I had just handed out a review sheet/bonus homework that I spent about 2 hours creating. I had also just reminded them of when I'd be around the next few days and that there are official office hours tomorrow as well as a couple special blocks of special office hours next week during Finals.
Student 1: Will you have the answers to the review sheet online somewhere?
me: No, but I'd be happy to look it over with you anytime.
Student 2: Why won't there be answers posted anywhere?
me: Because I don't have time to type them up and am willing to look at it with you anyway.
Student 2: Well I might as well not even do it then.
Meaning that that's too much effort or -even better- that my in-person help is worthless? Wonderful.
Fucking hell. Can I assume, then, that this student won't do any review whatsoever on the myriad websites I have posted all over webct for them or the other materials I've provided there or the book exercises, etc., just because she has to then Move Her Ass to my office in order to see what's what? Pretty much, yeah. And many other students as well for that matter.
Nothing's better when you're exhausted and frazzled and have been for weeks and you've been busting your ass getting stuff ready for them and for finals week than to have such great validation of really how fucking wasted all that effort really was.
And the continual question, why does this shit always take me aback so? That's the REALLY surprising part.
2 comments:
that IS surprising - we should all just go back to lecture-format and make them scramble taking notes the whole time and no worksheets or anything extra ever.
too fucking true! gah! tks for commenting! it always helps to have like minds commiserating with you :)
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