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

[Anonymous]

Maybe the professor has an accommodation where she has to be told something 5 times before she understands.

[Anonymous]

This is on you. Yes, it’d be nice if they included in an exam announcement “please talk to TA Jimmy if you need extra time” but you cannot expect a professor to remember and prioritize the needs of each of their many students while adequately doing the rest of their job. Unlike school teachers, most profs teach as a one (and often a minor) component of a job that is heavily focused on research. The model is mostly that they show up, impart their knowledge to you, set standards for grading, and get back to work.By college, if you need accommodations it on you to be sure you’re getting them and if it’s not clear how to go to the disability office or start with the TA.

And call the professor whatever the heck they want you to call them. That is not something to get twisted up about. Sure this one may operate differently than others, but that’s good practice for bosses in the real world!

[Anonymous]

If OP spent as much time preparing for the exam as she does complaining about the professor she might not need extra time at all.

[Anonymous]

At my university, students have to schedule finals for extra time with Disability Services because they need to be in a separate office due to scheduling of the classrooms. Are you sure you are following protocol, OP?

[Anonymous]

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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.

A reporter once asked First Lady Jill Biden why she asks to be called “Dr.”

Her response: I earned it

OP, do you have a PhD?

And are you treating your professor this way because she’s a woman?

Once you leave college there are no accommodations anyway. Learning to deal with all of this is the best lesson you’ll get in college.

Good luck- sounds like you need it!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This may have more to do with my online classes, but why does this happen every semester? Every single semester for the last 3 years, this has happened. It's hard to know what regular time is and what time and a half is because it not always announced what is regular time. Sometimes, the professor will write you need to have 90 minutes for the final or something like that as a group email. I am in my last week now and I see that I didn't get extra time programmed for two of my finals this week. The exams are proctored. I will probably send a short email saying you probably didn't realize but I don't see extra time programmed for my final. The professor I am most worried about takes weeks to return emails. She also insists we address her as "doctor blah blah blah".

If it happens every semester, you should be reaching out to your school's disability office, not DCUM.

Also, when you email your professors, consider cc'ing your contact at the disability office.

Finally, sometimes being a woman is a disadvantage in academia. I understand your professor has an off-putting style, but it may be that she has learned that she is disrespected/underestimated less when she reminds people of her position. I'm a Ph.D. who usually goes by my first name, but definitely break out the Dr. in certain circumstances.

OP here. I did reach out to the disability department and I have done this many times. They don't seem to care. The student surveys seem to be important because all of my professors send tons of emails reminding me to do them. I know there was a lot of laughing going on after class when she insisted over and over again we call her Dr instead of professor. She got so worked up over it. I don't think people were doing it to be disrespectful. She came across as stuffy and treated some of us like idiots. She would send lots of emails with CAPS and !!!!!!! I should probably fill out the survey for her now.

Yu know, there's probably a simple reason why she treated some of you like idiots. I wonder what it is . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the professor has an accommodation where she has to be told something 5 times before she understands.

You win this thread

[Anonymous]

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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.

Or, and I'm just spitballing here, you OP can stop whining about the professor and take one simple step to remind her about the extra time.

I do all sorts of things every day that aren't my responsibility but make my life easier. Don't lose the forest for the tree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:lol at this person complaining her professor is insecure for letting people she'd like to be called doctor after earning that degree

The professor lacks social skills. Professor and doctor mean the same thing.

They . . . do not?

Professor is a job title. Doctor is a sign of educational achievement. One can be a professor and not a doctor, just as one can have a PhD and not be a professor.

[Anonymous]

Op, you give the professor the Disability letter in the very beginning of the semester. Then as you near the first exam, just send a reminder email to check in with the professor to see how they can accommodate you. For example, they may need you to start the exam earlier because they have a meeting right after. Or, they may need to schedule classroom space for you to take the ‘extra’ time. Use your talking voice or write and email, but you need to discuss the accommodation and ‘how’ it will happen. If you are taking the test at Disability office, then the teacher must make special provisions to drop off and pickup your test there. Please note that there are logistics to work out every time. And, the Professor has 150 students with about 10% or more asking for special accommodations. The world doesn’t revolve around you. Think of others.

[Anonymous]

What is your end game here? You know that there are no jobs that will give you extra time, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have this much time and energy to disparage your professors and fight with them, perhaps you are not so “disabled” after all.

Np, this is an illogical statement, and it is offensive to people with disabilities.

[Anonymous]

OP, you need to remind each professor at least one week before each event where you require extra time. They will not all remember as you are a blip on their radar. Put it in your planner and brush up on self-advocacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my university, students have to schedule finals for extra time with Disability Services because they need to be in a separate office due to scheduling of the classrooms. Are you sure you are following protocol, OP?

Follow up in this, OP. You have to be the one who knows what is required and follow the correct steps to get it done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, you give the professor the Disability letter in the very beginning of the semester. Then as you near the first exam, just send a reminder email to check in with the professor to see how they can accommodate you. For example, they may need you to start the exam earlier because they have a meeting right after. Or, they may need to schedule classroom space for you to take the ‘extra’ time. Use your talking voice or write and email, but you need to discuss the accommodation and ‘how’ it will happen. If you are taking the test at Disability office, then the teacher must make special provisions to drop off and pickup your test there. Please note that there are logistics to work out every time. And, the Professor has 150 students with about 10% or more asking for special accommodations. The world doesn’t revolve around you. Think of others.

+1 you don’t just drop a letter off on day 1 with no follow up. Come on. It sounds like you are the one who needs baby sitting.