, I asked … Continue reading

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