uni. prof, ask me anything

[Anonymous]

A college 4.0 student in a tough STEM curriculum gets a 92.86 in a 2 unit class mandatory class after a group assignment. Student makes and appointment shows grades and makes case for a .14 bump to get to 93 and keep the 4.0...do you do it?

[Anonymous]

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

[Anonymous]

How illiterate are the students, I mean for real?
How bad is their grammar?
And why most of them do not have any clue how to use the university library and its wonderful resources?

[Anonymous]

Is American Empire about to perish?
What do you think about Johan Galtung and his predictions and reflections on the world of today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Oh, like the vast majority of the board, you went to college! You have college kids! OP must be a liar because of your vast expertise. Your insecurity about sending your kids to private (despite the fact you are so educated but couldn’t afford it) is killing you. It’s not weird at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many books and how many articles did you need to publish to get tenure?

In my field, the gold standard is a monograph, and at my institution, generally one done and another in the pipeline, and at good presses, and well-reviewed. Articles are fine, but less important than monographs.

Another in the pipeline meaning you are under contract?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid went to college and suffered the start of a serious mental illness—schizophrenia. There was no prior history of this illness. I was very upset at how the college managed the issue, since child also had rapidly declining executive function and energy levels.

Any thoughts OP on how to better handle mental health?

But that's exactly the age when schizophrenia hits - especially in males. Especially if there is family history (you say "no prior" which I assume is the student). You can't expect colleges to manage everything. A lot of students, especially schizophrenics who think everything is fine, won't use student health services. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/childhood-schizophrenia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354483#:~:text=In%20most%20people%20with%20schizophrenia,age%2013%20is%20extremely%20rare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Good comeback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Oh, like the vast majority of the board, you went to college! You have college kids! OP must be a liar because of your vast expertise. Your insecurity about sending your kids to private (despite the fact you are so educated but couldn’t afford it) is killing you. It’s not weird at all.

You don't need to be an expert at all.
Did you know what kind of HS your classmates went in your college classes?
Very weird and creepy people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid went to college and suffered the start of a serious mental illness—schizophrenia. There was no prior history of this illness. I was very upset at how the college managed the issue, since child also had rapidly declining executive function and energy levels.

Any thoughts OP on how to better handle mental health?

But that's exactly the age when schizophrenia hits - especially in males. Especially if there is family history (you say "no prior" which I assume is the student). You can't expect colleges to manage everything. A lot of students, especially schizophrenics who think everything is fine, won't use student health services. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/childhood-schizophrenia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354483#:~:text=In%20most%20people%20with%20schizophrenia,age%2013%20is%20extremely%20rare.

You would expect colleges to do a little more with all the practice they’ve had with the serious mental illnesses, no? Really the schools do nothing until it’s way too late to correct course.

A small but important point—several mental illnesses the patient has no idea they’re sick. None. They are not avoiding it. The sick person doesn’t know! Americans would be a little more understanding of someone with age-related dementia, a stroke, or a brain injury. Mental illness is seen as a “lack of effort”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Oh, like the vast majority of the board, you went to college! You have college kids! OP must be a liar because of your vast expertise. Your insecurity about sending your kids to private (despite the fact you are so educated but couldn’t afford it) is killing you. It’s not weird at all.

You don't need to be an expert at all.
Did you know what kind of HS your classmates went in your college classes?
Very weird and creepy people

DP. I did, some as a student, some as a professor. (I'm a different professor). People just talk about their background, especially when asking for help on projects/assignments/advising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Oh, like the vast majority of the board, you went to college! You have college kids! OP must be a liar because of your vast expertise. Your insecurity about sending your kids to private (despite the fact you are so educated but couldn’t afford it) is killing you. It’s not weird at all.

You don't need to be an expert at all.
Did you know what kind of HS your classmates went in your college classes?
Very weird and creepy people

When I went to college I absolutely knew what HS my classmates went to, because we quite naturally talked about it. Some of the kids still wore sweatshirts or t-shirts from their high school. It was especially interesting to learn about the HS experiences of the kids from Alaska.

If you think it's "creepy and weird" for 18 year olds to discuss with each other where they went to HS, there's something creepy and weird about you tbh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Oh, like the vast majority of the board, you went to college! You have college kids! OP must be a liar because of your vast expertise. Your insecurity about sending your kids to private (despite the fact you are so educated but couldn’t afford it) is killing you. It’s not weird at all.

You don't need to be an expert at all.
Did you know what kind of HS your classmates went in your college classes?
Very weird and creepy people

When I went to college I absolutely knew what HS my classmates went to, because we quite naturally talked about it. Some of the kids still wore sweatshirts or t-shirts from their high school. It was especially interesting to learn about the HS experiences of the kids from Alaska.

If you think it's "creepy and weird" for 18 year olds to discuss with each other where they went to HS, there's something creepy and weird about you tbh.

Maybe that's the kind of conversations losers have in college. I wouldn't know. There are lots of other things to talk about any nobody knows or cares what your pathetic high school was. Just like in grad school nobody cares where you went to undergrad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Extremely weird and creepy school/class.
Kids usually says 'I'm from NYC", I played football, I like cats".

They don't say I went to such and such high school named XYZ which is private or public.



My kid has a copuple of classes with 16 kids and 19 kids.
I bet it was never said, and my kid never knows which ones went to public HS and which ones went to priviate HS.
Very weired school/class

Unless you are college profs, you really have no idea. What is really weird is PPs like you who drill down into details like this and think you know better than someone with 20 years’ experience. Your insecurities about sending your kid to public school are shining through.

I went to a college and a grad school, and also have college kids, so I have a good idea.
You are very weird.

Oh, like the vast majority of the board, you went to college! You have college kids! OP must be a liar because of your vast expertise. Your insecurity about sending your kids to private (despite the fact you are so educated but couldn’t afford it) is killing you. It’s not weird at all.

You don't need to be an expert at all.
Did you know what kind of HS your classmates went in your college classes?
Very weird and creepy people

I did - because I wasn’t a social reject. Where are you from is a common way to start a conversation.
Here’s how it looks:
Me (at state university) “Hi, so where are you from?
Them “NoVA.”
Me: “Oh, me too! Where did you go to school?”
Them: “Langley.”
Me: “Oh, i don’t know anyone from there but I knew some Potomac kids….”
See this is what it looks like when you have normal social skills.