Hi, Wombat,
I don't know what to do with my Science101 class. They are horrible and won't participate and they sit with their arms crossed staring at me. What should I do?
--Adjunct XYZ
Today I received another, unrelated, e-mail from this same adjunct:
Hi, Wombat,
I just received this e-mail from the [administrator] about school closures related to COVID-19. Will we be having class next week?
--Adjunct XYZ
Here is the opening sentence of the e-mail from the [administrator]. Literally from the beginning, nothing has been left out:
As you know, classes will resume without interruption Monday March 9....
I strongly suspect I know why her class is disengaged.
--Wombat of the Copier
Wow. We may often complain about our students, but this is a high level of incompetence on the part of the adjunct here. Good luck supervising this one, WotC. Something tells me you won't have to do this next semester.
ReplyDeleteI agree. It looks like a self-limiting problem to me. Although I do feel for the students—there are always a few in every class—who aren't getting the instruction they expected and are basically wasting their science class through no fault of their own.
ReplyDeleteI suppose at least the first mail shows she notices and cares...the second one is a bit of a concern, though.
ReplyDeleteAnd the title - can't wait for the summer to come. Having said that, there is a possibility I will need to teach right though it to compensate for coronavirus cancellations / delays / unforeseen problems.
Yes - I actually felt bad for her when I got that and thought "I wonder how many of the other teachers I supervise feel this way and just ignore it?" and I gave her some help.
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