It's Finals Week. One big, steaming pile of "A lack of preparation/planning on your part does NOT constitute an emergency on my part". And that goes for faculty and students.
1) Proctoring
Why, why, why oh WHY can't you show up to your damn final at the scheduled time? WHY? The final exam schedule is out in January. As soon as you know when it is, ask off work. Not hard. And yet, our office is dealing with a rash of 'business travel', 'job emergency', 'pet sickness' excuses. So, they have to schedule a time with my boss or me to take their test in the office. My schedule this week is very erratic due to my own finals and graduating and getting ready for family to visit. So, dealing with requests like, "Can you stay here until 9pm so 'soandso' can take their final?" Um, no. Sorry.
2) Can of what?
Speaking of proctoring, a professor just came in here to let her student take a final on the computer (it's a MIS class). She asked me about a note on the window. I gave a look and went to ask my boss about it. She meant the "Quiet Testing in Progress" signs that we put up and everyone ignores. Once I figured that out, I said, "Sorry, I'll get them" and I vaguely heard "Sorry don't hold a can of beans". Um, what? Alright then, next time I won't be polite. Because you a) didn't schedule this exam ahead of time, b) didn't check to see if I would be staying here the whole time..and I'm not. I leave at 5. Sorry. Ooops, nevermind.
And then there's all the "Aaahh, I've got to find Professor X!!! I need their office number and office hours!!!" Okay, numbers, e-mails, that stuff I can help you with, because I have a handy dandy directory with that info on it. But I don't keep a file with all the faculty office hours. Why? Because our office is home to around 50 professors. Besides all of that information is on your SYLLABUS, you know, the pretty piece of paper you got on the first day of class? You're supposed to keep that.
Also finishing up faculty evals. They were done last week, and now we're getting the packets back - filing the handwritten responses, putting away the folders and pencils, etc. I just happened to glance at one of the comments, it said, "Thing you liked least about this class: That we were graded on attendance and participation points, that brought my grade down for no reason." No reason other than....you didn't bother to show up for class? Oh, you poor baby. How unfair.
*sigh* The future of American business, ladies and gentleman.
Oh! Last one....last week one of the faculty says "Keep Wednesday from 11-2 free". I say I have a final at 1, and she says, "Oh, you can make it" In the back of my mind I'm thinking, Hey, professor's taking me to dinner! I ask about it today, she was sorta inviting me to a faculty end-of-semester dinner as a seat filler....except now all the seats are filled. No free dinner for me.
1) Proctoring
Why, why, why oh WHY can't you show up to your damn final at the scheduled time? WHY? The final exam schedule is out in January. As soon as you know when it is, ask off work. Not hard. And yet, our office is dealing with a rash of 'business travel', 'job emergency', 'pet sickness' excuses. So, they have to schedule a time with my boss or me to take their test in the office. My schedule this week is very erratic due to my own finals and graduating and getting ready for family to visit. So, dealing with requests like, "Can you stay here until 9pm so 'soandso' can take their final?" Um, no. Sorry.
2) Can of what?
Speaking of proctoring, a professor just came in here to let her student take a final on the computer (it's a MIS class). She asked me about a note on the window. I gave a look and went to ask my boss about it. She meant the "Quiet Testing in Progress" signs that we put up and everyone ignores. Once I figured that out, I said, "Sorry, I'll get them" and I vaguely heard "Sorry don't hold a can of beans". Um, what? Alright then, next time I won't be polite. Because you a) didn't schedule this exam ahead of time, b) didn't check to see if I would be staying here the whole time..and I'm not. I leave at 5. Sorry. Ooops, nevermind.
And then there's all the "Aaahh, I've got to find Professor X!!! I need their office number and office hours!!!" Okay, numbers, e-mails, that stuff I can help you with, because I have a handy dandy directory with that info on it. But I don't keep a file with all the faculty office hours. Why? Because our office is home to around 50 professors. Besides all of that information is on your SYLLABUS, you know, the pretty piece of paper you got on the first day of class? You're supposed to keep that.
Also finishing up faculty evals. They were done last week, and now we're getting the packets back - filing the handwritten responses, putting away the folders and pencils, etc. I just happened to glance at one of the comments, it said, "Thing you liked least about this class: That we were graded on attendance and participation points, that brought my grade down for no reason." No reason other than....you didn't bother to show up for class? Oh, you poor baby. How unfair.
*sigh* The future of American business, ladies and gentleman.
Oh! Last one....last week one of the faculty says "Keep Wednesday from 11-2 free". I say I have a final at 1, and she says, "Oh, you can make it" In the back of my mind I'm thinking, Hey, professor's taking me to dinner! I ask about it today, she was sorta inviting me to a faculty end-of-semester dinner as a seat filler....except now all the seats are filled. No free dinner for me.
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