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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This. My DC has accommodations for extra time if she wants/needs it. But it’s not automatic; she has to be proactive and arrange for it for each individual test/assignment.

I’m a former college professor (and doctor, since as some pps have pointed out there is a difference) and while it would be nice for all of your professors to remember your accommodations and offer them without reminder, that’s an unrealistic expectation. At this level, it’s on you to self-advocate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

OP here. Not true. They were all informed at the beginning of the semester by the disability department.
I also sent them another email in the first few weeks when it became clear I wasn't given extra time.
Insisting on students calling you doctor screams insecure. She put it in her syllabus, spoke to us the first and second class about it
and continued to remind people during lectures. My dad had a PhD. The only people who may refer to him as doctor as his coworkers or other work collogues he may be working on research with. I have heard students say professor during lectures but never Dr.

Still 100% your job to ensure your accomodations are meet. It is not Dr. Professor's job to schedule your exams, confirm your accommodations or follow up with any changes or modifications. And yes, unless told otherwise by your professor the formal name is appropriate some prefer Dr. some prefer Professor. Their choice. Is your father a professor?

[Anonymous]

Op, have you ever held a job of any sort?

[Anonymous]

Professor here.

I routinely have classes of 100 with maybe 3-4 students who get extra time on tests. I try to remember to program this but when announcing test reminders I always say "if you have extra time please remind me via email so I can ensure it's built-in." I issue about 6 reminders so this is not called out by itself.

As for late work, if someone comes up to tell me something will be late I typically remember that is permitted but always appreciate reminders.

Returning emails weeks late is inexcusable.

[Anonymous]

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". :lol:

Start it this way: please forgive me for not contacting you before you scheduled exams…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Colleges vary widely in how they address professors--why do you not want to show her respect by calling her by her title earned and how she likes to be called? You want professors to be different from each other as that gives you a broader range of perspectives. When I was in grad school I had a professor say he wanted to be called by Dr. because it was as soon as women and minorities were allowed to be professors that suddenly everything became more casual--with students calling professors by their first names--and he thought this was symbolically undermining the respect afforded the role.
You sound kind of petulant and immature to me. Anyone with accommodations know that you need to be the advocate for those accommodations--and be the primary organizing force for them. Professors have a lot going on--they are not going to remember the individual needs of all their adult students. This is on you. Your calling this having to "babysit" your professor? Ugh. You sound awful--I feel sorry for what professors have to deal with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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". :lol:

Start it this way: please forgive me for not contacting you before you scheduled exams…

Op this is absurd and not the way the student services told me it should be handled. It's an online class. She's not god. I have contacted her and cc'd student services earlier in the semester because even after reminding her it was still not programmed in on the day of my exam. Since it's an online class and exams are done online she needs to take it seriously because otherwise, I won't get the accommodation. I think it's ridiculous a grown adult needs to be reminded this much.

[Anonymous]

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".

Far too many students foolishly send emails to their professors calling them by their first name. Hi John..Dumb mistake. Have some respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You address her as she requests. Period. She earned her degree.

Sounds like a lot of professors are on here. Medical doctors are usually the only people who expect this unless professors are being introduced or something it's not normal to expect this.

You need to get out more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Colleges vary widely in how they address professors--why do you not want to show her respect by calling her by her title earned and how she likes to be called? You want professors to be different from each other as that gives you a broader range of perspectives. When I was in grad school I had a professor say he wanted to be called by Dr. because it was as soon as women and minorities were allowed to be professors that suddenly everything became more casual--with students calling professors by their first names--and he thought this was symbolically undermining the respect afforded the role.
You sound kind of petulant and immature to me. Anyone with accommodations know that you need to be the advocate for those accommodations--and be the primary organizing force for them. Professors have a lot going on--they are not going to remember the individual needs of all their adult students. This is on you. Your calling this having to "babysit" your professor? Ugh. You sound awful--I feel sorry for what professors have to deal with.

Do you feel sorry that they need to be organized and organize what accommodations their students need? Is it hard to write out a list at the beginning of the semester? In what other field are you allowed to be this disorganized? I went by the protocol of what my college says. They said after the first week I should not have to remind them that I am supposed to be given extra time. I never said I refused to call her doctor. I said she came across as being aggressive. Most professors don't correct students when they say professor instead of Dr. Those words are usually used interchangeably.

[Anonymous]

If this was your first semester of college, I can understand it's an adjustment going from HS where much is managed for you, to college where you are your best and often only advocate. But that is where my sympathies for you end, not understanding what role is yours and what role is the professor is one thing, but making it appear that it's their responsibility to babysit you and your accommodations shows that you have no interest in taking responsibility for your actions. Only YOU know what you need, even when it comes to the disabilities office - it's on YOU to ensure the times and location of your exams are appropriate.

My suggest is to start your next semester off with a better attitude and plan for managing your accommodations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this was your first semester of college, I can understand it's an adjustment going from HS where much is managed for you, to college where you are your best and often only advocate. But that is where my sympathies for you end, not understanding what role is yours and what role is the professor is one thing, but making it appear that it's their responsibility to babysit you and your accommodations shows that you have no interest in taking responsibility for your actions. Only YOU know what you need, even when it comes to the disabilities office - it's on YOU to ensure the times and location of your exams are appropriate.

My suggest is to start your next semester off with a better attitude and plan for managing your accommodations.

Her classes are online. It doesn't get any easier than that. The professor needs to program the extra time. Op can't do that herself. At what point is it on the professor to do their job? Sounds like never judging from all the snarky feedback.

[Anonymous]

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.

OP is informing them. And "in the real world", employers in a professional setting like DOCTOR Blah-blah-blah would be expected to know the requirements of his or her position, like complying with legal requirements of the ADA (or whatever OP's is based on).

So, sweetheart, the professor is failing at his or her job by not doing so and by not returning emails in a timely manner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Professor here.

I routinely have classes of 100 with maybe 3-4 students who get extra time on tests. I try to remember to program this but when announcing test reminders I always say "if you have extra time please remind me via email so I can ensure it's built-in." I issue about 6 reminders so this is not called out by itself.

As for late work, if someone comes up to tell me something will be late I typically remember that is permitted but always appreciate reminders.

Returning emails weeks late is inexcusable.

How hard is it to make a list of the students who need extra time? I'll tell you ---- not at all. You're being lazy, pure and simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this was your first semester of college, I can understand it's an adjustment going from HS where much is managed for you, to college where you are your best and often only advocate. But that is where my sympathies for you end, not understanding what role is yours and what role is the professor is one thing, but making it appear that it's their responsibility to babysit you and your accommodations shows that you have no interest in taking responsibility for your actions. Only YOU know what you need, even when it comes to the disabilities office - it's on YOU to ensure the times and location of your exams are appropriate.

My suggest is to start your next semester off with a better attitude and plan for managing your accommodations.

I think a lot of you are failing to see how hard this can be when the class is online. The exams and modules get locked so there is no way to know. Sometimes you won't know until the day it gets unlocked what time you have. I can understand her frustration. This is so students can't work too much in advance.