Student after the first week of online class: "I have done more free thinking and writing and drawing this week than I have in any English class I've ever had" and whoa. #AmTeaching

I put an anonymous "suggestion/complaint box" into my courses a year or so ago, but nobody's ever used it until this week, when this appeared: "So far i am enjoying class and learning much more than expected" 😎
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Syllabus is ready. Day 1 handouts ready. LLM course shell ready. Huge wait list. Corsi-Rosenthal box not ready. Not sure I got all my priorities right, but still looking forward to meeting new students today. #AmTeaching

@MartinVuilleme Also (& & &) I always make a point of citing a variety of sources, including in the first text my comp students read, our #Syllabus, which then serves as a model.

It’s been sad (though understandable) to find that many writers & thinkers I like to point to have removed their birdsite thoughts. But there’s still a lot here, so I imagine I’ll make use of this format coming up!

/Nerdiness concluded for the moment. Thanks for diving in!

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Just finished my new #syllabus policy on #GenerativeAI. Feeling only *vaguely* sure about it. #AmTeaching

I finished the grading! And with half an hour until it's kid-fetching time to spare!

Now I won't have to grade anything until... next year. 😳

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Yay: student using a trigonometric identity for the double angle

Meh: student using it to evaluate the sine of the TRIPLE angle

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If all you know is separation of variables, every differential equation looks separable, according to my students 😑

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Only about 1/3 of my students went with the obvious substitution choice (which works, it wasn't a trap!).

About 10% attempted one that they could've made work with some trigonometric identity wrangling, but went for wishful thinking instead 😔

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Dear person who (incorrectly) evaluated a limit as infinity/12 and concluded that this was equal to one... Shall I introduce you to renormalization? I think you'll like it.

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As we were talking about how using correct Latin plurals feels pretentious at times the other day, I just wrote "limites not evaluated" on an exam and did feel pretentious...

(Changed it to just "limits", but it doesn't come naturally!)

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Meh, grading sucks even more of sitting at a desk for longer periods is painful.

*does some Yoga moves for ver hip*

(Yes, I know I'm very fortunate to only have figured that out now!)

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This exam's sports award goes to the student who, upon realizing they forgot their formulary book six minutes before it started, ran to the library, got another one, and made it back on time.

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Ah yes, it's "sitting around while students are working on their exams" season again. As today's room is on the building's south side, good thing it's not too hot and sunny...

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I just hate exams. Hate sitting them, hate giving them, hate grading them.

And I don't really believe in them being of much use, either.

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❝An unexpected thing that I took away from this class is that community matters in a classroom and impacts our success. Similar to what [X] said in class, I have had classes where there is not much discussion with one another and it is very quiet. Getting to know people in the class gives us access to another resource, which is each other. I recognize that my projects and assignments were of greater quality because of their feedback and my inspiration from them. Our classmates are a great resource that benefit our abilities and work because they offer insight
that one may not get from just working by themselves.❞ #StudentsSay #AmTeaching #melting ❤️ 2/2

❝What I have learned from helping others is that it also helps yourself and the class as a whole. We are all working towards the same goal and by keeping this standard we were able to succeed in class.❞ #StudentsSay #AmTeaching 1/2

"This class really taught me to look at things in a uniquely critical lens, below the surface level of culture." #AmTeaching #AmGrading

One student, reflecting on their learning this semester: “sometimes you need to walk through the mud to find the direction.” YES #AmTeaching #AmGrading

Why is the best teaching evaluation with great student comments also the one with a rather nasty sexist slur?!

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