I hope my sanity can last another decade

[cornerofmadness]

Because dear sweet baby Jesus my students are challenging me. I had two lab finals today. For both I said DO NOT ASSUME YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING. READ THE QUESTIONS. I pointed out like three times pre-exam that I could ask 1. What is this muscle 2. What is this origin/insertion 3. What is the muscle's action.

Not only are they putting muscle names in for actions (because they didn't read) and then because there is cardio on my nursing version of this those words are on the wordbank too and my upper level A&P students see those words and the question is what is the action of XYZ and they tell me mitral valve. How do you a) not know that's not an action (and this was MORE than 1 person) how do you know realize I have never once mention the fucking word mitral valve?!?


The second lab final today runs from 1-2:50. At 140 I get an email alert and it's one of my students who is MIA (I assumed she finally realized she can't possibly pass and didn't come, like one of the others did). I didn't hear my alarm and I overslept (it's nearly 2 pm....) I'm coming next week to make up the practical. No, you have an hour left on the exam. Be here or get a zero. She comes and from what she handed me was likely a zero anyhow. But She did have 2 hours because so many students (who didn't tell me they were coming friday at 1. THREE told me this and I had to get the secretary to get me more answer sheets. THIS is why I tell you to communicate with me.) my lab couldn't hold them all so they needed more time. I said they could have til 320. (that's an extra half hour). At 330 a dozen were still there. No, move on now. At 340 I demanded the tests back. If you don't know it after 3 hours then you don't know it.


Here me screaming as I yank out all my hair. Btw I feel justified in giving out a 23% to my upper levels because 4 out of 8 got 100%. It was far from impossible.

Bah, have the fannish 50 recs. I have been writing but it's all for fandomtrees and I can't share it. I am really intrigued by the Hazbin prompts there. I will say that.

A Royal Idea Teen Wolf

Just A Man Torchwood


Self-Discovery FAKE


Melty. The Murderbot Diaries


Friends Old And New Torchwood

Dancing In The Dark Hazbin Hotel

just the beginning Hudson & Rex

What Everyone Wants Torchwood


A Heavy Burden The Fantastic Journey

No Such Thing As Too Late Supernatural

oh no, he’s hot. 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

hot chocolate icons

The List due South

Offer of Protection Teen Wolf

Comments

[lucy_roman]

You recced one of mine - thank you:)

[spikedluv]

OMG your students! I can't imagine being like that in college, and I don't recall anyone I knew, even peripherally, being like that!!

Thanks for the mention!

[cornerofmadness]

Me either except for a few drunks who couldn't make it to class and one of my BFFs who so desperately wanted to be a nurse but even with my help continually failed her core classes. I'm sure she had some undiagnosised learning issue because no one cared about that back then

you're welcome

[ysilme]

Good grief re: your students! Even I as mostly layperson know that a term containing "valve" can't be an action - and this is also not my native language. And the test situation ... my uni days were before the internet, e-mail and smartphones, and even afterwards for a long time there wasn't any kind of comparable contact to your teachers or professors. You showed up or not, if you had questions or issues you asked before or after class or at the vistor's hour, and that was that. Whatever I'm hearing about things are working nowadays it often feels as if the students are quite spoiled in this regard and also in accountability of their actions. The entitlement of being helped and managed seems massive, while you, the teachers, now have bear the brunt of their failure to adult in a proper manner. You have all my sympathies for this! *sends sanity-strengthening vibes*
(Of course I'm oversimplifying things, and I also know the current communication and interaction options are preferable in many regards, while the old system had more than just a few disadvantages and all that. But it's always on the back of the teachers, isn't it?)
*more sympathies* *pets your poor hair and head* *hugs*

(Did you see my message + comment from a couple of days ago?)

[kitarella_imagines]

Students do not listen.

Funny story. I took a Sociology course a few years ago, and went to a nearby school to sit my final exam. We were supposed to choose 3 questions to answer from the paper of 6 questions. The invigilator told us this. It said so on the paper, obviously. There was one 16 year old student retaking his exam, so we kind of bonded as we were the only two. After the exam I asked him 'which questions did you answer?' He replied 'all of them.' I said 'oh.' as I didn't want to embarrass him. But FFS. LISTEN to the invigilator. READ the instructions. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[cornerofmadness]

I believe it. They listen to literally nothing. They pay me to talk to the ether

[kitarella_imagines]

Yes if you weren't such a nice person you would just take the money and not do any extras that all teachers do to encourage their students.

What they will do when they start working in jobs where you have to listen carefully, god only knows!

[cornerofmadness]

literally everyone in healthcare is terrified of this

[kitarella_imagines]

It is a horrible prospect indeed...Let's hope they mature in time.

[cornerofmadness]

one could only hope but what we're seeing is them burning out and quitting within years

[kitarella_imagines]

Oh dear. There's a lot of that about these days. The current world is too much for most people.

[cornerofmadness]

so true