Feel like I need to babysit my professors so I get my extra time accommodation

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Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

So it took you 3 years to figure out that you need to email the professor, CC student services, and do it before the exam is scheduled.

Congrats, you finally got it!

Most students won't do this because it can come across as passive aggressive.
It's telling that a lot of middle-aged parents are getting off by being catty to an undergrad. Sickos. Guarantee all are women too.

How is self-advocacy passive aggressive?

These students are young. You don't remember being young? Going to a different department can be seen as passive aggressive. If enough students do it the professor is going to be a record of denying accommodations.

1. Again, that isn't what passive-aggressive means.

2. It is so obvious that OP is not ready for college. I know lots of high school kids. They could all figure this out. This kid has been so sheltered that she is not prepared for the world. Assuming she is 18, youth is not an excuse, but bad parenting in the hopes of "protecting" the child may be. So sad.

You're jumping to a lot of conclusions. She has already completed 3 years and has a merit scholarship. Dramatic much? Student services told her she shouldn't need to send the reminder emails so she probably took their advice. and didn't want to bug the professor.

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Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

So it took you 3 years to figure out that you need to email the professor, CC student services, and do it before the exam is scheduled.

Congrats, you finally got it!

Most students won't do this because it can come across as passive aggressive.
It's telling that a lot of middle-aged parents are getting off by being catty to an undergrad. Sickos. Guarantee all are women too.

How is self-advocacy passive aggressive?

These students are young. You don't remember being young? Going to a different department can be seen as passive aggressive. If enough students do it the professor is going to be a record of denying accommodations.

1. Again, that isn't what passive aggressive means.

2. It is so obvious that OP is not ready for college. I know lots of high school kids. They could all figure this out. This kid has been so sheltered that she is not prepared for the world. Assuming she is 18, youth is not an excuse, but bad parenting in the hopes of "protecting" the child may be. So sad.

For you as a middle adult adult, I can see your point but she's young. They are still figuring out email etiquette. I don't think he students have to organize accomodations. They do all exams in person.

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Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

So it took you 3 years to figure out that you need to email the professor, CC student services, and do it before the exam is scheduled.

Congrats, you finally got it!

Most students won't do this because it can come across as passive aggressive.
It's telling that a lot of middle-aged parents are getting off by being catty to an undergrad. Sickos. Guarantee all are women too.

How is self-advocacy passive aggressive?

These students are young. You don't remember being young? Going to a different department can be seen as passive aggressive. If enough students do it the professor is going to be a record of denying accommodations.

1. Again, that isn't what passive-aggressive means.

2. It is so obvious that OP is not ready for college. I know lots of high school kids. They could all figure this out. This kid has been so sheltered that she is not prepared for the world. Assuming she is 18, youth is not an excuse, but bad parenting in the hopes of "protecting" the child may be. So sad.

You're jumping to a lot of conclusions. She has already completed 3 years and has a merit scholarship. Dramatic much? Student services told her she shouldn't need to send the reminder emails so she probably took their advice. and didn't want to bug the professor.

Of course she has a merit scholarship. She had extra time on the SATs

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Imagine going to a surgeon who says they need over two hours to perform a 90-minute procedure because of "surgery anxiety" or "ADHD". I'd be hightailing it out of there and finding a new surgeon.

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Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

So it took you 3 years to figure out that you need to email the professor, CC student services, and do it before the exam is scheduled.

Congrats, you finally got it!

Most students won't do this because it can come across as passive aggressive.
It's telling that a lot of middle-aged parents are getting off by being catty to an undergrad. Sickos. Guarantee all are women too.

How is self-advocacy passive aggressive?

These students are young. You don't remember being young? Going to a different department can be seen as passive aggressive. If enough students do it the professor is going to be a record of denying accommodations.

1. Again, that isn't what passive-aggressive means.

2. It is so obvious that OP is not ready for college. I know lots of high school kids. They could all figure this out. This kid has been so sheltered that she is not prepared for the world. Assuming she is 18, youth is not an excuse, but bad parenting in the hopes of "protecting" the child may be. So sad.

You're jumping to a lot of conclusions. She has already completed 3 years and has a merit scholarship. Dramatic much? Student services told her she shouldn't need to send the reminder emails so she probably took their advice. and didn't want to bug the professor.

Yeah in the real world, you aren't supposed to be a snarky bit** but looks like you didn't get the memo. It works both ways. Her college student services told her she shouldn't have to remind them but on here everyone is saying something else. There is a disconnect between all who are involved. Professors could put something in their syllabus to remind them it's okay to send reminders. A lot of undergrads are scared to speak up.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine going to a surgeon who says they need over two hours to perform a 90-minute procedure because of "surgery anxiety" or "ADHD". I'd be hightailing it out of there and finding a new surgeon.

I don't think surgeons have ADHD. They are a different breed. Imagine making fun of someone who has a disability. Oh wait that's you.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Blah blah blah is appropriate for college professors, sweetheart.

It’s your job, and your job alone, to inform professors about your needs.

It’s not preschool, it’s college.

Welcome to the real world.

Students at lower ranked colleges often call professors "teachers." Many of these kids see college as an extension of high school.

OP here. Maybe 2 year colleges. I'm unsure of what degrees are needed to teach at a community college, but I don't think they need a PhD.
She's very different from all of my other professors. Most of them are casual and say to call them by their first name. Some of my professor will sign emails as Dr. B but she's the first that came out and insisted over and over again to be called Dr.

So it’s not because you’re “disabled” that you can’t comply with the authority figure’s wishes in her own classroom, it’s just because you’re rude? What’s your “disability”? Because you just sound like a jerk; I didn’t know that was a protected class. You’re sooooo special.

Woah! While I agree that OP shouldn’t be getting bent out of shape over calling the prof dr, you are way out of line. You are talking to a college student who is likely between 18-22. They may be an adult, but they are still young and learning how the world works. I have a 19 and 21 year old and I would hope no adult treated them this way. How would you feel if someone spoke to your son or duaghter so disrespectfully? OP is asking for advice because they have a disability and their accommodations aren’t being granted. This is a legitimate concern.

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Anonymous wrote:What type of job do we see someone like OP having in the future? Because I can guarantee her job performance will inspire the type of complaining (on the part of her future colleagues/customers) about disorganization and delay that she herself is engaging in regarding her professor.

I am studying Ecology and I am already working in my field. I get a long well with my coworkers. No issues and I absolutely love my job. I don't have issues turning assignments in on time in college or at work. I always completed assignments way ahead of time. Exams are a different story, but after college I won't have anymore exams. Five minutes after I sent the email, which cc'ed student services, the professor programmed the extra time. She was able to do it in less than 5 minutes. I sent two other emails last Friday and yesterday to her, but the one I cc'ed this morning got the attention needed. Time to take the exam now. One more thing sounds like you don't like your career if you feel the need to be a bi**** online to strangers.

So it took you 3 years to figure out that you need to email the professor, CC student services, and do it before the exam is scheduled.

Congrats, you finally got it!

Most students won't do this because it can come across as passive aggressive.
It's telling that a lot of middle-aged parents are getting off by being catty to an undergrad. Sickos. Guarantee all are women too.

How is self-advocacy passive aggressive?

These students are young. You don't remember being young? Going to a different department can be seen as passive aggressive. If enough students do it the professor is going to be a record of denying accommodations.

1. Again, that isn't what passive-aggressive means.

2. It is so obvious that OP is not ready for college. I know lots of high school kids. They could all figure this out. This kid has been so sheltered that she is not prepared for the world. Assuming she is 18, youth is not an excuse, but bad parenting in the hopes of "protecting" the child may be. So sad.

You're jumping to a lot of conclusions. She has already completed 3 years and has a merit scholarship. Dramatic much? Student services told her she shouldn't need to send the reminder emails so she probably took their advice. and didn't want to bug the professor.

Of course she has a merit scholarship. She had extra time on the SATs

Op here. I didn't get the extra time (it's usually time and a half) on the SAT. I could have asked for it but for whatever reason I didn't think it was allowed. I go to a state college. It's not the best college but I won't have debt so I am really happy about that. I have a physical disability with my hand since so many people are asking and thinking I am faking a disability. Some of you are very nasty towards people with disabilities.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you need to be more proactive.

No. It sounds like the professors need to do their jobs. In a work situation, HR helps out with this. Employees don't have to visit their manager to remind them of an recurring accommodation. The college has a department that handles this for a reason. The professors should be more organized. They expect students to be organized, follow deadlines etc. Not only are they failing to follow deadlines but they are breaking the law by denying a time and a half accommodation. At the start of the semester they receive emails with accommodations and they can write a list of who gets extra time. It's not rocket science.

College prof here. I wish it were that efficient, but it's not. 20-25% of my students have accommodations, and what they need is not identical. Nothing is automated, and the students and I have to cooperate throughout the semester so that everything gets done in the right way. It takes strong resolve on my part to support the students and follow the law, but it also takes a bit of goodwill on both sides to ensure that the lines of communication stay open in case anything changes or goes wrong. Sometimes, for example, a student who has not used a certain aspect of their accommodations earlier in the semester decides to use them later, or vice versa. People with extra time are not required to take it - ever - so sometimes they will want to come into the classroom to take a test or quiz that they could have taken at the testing center. Sometimes I will discover that an accommodation being used inside the classroom works better outside of the classroom, and so will ask the student to take a test at the testing center instead if it is OK with them. It is a two-way flow that is intended to follow the law, give the student what they need to succeed, protect their privacy and their agency, and help them practice navigating so that they can be effective in school, the workplace, and beyond.

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OP, you have it backwards. If you need accommodations, then it is your job to ensure that you communicate that to the professors. You are in college, not in high school or middle school. It is not your professors job to babysit you. You are expecting to be taken care of like you were a child and that the professors are like your nannies or mothers. You are an adult now and if you need something, you need to speak up, let them know and ensure that your requirements are met.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Blah blah blah is appropriate for college professors, sweetheart.

It’s your job, and your job alone, to inform professors about your needs.

It’s not preschool, it’s college.

Welcome to the real world.

Students at lower ranked colleges often call professors "teachers." Many of these kids see college as an extension of high school.

OP here. Maybe 2 year colleges. I'm unsure of what degrees are needed to teach at a community college, but I don't think they need a PhD.
She's very different from all of my other professors. Most of them are casual and say to call them by their first name. Some of my professor will sign emails as Dr. B but she's the first that came out and insisted over and over again to be called Dr.

So it’s not because you’re “disabled” that you can’t comply with the authority figure’s wishes in her own classroom, it’s just because you’re rude? What’s your “disability”? Because you just sound like a jerk; I didn’t know that was a protected class. You’re sooooo special.

Woah! While I agree that OP shouldn’t be getting bent out of shape over calling the prof dr, you are way out of line. You are talking to a college student who is likely between 18-22. They may be an adult, but they are still young and learning how the world works. I have a 19 and 21 year old and I would hope no adult treated them this way. How would you feel if someone spoke to your son or duaghter so disrespectfully? OP is asking for advice because they have a disability and their accommodations aren’t being granted. This is a legitimate concern.

Op here. Thank you. I volunteer with adults who have severe disabilities way worse than mine and I am so surprised at how rude people can be to them. They get annoyed with the ones who use walkers. Perhaps I didn't explain myself well in my first post. I don't mind calling my professors "professor ". I by default call them all professor and do not like using their first name even when they say it's fine. What happened with this professor is she's correcting students during lectures when they call her professor instead of a doctor. I think it got to the point where people were doing it on purpose after she got so upset in two classes. Most students have the haven't of using professor more than doctor.

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Anonymous wrote:Professors are some of the laziest people. They should have done this at the beginning of the semester when they were emailed your accommodations by the disability dept. It's an online class so they don't have to spend time giving exams. It's outsourced to the proctored companies. They need to get it together.

Wow. You have no idea what professors do. I tailor my exams to what was emphasized in class, whoch often follows our discussions and student interest. So I'm often editing them until the exam day. We are not just set it and forget it but trying to support our students' learning outcomes. Opposite of lazy. And no, we don't outsource this to companies.

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Blah blah blah is appropriate for college professors, sweetheart.

It’s your job, and your job alone, to inform professors about your needs.

It’s not preschool, it’s college.

Welcome to the real world.

Students at lower ranked colleges often call professors "teachers." Many of these kids see college as an extension of high school.

OP here. Maybe 2 year colleges. I'm unsure of what degrees are needed to teach at a community college, but I don't think they need a PhD.
She's very different from all of my other professors. Most of them are casual and say to call them by their first name. Some of my professor will sign emails as Dr. B but she's the first that came out and insisted over and over again to be called Dr.

So it’s not because you’re “disabled” that you can’t comply with the authority figure’s wishes in her own classroom, it’s just because you’re rude? What’s your “disability”? Because you just sound like a jerk; I didn’t know that was a protected class. You’re sooooo special.

Woah! While I agree that OP shouldn’t be getting bent out of shape over calling the prof dr, you are way out of line. You are talking to a college student who is likely between 18-22. They may be an adult, but they are still young and learning how the world works. I have a 19 and 21 year old and I would hope no adult treated them this way. How would you feel if someone spoke to your son or duaghter so disrespectfully? OP is asking for advice because they have a disability and their accommodations aren’t being granted. This is a legitimate concern.

Op here. Thank you. I volunteer with adults who have severe disabilities way worse than mine and I am so surprised at how rude people can be to them. They get annoyed with the ones who use walkers. Perhaps I didn't explain myself well in my first post. I don't mind calling my professors "professor ". I by default call them all professor and do not like using their first name even when they say it's fine. What happened with this professor is she's correcting students during lectures when they call her professor instead of a doctor. I think it got to the point where people were doing it on purpose after she got so upset in two classes. Most students have the haven't of using professor more than doctor.

Why would any student call the Professor "Professor" if she indicated that she prefers to be called by her earned title of "Doctor"? She earned a Phd, while you can't even take a simple test. Give some respect. Your age is no excuse for this.

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Anonymous wrote:OP I agree that the professor sounds disorganized if they have not given you an accommodation for 4 or more exams this semester.
Did you confirm they received the request at the beginning of the semester?
I would agree with some of the posters who suggested you remind your professors a week before the exam to confirm they will provide your accommodations. Depending on the school, Professors might have a couple of hundred students with several requiring a variety of accommodations. While providing a letter at the beginning of the semester is the only thing you need to do, it is smart to remind your professors a week beforehand.
However, while you are well within your rights to complain about her not providing you with your accommodations, your griping about her title is a different matter.
Like it or not, there is a hierarchy in college. Professors need to establish their authority and asking students to address them a certain way seems like a simple way to accomplish order etc. A female professor might find it much harder to establish their authority and insisting on having students use a formal title might help. If students are repeatedly using other titles to refer to her, she might rightly believe that her students are not being respectful

Most professors don't ask to be called doctors. Not normal.

Most professors are old white men.

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Anonymous wrote:Professors are some of the laziest people. They should have done this at the beginning of the semester when they were emailed your accommodations by the disability dept. It's an online class so they don't have to spend time giving exams. It's outsourced to the proctored companies. They need to get it together.

Wow. You have no idea what professors do. I tailor my exams to what was emphasized in class, whoch often follows our discussions and student interest. So I'm often editing them until the exam day. We are not just set it and forget it but trying to support our students' learning outcomes. Opposite of lazy. And no, we don't outsource this to companies.

Excuses, excuses. Make a list and do your job.