tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post2778338790532011803..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Top 10 Things I Have Learned as a Professor-StudentFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-17880007047966382892008-09-28T07:52:00.000-05:002008-09-28T07:52:00.000-05:00There is nothing in my life that has ever caused m...There is nothing in my life that has ever caused me the kind of anxiety and general unhappiness that I have felt over exams. Oh, how I hated them. I always did well, but they caused me so much grief. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if I could subject myself to them again- I'd want to take the language course as Pass/Fail, and then I wouldn't care if I got a B or C on the exam.Candid Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01722793931639972423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-50318148866974343552008-09-27T22:07:00.000-05:002008-09-27T22:07:00.000-05:00You still get stickers?! I am SO jealous! I don't ...You still get stickers?! I am SO jealous! <BR/><BR/>I don't get no stinking stickers... or glow in the dark ones, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-2736517355997381252008-09-27T13:57:00.000-05:002008-09-27T13:57:00.000-05:00I did this same thing when I was teaching math/phy...I did this same thing when I was teaching math/physics and trying to bolster my life science background...I took Organic Chem I and II at my school, from a colleague, with some of the same students who were in my Calculus II and II courses. It was a great experience!<BR/><BR/>I got to see my colleague in action, in the classroom, and saw him in a different way than in faculty meetings and cocktail parties (and learned some things I incorporated into my classes as well!). I also got to remember the feeling of being overwhelmed, worrying about homework and exams, but also got to know my students in a different light and vice versa. We ended up forming a casual study group, helping each other with orgo while I also helped them with their calc. Took some "letting go" and breaking down some of the professor/student walls, but it was very positive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-85987615974452489702008-09-27T10:39:00.000-05:002008-09-27T10:39:00.000-05:00I occasionally have the dream that I'm taking an e...I occasionally have the dream that I'm taking an exam in a math class that I've forgotten to attend. But my more typical dream is that it's the third or fourth week in a semester, and I just realized that I've forgotten to show up and <B>teach</B> a class. And I don't remember what room the class is in, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-35286877633951523442008-09-27T07:36:00.000-05:002008-09-27T07:36:00.000-05:00It's a relief that other people still have that dr...<I>It's a relief that other people still have that dream.</I><BR/><BR/>I have never met anyone who has a post-baccalaureate degree who doesn't have that dream. Sometimes I show up for the exam not only having mastered NONE of the material of the course, but totally fucking NAKED!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-90724625443067814112008-09-27T03:53:00.000-05:002008-09-27T03:53:00.000-05:00I am still tense and nervous GIVING exams!!I am still tense and nervous GIVING exams!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-79157702034002925912008-09-26T23:55:00.000-05:002008-09-26T23:55:00.000-05:00Wow. It's a relief that other people still have th...Wow. It's a relief that other people still have that dream. I haven't taken a university course in 14 years, and I still get that dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-36792186978063332842008-09-26T23:09:00.000-05:002008-09-26T23:09:00.000-05:00So do you pay per credit? Or is it a "perk" of be...So do you pay per credit? Or is it a "perk" of being faculty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-68555688942559250662008-09-26T15:14:00.000-05:002008-09-26T15:14:00.000-05:00That's awesome that you're taking an undergraduate...That's awesome that you're taking an undergraduate course but how in the heck do you find the time??!!!<BR/>http://www.girlpostdoc.blogspot.com/unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949487275042211766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-84039998395576806372008-09-26T13:55:00.000-05:002008-09-26T13:55:00.000-05:00"Otherwise it feels like they are hostage to your ..."Otherwise it feels like they are hostage to your ever-changing whims. "<BR/><BR/>See, I always thought that they signed on to hear whatever wisdom I had to impart, within the vague and general guideline of the course description :-).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-47734684174639672008-09-26T13:18:00.000-05:002008-09-26T13:18:00.000-05:00To anon 11:23:I totally consider the syllabus a co...To anon 11:23:<BR/><BR/>I totally consider the syllabus a contract. Look, add/drop comes and goes early in the quarter, the students need something that lets them know what exactly they have committed to. Otherwise it feels like they are hostage to your ever-changing whims. This tends to encourage feelings of resistance---which is undesirable in my opinion.yoliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377530393720341372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-29344623380644028362008-09-26T13:13:00.000-05:002008-09-26T13:13:00.000-05:00This is one of the best things a Professor can do ...This is one of the best things a Professor can do for their students, in my opinion. Take up a new skill that you are an utter novice at. There is no other way to remind yourself of what it is like to be a true beginner at something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-8878742297447228162008-09-26T11:46:00.000-05:002008-09-26T11:46:00.000-05:00I have a difficult decision coming up - take my Ca...I have a difficult decision coming up - take my Canadian citizenship test, or stick to my promise to myself NEVER to take ANY exam or test EVER AGAIN.Cath@VWXYNot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/01164268321173313605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-17332993254835519252008-09-26T11:30:00.000-05:002008-09-26T11:30:00.000-05:00#7- that's how I met my husband bizarrely enough. ...#7- that's how I met my husband bizarrely enough. We were in the same paper, I always moved around but I noticed he was a chronic same seat sitter (naturally near the front!). So I deliberately sat in his seat a couple of times to see what he'd do; he was too polite to say "you pinched my seat!!", but we got chatting and the rest is history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-2684507019809845552008-09-26T11:25:00.000-05:002008-09-26T11:25:00.000-05:00I'm fine with syllabus changes as long as there is...I'm fine with syllabus changes as long as there is some notice -- e.g. if the date of an exam is changed, it's good to know a week in advance instead of a day.Female Science Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-49886676094390087022008-09-26T11:23:00.000-05:002008-09-26T11:23:00.000-05:00"Whoah, I forgot to attend this course and now I h..."Whoah, I forgot to attend this course and now I have to take the exam"<BR/><BR/>I still have that dream, too. Sometimes it's so vivid that I actually think it happened. My version is that I look at my registration card, and realize that I'm actually signed up for a class I've never been to, and for which I have done nothing. It's usually a math class, with lots of homework and where I really don't understand it. <BR/><BR/>I have a sneaking suspicion that the reason the dream is so vivid is that there are some classes I took (and that appear on my transcript) that I've forgotten so thoroughly that I'm kind of wondering if I really did forget to to go to the class. <BR/><BR/>Cool taking a class and exams. I do think teachers would benefit from doing this periodically. It should be part of the sabbatical experience -- taking a *real* class every seven years ago. Seeing things from the other perspective (the syllabus thing always gets me -- I think it's nutty for students to consider it a contract. But, maybe I'd feel differently if I was on the other side).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-67468950302482946562008-09-26T10:30:00.000-05:002008-09-26T10:30:00.000-05:00#7 same seat--so odd, yet so important! I see it h...#7 same seat--so odd, yet so important! I see it happen in standing meetings as well. Same people, same room, same seats every week :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-57021363076515900182008-09-26T08:10:00.000-05:002008-09-26T08:10:00.000-05:00I wish more professors took an undergrad class eve...I wish more professors took an undergrad class every once in awhile!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com