The Good and the Bad

[onefixedstar]

The Good

• The Leafs won tonight.


• I got my second group-stats-assignment-from-hell back and we got 59.5 out of 60 on it.


• I'm receiving external funding next year, which means that I can continue along my merry path of working as a TA or an RA and not both.

The Bad

• I can hear the victory honking in my twentieth-floor apartment with all the windows closed.


• I still have to write the final exam for my stats class.


• I'm being deluged with email from students regarding tomorrow's exam. Sample questions include "explain chapter X" and "I don't understand any of this topic." I'm not quite sure how they expect me to answer those questions over email, and I'm not all that sympathetic since I suspect that most of these students skipped their study groups two weeks ago and didn't bother showing up for our office hours last week. Yes, I know that last week was a bit early to begin studying, but really, if there's a whole chapter you don't understand, you probably should have caught it before now. And since they emailed many of these questions to me late tonight, I have to go into school early tomorrow because the textbook is sitting in my office.

Comments

silly students

[(Anonymous)]

I still don't think you should bust yer butt for these students. If they are leaving this til the last minute, then there is something wrong. It is obvious they did not read beforehand - or go to study groups or lectures (all where they can ask questions). I tell them not to email me broad questions (what does chapter 15 mean) but rather specifics. One year we had a student who mailed each TA separately - asking each of them to provide a synopsis of a different chapter. Obviously - I did not, and the rest of us caught on to what he was doing (the beauty of email).
They will try and pull a fast one if they can...so be wary and don't over extend yourself my dear! TK

[a-just-society.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain re: students. I provided my students with the exam questions in advance (well, four of the eight on the sheet will appear), and I'm still getting questions about them. I suppose it means that they are studying at least.

Congrats on the funding!

[onefixedstar.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I'm not sure that asking questions necessarily means they're studying--sometimes it just means they want to avoid studying.