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« Reply #5820 on: December 08, 2008, 02:21:44 PM » |
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Hey oseph -
Thanks for the zombies and werewolves update!
Dunno if this is helpful, but there is a "disease" called Ambras syndrome that causes people to look like werewolves. Perhaps the other prof could suggest he take an incomplete and add a page about Ambras syndrome, thereby "fixing" the problem by actually describing a natural phenomenon. Dunno if I'd take off points here if it were my student.
How strange. I was just at the library, and the man next to me was checking out books on Voodoo in the Caribbean. Must be something in the air. The hot topic of supernatural phenomenon as a natural phenomenon? |
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« Reply #5821 on: December 08, 2008, 03:05:37 PM » |
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Must be BOGO on student issues today--a double serving of a classic helicopter parent AND a FERPA violation to boot!
Profxfiles-
I am writing to ask for your help. My son, Snowflake Jr., is in your advanced Basketweaving for Majors class. I know his [20+page research] paper is due Friday, and I also know he has not started working on it yet. He says he has "brain lock" and cannot come up with a topic. Can you possibly suggest a topic for him and advise me on his overall grade in case he turns in his paper slightly late?
Sincerely,
Mr. Snowflake.
What Mr. Snowflake does not understand is that this is a research paper based on data the students collect individually. If Junior has not picked a topic, that also means he has not started gathering any data. Which means Junior is seriously SOL....
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« Reply #5822 on: December 08, 2008, 03:14:59 PM » |
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Must be BOGO on student issues today--a double serving of a classic helicopter parent AND a FERPA violation to boot!
Profxfiles-
I am writing to ask for your help. My son, Snowflake Jr., is in your advanced Basketweaving for Majors class. I know his [20+page research] paper is due Friday, and I also know he has not started working on it yet. He says he has "brain lock" and cannot come up with a topic. Can you possibly suggest a topic for him and advise me on his overall grade in case he turns in his paper slightly late?
Sincerely,
Mr. Snowflake.
What Mr. Snowflake does not understand is that this is a research paper based on data the students collect individually. If Junior has not picked a topic, that also means he has not started gathering any data. Which means Junior is seriously SOL....
This is going to be really bad. |
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Oseph....you are right and you make sense.
For your future comments, I insult very directly.
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« Reply #5823 on: December 08, 2008, 03:27:29 PM » |
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Hey oseph -
Thanks for the zombies and werewolves update!
Dunno if this is helpful, but there is a "disease" called Ambras syndrome that causes people to look like werewolves. Perhaps the other prof could suggest he take an incomplete and add a page about Ambras syndrome, thereby "fixing" the problem by actually describing a natural phenomenon. Dunno if I'd take off points here if it were my student.
How strange. I was just at the library, and the man next to me was checking out books on Voodoo in the Caribbean. Must be something in the air. The hot topic of supernatural phenomenon as a natural phenomenon? Uh, I believe this is a legitimate religion. The only thing "supernatural" about it is its portrayal in the movies. |
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« Reply #5824 on: December 08, 2008, 05:03:13 PM » |
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Must be BOGO on student issues today--a double serving of a classic helicopter parent AND a FERPA violation to boot!
Profxfiles-
I am writing to ask for your help. My son, Snowflake Jr., is in your advanced Basketweaving for Majors class. I know his [20+page research] paper is due Friday, and I also know he has not started working on it yet. He says he has "brain lock" and cannot come up with a topic. Can you possibly suggest a topic for him and advise me on his overall grade in case he turns in his paper slightly late?
Sincerely,
Mr. Snowflake.
What Mr. Snowflake does not understand is that this is a research paper based on data the students collect individually. If Junior has not picked a topic, that also means he has not started gathering any data. Which means Junior is seriously SOL....
This is going to be really bad. Let us know what happens. It's been awhile since we've had any helicopter intrigue... That said, it might be that Papa Snowflake is unaware of FERPA and is a good natured soul who is trying to help his son. His email is polite and it's clear Snowflake Jr hasn't filled him in on all the details. |
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« Reply #5825 on: December 08, 2008, 05:07:44 PM » |
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Hey oseph -
Thanks for the zombies and werewolves update!
Dunno if this is helpful, but there is a "disease" called Ambras syndrome that causes people to look like werewolves. Perhaps the other prof could suggest he take an incomplete and add a page about Ambras syndrome, thereby "fixing" the problem by actually describing a natural phenomenon. Dunno if I'd take off points here if it were my student.
How strange. I was just at the library, and the man next to me was checking out books on Voodoo in the Caribbean. Must be something in the air. The hot topic of supernatural phenomenon as a natural phenomenon? Uh, I believe this is a legitimate religion. The only thing "supernatural" about it is its portrayal in the movies. Well, technically, all religion is "supernatural" in the sense that it deals with phenomena beyond the observable physical world. But discussions of voudou and zombies, which are largely Caribbean and West African religious beliefs, and werewolves are as "supernatural" as are discussion of Christ and Abraham and Mohammed. That being said, Oseph's friend's student is perching way out on a limb in submitting this paper... |
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« Reply #5826 on: December 08, 2008, 05:09:05 PM » |
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This is going to be really bad.
Let us know what happens. It's been awhile since we've had any helicopter intrigue... That said, it might be that Papa Snowflake is unaware of FERPA and is a good natured soul who is trying to help his son. His email is polite and it's clear Snowflake Jr hasn't filled him in on all the details. "Brain lock" is no laughing matter, either. Some undergrads get their brain stuck like that! |
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« Reply #5827 on: December 08, 2008, 05:34:57 PM » |
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Must be BOGO on student issues today--a double serving of a classic helicopter parent AND a FERPA violation to boot!
Profxfiles-
I am writing to ask for your help. My son, Snowflake Jr., is in your advanced Basketweaving for Majors class. I know his [20+page research] paper is due Friday, and I also know he has not started working on it yet. He says he has "brain lock" and cannot come up with a topic. Can you possibly suggest a topic for him and advise me on his overall grade in case he turns in his paper slightly late?
Sincerely,
Mr. Snowflake.
What Mr. Snowflake does not understand is that this is a research paper based on data the students collect individually. If Junior has not picked a topic, that also means he has not started gathering any data. Which means Junior is seriously SOL....
This is going to be really bad. Let us know what happens. It's been awhile since we've had any helicopter intrigue... That said, it might be that Papa Snowflake is unaware of FERPA and is a good natured soul who is trying to help his son. His email is polite and it's clear Snowflake Jr hasn't filled him in on all the details. I guess it's nice to give Papa Snowflake the benefit of the doubt, but I'd be completely irritated that he'd even bother emailing me. He knows the 20+ page paper is due in a matter of days? Then he knows his son is failing. Also, I'd be annoyed by the assumption that turning in the paper "slightly late" is even an option - at a lot of schools, those last papers are right up against grade deadlines. And it's the prof's responsibility to give his son a topic? I guess we should be giving them hints on exams, too? Nah. Papa Snowflake might have good intentions and be polite, but this is complete helicopter nonsense as far as I'm concerned. |
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« Reply #5828 on: December 08, 2008, 06:15:19 PM » |
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Sounds like Papa Snowflake gets a standard FERPA response.
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« Reply #5829 on: December 08, 2008, 06:28:41 PM » |
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Sounds like Papa Snowflake gets a standard FERPA response.
This is how I'd handle it. And I wouldn't expect to hear from him again, either. I predict he'll back off when he knows the score. |
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« Reply #5830 on: December 08, 2008, 06:35:02 PM » |
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I just got the following gem from a student:
hi Mr. [My last name misspelled]* , I'm sorry to bother you but I have a concern about the final exam, my section is scheduled to take the exam on Saturday the 20th. This is sadly the day of my parents Christmas party and all of my family and friends are coming to New York to see my family. I have never missed it and I would do anything to be able to leave Friday so I can be there. Therefore, I was hoping that it may be possible for me to take the final with the other section Friday at 4. If this is at all possible please let me know. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely
Snowflake
The classic thing about this e-mail? The student also requested to be excused for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. I suppose it's possible she could be from a multifaith family, but I highly doubt that. I've not yet figured out how I'll respond, but I'm going to try to come up with something witty.
*Oh, and she misspelled my last name by substituting my e-mail address. Instead of "Mr. Mountainguy," she wrote something to the equivalet of "Mr. Mountaingu221." Brilliant.
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« Reply #5831 on: December 08, 2008, 06:41:18 PM » |
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She could be a Messianic Jew...
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« Reply #5832 on: December 08, 2008, 07:05:51 PM » |
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There are plenty of Jewish families who celebrate the "big" Jewish holidays (Rosh Hashonah, Yom Kippur, Passover) for religious or cultural reasons, but who also celebrate the Christmas season (in a secular way) in response to living in a country where Christian traditions reign. Especially, a "Christmas party" isn't inconsistent with such a family, whose friends may be largely Christian. Some folks just don't like the more generic word "holiday," and "Chanukah party" is too restrictive.
In any case, even if it's a sham, if there's another section taking the same exam the day before, I'd have no problem letting the student take the exam with the earlier section.
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« Reply #5833 on: December 08, 2008, 07:24:06 PM » |
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I'm letting the student take the final with the other section because it doesn't make sense to play police officer on this one (there are plenty of extra seats, the two sections will get different essay questions, etc.). Whether her excuse is legitimate or not, I must admit that the student has behaved in a way throughout the semester that has aroused my suspicions of her.
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« Reply #5834 on: December 08, 2008, 07:27:05 PM » |
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To clarify: I didn't think you were being discriminatory at all. And she may indeed be trying to pull a fast one, either now or during the Jewish holidays. I'm just saying that there are families who do as I described.
In any case, I agree that there's no reason to play police officer on this one. It will be interesting to see what kind of grade she earns!
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