entitled
Recently some students became almost litigious about a date switched. Instead of having three weeks to prepare something that takes ten minutes, now they had merely two weeks. They found […]
Bob Wiseman
cruise
A student handed in work late because she was on “vacation”. I asked where. She said a cruise. I asked was it a good time? She said yes because it’s […]
poof its gone
A student read from his journal. Ostensibly the journals are for writing songs but sometimes people just pose philosophical questions. He asked in this excerpt if a robot realized it […]
liza
In a student discussion they addressed Orville Peck’s upcoming maskless presence in Cabaret which inclined me to send the student a link of the original film by Bob Fosse. I […]
direct talk
Often students communicate in email. Sometimes they present me with situations I cannot easily fix. Adding to the frustration is waiting for a reply to verify they have read the […]
problems I do not want
A student’s submission included a lengthy compliment about my teaching. Flattering the teacher is not wise. Unnecessary psychological layer. Now if they deserve a decent mark, it could be misconstrued […]
billionaire blues
A student doing a presentation on Lemonade by Beyoncé said near the end that she feels sorry for her because she’s one of the most famous people in the world, […]
student journal
After I read this in a student’s journal, “I wake up hating myself or is it hating that I am not the imagined self? Hating that I should be this […]
sleep
In the meditation business people are given a mantra and they are supposed to remember it and use it to interrupt a wandering mind, but minds wander. Why do minds […]
art is the healer
A student in class finally did his first performance. He is a nice fellow, comes to every class, sits at the back, quiet. I do not sense much of a […]