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A Followup Letter
December 19, 2009 in Rantings, Work-Related by Julia | 3 comments
Following up with My Latest Special Snowflake: Dear Student, Rest assured, the grade you saw this week on your semester grade report was the grade you EARNED in my class. Let me repeat that. I did not GIVE you that grade, you EARNED it. As far as discussing that grade with you, I do not discuss grades […]
My Latest Special Snowflake
December 4, 2009 in Rantings, Work-Related by Julia | 8 comments
Received via email tonight (personal data changed to protect the student’s identity): hello professor this is ********** in your ********** class, according to a friend in the class that you gave back the exam 2 grades in class which i asked you for it before i left the class on monday, you told me you didnt have […]
Oh well, NaBloPoMo Fail
November 15, 2009 in Arty Stuff, Miscellaneous, Work-Related by Julia | No comments
In case you didn’t notice it, there was no blog post last night. It was a crazy but fun day, but at the end both Dee and I were wiped out. I got up yesterday and got on over to Roanoke College to make sure my programming team was ready to compete and to answer any […]
Insanity is Hereditary…
November 13, 2009 in Work-Related by Julia | 3 comments
…mostly you get it from your children, but if you are a college professor who is also a programming team advisor, you can also get it from your students, especially when they call you on their travels to share with you their more, ah, interesting adventures and observations. Apparently one of those observations included a Honda […]
One Reason to Love Ubuntu
November 3, 2009 in Rantings, Techie Trivialities, Work-Related by Julia | No comments
A lot of my co-workers don’t understand why I loathe Windows (or anything Microsoft) so much. Nor would they “get” why the news today that the faculty are getting new laptop computers running Windows 7 to replace our desktop computers made me bang my head on the desk. Several times. My current desktop computer is set […]






