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Monday, June 12, 2017
Wombat of the Copier mulls over Attention-Seeking Behavior
Does anyone else use strategies they learned from the DogWhisperer to deal with colleagues? --WotC
I haven't. But a colleague keeps bringing treats he bakes to department meetings.... So, now I wonder about him. And most of the rest seem to embody Dominance in ethology.....
WotC: Ok, here's the quiz for today, I knew you were running late so I made copies for you*. It's long so give them plenty of time**.
Dr. Yorkie: How long, I mean really long? can I do it at the end*** of class instead of the beginning I mean really how long is it, like 15 minutes?
WotC: Yeah, sure, 15 minutes, it's fine.
Dr. Yorkie: I gave them 15 minutes on the FIRST quiz and they couldn't finish it, so like 20?
WotC: Well, it's longer, so if they couldn't finish the first quiz in 15, then yes, give them 20 minutes.
Dr. Yorkie: That's a really long time. Can't we do it at the end?
WotC in her head: wtf? 20 minutes is 20 minutes - 20 minutes at the beginning is longer than 20 minutes at the end? wtf is wrong with her? and for fucks sake no she can't teach them a bunch of new crap and then test them on the old stuff at the end why is she such a fucking pain in the fucking ass?
WotC out loud: No, it's better at the beginning, here, how about... here, take out question 3 that one was going to be a stretch cognitively anyway so let's just shorten it and try 15 minutes.
Dr. Yorkie: but then when will we test them on that content I mean because yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Wotc: [nothing I just shut the fuck up and looked back at the work I was doing before she came in and I didn't say another word. She burned herself the fuck out and left. Gave the quiz. Everyone survived. She hasn't bothered me since. Why have I been indulging in her histrionics all this time?]
*I will never make copies for her again. I've been doing it because she's a big histrionic fucking martyr and the less she has to do the less she can cry for attention. All this time I've been making copies and all I had to do was turn my face away from her like Cesar Fuckin' Millan.
**the second quiz wasn't any longer than the first, but I know she gave her students 5 minutes to do a quiz it took her 10 minutes to make a key for. I watched her make an answer key and while my students were working on their quiz, I could see her snatching papers out of the hands of students, some literally crying. Her class is right across the hall.
***she likes teaching and giving a quiz right after the lesson, but I'm the course supervisor and I like giving them a couple of days to digest what they've learned. There are pros and cons both ways but it's not her fucking class to decide, and the quizzes have to be crafted appropriately for the strategy chosen.
I think handling my dogs actually made me a better teacher -- more definite, less waffling. The definite "Name, sit" really helps.
Although I haven't done it -- figured it would be seen as student abuse -- I would love to use Cesar's technique for redirecting the dog -- two-finger poke in the neck -- to redirect students away from their phones...
I haven't. But a colleague keeps bringing treats he bakes to department meetings.... So, now I wonder about him. And most of the rest seem to embody Dominance in ethology.....
ReplyDeleteWotC: Ok, here's the quiz for today, I knew you were running late so I made copies for you*. It's long so give them plenty of time**.
ReplyDeleteDr. Yorkie: How long, I mean really long? can I do it at the end*** of class instead of the beginning I mean really how long is it, like 15 minutes?
WotC: Yeah, sure, 15 minutes, it's fine.
Dr. Yorkie: I gave them 15 minutes on the FIRST quiz and they couldn't finish it, so like 20?
WotC: Well, it's longer, so if they couldn't finish the first quiz in 15, then yes, give them 20 minutes.
Dr. Yorkie: That's a really long time. Can't we do it at the end?
WotC in her head: wtf? 20 minutes is 20 minutes - 20 minutes at the beginning is longer than 20 minutes at the end? wtf is wrong with her? and for fucks sake no she can't teach them a bunch of new crap and then test them on the old stuff at the end why is she such a fucking pain in the fucking ass?
WotC out loud: No, it's better at the beginning, here, how about... here, take out question 3 that one was going to be a stretch cognitively anyway so let's just shorten it and try 15 minutes.
Dr. Yorkie: but then when will we test them on that content I mean because yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Wotc: [nothing I just shut the fuck up and looked back at the work I was doing before she came in and I didn't say another word. She burned herself the fuck out and left. Gave the quiz. Everyone survived. She hasn't bothered me since. Why have I been indulging in her histrionics all this time?]
*I will never make copies for her again. I've been doing it because she's a big histrionic fucking martyr and the less she has to do the less she can cry for attention. All this time I've been making copies and all I had to do was turn my face away from her like Cesar Fuckin' Millan.
**the second quiz wasn't any longer than the first, but I know she gave her students 5 minutes to do a quiz it took her 10 minutes to make a key for. I watched her make an answer key and while my students were working on their quiz, I could see her snatching papers out of the hands of students, some literally crying. Her class is right across the hall.
***she likes teaching and giving a quiz right after the lesson, but I'm the course supervisor and I like giving them a couple of days to digest what they've learned. There are pros and cons both ways but it's not her fucking class to decide, and the quizzes have to be crafted appropriately for the strategy chosen.
I think handling my dogs actually made me a better teacher -- more definite, less waffling. The definite "Name, sit" really helps.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I haven't done it -- figured it would be seen as student abuse -- I would love to use Cesar's technique for redirecting the dog -- two-finger poke in the neck -- to redirect students away from their phones...
I've been tempted to