Chaos

You're much more reasonable. I don't mind at all. You have to understand, my dad was/is a smoker and would smoke inside. So my hatred of smoke has been crafted over 18 years. My dislike of ecigarettes (though I hate that term. This is not like email to mail) comes from me going on a date with a girl who I thought I liked, but she was just so insistent on vaping and she was convinced there were no adverse health effects. She even had the idea to ask, when we were at dinner, why she couldn't vape there. I wanted to punch her in the face. Needless to say, did not go on another date with her. You're totally different there. And thank you for avoiding others when outside, it is seriously very appreciated.

I've moved this topic to this hidden board, so this can be discussed now.

It is now. I have also added, upon request, Steris -> Steris. If you have any other suggestions of common misspelled terms, let me know and I will take that into consideration. We generally do this to have terminology be clear (and correct) to new members.

I do not approve of vaping. Come on. Inhaling smoke is probably not good for your lungs, stop kidding yourself, and I don't want to ingest your stupid smoke indoors. I thought we were past this idiocy. Truly abhorrent.

Anyone opposed with me adding Scadrial -> Scadrial to the word filter?

I suppose when it's that adjacent xD

But... But that's the first thing you learn about functions... You don't need to be a math geek for that Basic algebra!!! It is important!

Match the argument of the function to what is in the function! Basics 0/10

You want to be careful, but you can just say it like, "I have a lot of other classes and obligations on my time. How am I supposed to manage my time properly to balance all of these with such short notice?" What if you had an event to put on, or another longer project?

If I were you, I would go to her office and say that that was pretty unacceptable. At least 24 hour notice for assignments. Say exactly what you said, "If I went to bed early I'd be punished for that?" Make sure you write it on the instructor evaluations. Maybe those are not read at your university but at mine they are very seriously discussed.

I really ought to reread these. They are so much fun. I totally forgot that. I kind of figured that was what it was, though. In retrospect it is obvious.

I wonder if my university has such a policy... I generally just do that (and more), but I wonder if it is formally codified. Personally, Patar, if the professor gives you trouble, you could file a formal complaint and he would get in big trouble. Universities take formal complaints very seriously.

I think you could justify that you didn't see the assignment. I definitely see my student's emails before I go to bed but that doesn't mean I answer them.

It is accurate, though I am wondering where you heard that. I do think it is a very poor notation.

Wow, that is kind of crazy. How could you forget that if it wasn't intentional?

Didn't KChan do this in like 2011?

I have edited the topic title to have the correct spelling "Scadrial" as I feel we shouldn't be perpetuating the misspelling It is tempting to also put "Scadrial" -> "Scadrial" in the word filter. Spell it right

Nope, it is something else, and yes, I would announce such a thing.

Lindsey Stirling is sooo good.

SKAY-dree-ul, by the way, is how Brandon pronounces it.

I know, it bothers me. The logical leaps just let people make crap up. I'm sure it's very exciting to determine what songs mean. When in reality, it may not mean anything and it's just dumb

Word problems are very overrated by students in their difficulty. If you practice, you realize there really aren't that many different problems textbooks even use. Just name crap and write stuff down until an equation appears. Not hard! Maybe I don't find these poems amusing because I just really don't find poetry interesting in any way. If someone showed me their favorite poem, one that they say is very meaningful to them, I read it and I just don't get it. Maybe I never had the training for poetry to work in my brain, but I am a logical person, and the internal logic in poetry is so strange to me that it makes no sense. Why is this line even related to the previous? It doesn't follow logically. It really doesn't make sense to me. I can enjoy stories a lot more because the sentences always do follow logically and follow logical, precise rules. Poems? Not so much. I also have extreme difficulty in comprehending musical lyrics, which is essentially poetry. If a song is playing, it's rare that my brain even parses the correct lyrics. I'll almost always get it wrong if people force me to listen to a "deep" song with "awesome" lyrics. I'm sure the lyrics are great, but I listen to the sounds themselves, not the words. So I think it's a brain thing. People always try and sell poetry in that "it's just musical lyrics without sound!" Yeah well what if I don't care about lyrics I usually just listen to orchestral or foreign music, because there's no need to know or care what the words mean.

You would be just fine in such a math class. The students I never see, show up for exams that they get 20% and 30% on, and then cry to me "I really need to pass" a few days before the final? I have absolutely no empathy for them. Good students, if they don't have the grade they want, talk to their professor and want to do better. They don't wait the day before the final. Very few students are in this category, but yeah, these students failed themselves. And as a college professor, you look at their grades and you can't say anything other than, "yep, they definitely deserve to fail." There are also the students in that category that have failed the same class multiple times. You'd think after the first F you'd come to class and, I don't know, do anything productive. I've seen people retake Calc 1 and Calc 2 upwards of three times. They always think they don't need to come to class. They are wrong. So yeah, I don't have any empathy for those students. It's different if a student had major health issues that prevented them from learning, but if that was the case, you tell your professor. I've been busy. Upgrade is coming. You will definitely see.

Waaaaay too many words for math Yeah. The worst. This is why I like teaching in college. If someone just feels they are entitled you just say "well how exactly did you expect to pass when you didn't pass the first of three exams?" Then they get sad and know they cannot win. Muwhahaha.

Isn't that like most clients in anything ever?