Ugh! What is it with this semester?
So first it was the young women who didn’t want to postpone their group presentation one class period when their groupmate had been taken away in an ambulance right before class…a pretty good excuse for postponing, I thought.
Then I got an email from a student this morning complaining cause her group mate had a baby this weekend & the new mother “failed to contact me to let me know she wasn’t participating on the project anymore.” Did I miss something? An 18 or 19-year-old has a baby 2 months prematurely & she’s supposed to inform the people she’s working with on a group project, what, during labor? I guess she should’ve contacted her groupmate while she was taking a break from visiting her new baby boy in intensive care? OMG! Is this student insane? I let this student know the new mother wouldn’t be participating on Monday morning, how is that not sufficient notice? I let her know their group project requirements would be lessened since their group mate was taking a short leave from the class. How does it even enter your head to be offended cause someone didn’t notify you that they’d gone into labor unexpectedly over the weekend? UGH!
The email was of the type I really hate: a complaint where one student throws her groupmates under the bus. & coming from this student–who left class 40 minutes early yesterday cause, apparently, she’d scheduled herself to work at her job during our class period–I was having none of it. Apparently everyone has to make allowances for her schedule, but if anyone dares upset her expectations, WATCH OUT!
I haven’t sent a reply to the email cause I need to put some time between me and my anger with this young woman’s incredible insensitivity…maybe I’ll just talk to her in class tomorrow? I’m fighting my desire to crush her completely by letting her know how insensitive she was, but that’s no good…this girl has feelings too, she just can’t spare any of them for her classmates, apparently.
Oh geez. I think it’s typical young people mentality (listen to me– like I’m an old grandma or something) Everything is about them and they don’t even begin to think about anyone else. Pretty insensitive, yes. And if you restrain yourself from crushing her, you are a better woman than I. ESPECIALLY since she left from class early because of HER work scheudle. CRAZY!!
Oh, and don’t hold your breath anymore!! We aren’t closing on Friday, but it’s okay because it’s due to repairs being done. Thanks for the support though.
What on earth are these women studying? it sounds to me like they all failed kindergarten, which is were we were supposed to learn how to get on and play nicely with each other. These girls need a remedial class.
I do hope that the girl’s baby does okay and that the rest of them grow a collective brain.
sheesh!
I was having a giggle at my misunderstanding, thinking your birthday was yesterday, when it’s not until December. Oh well, we’ll both be fitting into jeans 2 sizes smaller, and will we then be calling you “little prof”?
The mama bird pecks the baby bird. The mama cat cuffs the kitten. Mama dog nips the pup. Human mama decides to let baby to run wild. Accountability? Nope! ‘Any excuse is a believable excuse’ and ‘it’s always somebody else’s fault’
Thank god they’re not all brought up that way!
Good luck with the spoon fed ones, bigprof!
Geez, I thought middleschoolers were the only ones w/lame excuses. I’m amazed at your self-control that you were considerate of the one girl’s feelings. I don’t know that I would have had the strength to hold back.