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11 hours ago, LifeLovePassion said:
I've done an altered book example and some collage greeting card samples for my students (high school art teacher at an alternative high school).
At home, working on organizing everything and unpacking. Today I organized fabric, got most done except fabric scraps. If you have a favorite way to store those, I'd love ideas.
You sound very busy, but I would love to see your altered book. I've long been intrigued by those, but never found "just the right thing" for me.
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Yes! The other nonsense!
The world is such a messy place, what can you do but laugh.
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2 hours ago, regentrude said:
Sure- but the expectation that professors should answer emails from students or the administration at all hours is grating.
Just because you have an evening class or may choose to spend your weekend doing research does not mean students are entitled to expect a response to their non-emergency emails, and the administration is most certainly not entitled to a response about a non-time-critical issue.That is inconsiderate and calls for a frank discussion about work-life balance. They know faculty are working anyway, but they should NEVER structure any opportunities that require people to be on call over the weekend.
The academic culture is toxic in that respect. (Do not quote- will delete: In a recent retirement celebration, a high ranking staff member was lauded for always picking up the phone immediately at midnight or 3am. That was seen as a great strength. I see it as abusive culture.)As for helping students: I generally will not respond to students over the weekend as a matter of principle. Exceptions are true emergencies (death in the family and worried about missing the exam). Any question that can wait until Monday gets answered on Monday at 7am. I do this on purpose to break the culture that I call "tyranny of the immediate response". Also, I try to unplug and be away from my phone and email as much as I can. I have 500 students. The amount of email is staggering.
I agree with you, as does dh.Please don't quote
Thanks for not quoting
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15 minutes ago, Bootsie said:
As a college professor, I have never worked "usual business hours" Almost every semester I teach at least one night class. Some semesters I teach in weekend programs; I know few professors who typically work 8-5, M-F--they work many hours but not along the line of "usual business hours".
Sure, but do you feel that you should be available 24/7 for any administrative task sent your way, or instead some reasonable subset of the week that makes sense for your class schedule and your life? No need to answer, just sharing the gist of the Tick household's discussion. A household which includes an engineering professor who does not feel the need to be responding to administrative email between midnight and 7am on a random Sunday, but then misses a first come first serve department funding opportunity. So there is clearly a department cultural expectation. What drives that? Can it be changed? OP, no one here would balk at responding to your type of enquiry, helping and working with students is the point of the many pointed job.
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2 minutes ago, cintinative said:
On Saturday. 😃
Thanks. Standing discussion topic in the Tick household about expected vs desired work hours. Good sign that the professor is responsive, no one here would hesitate to respond to a query like yours, although if it came through official channels on the weekend - maybe.
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10 minutes ago, cintinative said:
So for those following along, I emailed one of the professors on Saturday about setting up a tour of the department and meeting and he referred me back to the Academic Services Director who was unresponsive before. 😕 However, I did find out that last week was Spring Break so hopefully she will contact us soon.
Just out of curiosity, did the professor respond in Saturday, or during usual business hours?
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My Kitchen Aid is 30 years old (😲). I use it to make all our whole wheat (blend) pizza dough, and occasionally bread. I keep it in a cabinet and enjoy the test of strength to see if I can still casually lift it to the counter when I want to use it.
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I've rented a few on travel for short stays. It was enjoyable but I could see that it would difficult long term, especially with another person. Room for hobbies and exercise were my first concerns.
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8 hours ago, frogger said:
1/2 mile from this building is an abondoned army barracks building. The original "everyone in town lives in this building" building.
LOL
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1 minute ago, Indigo Blue said:
My son had an old Volvo sedan as his first car. I loved that car so much. You could see everything. I would love to have a similar car now.
I wonder if, ironically, increased passenger safety has meant increased blind spots and decreased pedestrian safety. These older cars with spindly roof supports would have great sightlines, but be bad in a roll over. I think you would be fine, IB, you don't strike me as someone likely to be involved in a roll over.
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12 minutes ago, catz said:
That is so scary and I hate when that happens. I am kind of short and have had a blind spot in every vehicle I have ever driven. I tell my young adults who attend(ed) college in busy cities to make sure cars see you before crossing and I do the same.
I follow this advice too, but it can be tricky with all the window tinting. Some drivers clearly do not realize how tinted their windows are!
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We bought a new car last summer and it has alarms (beeping) for that kind of situation. It has alerted me more than once when trying to back out of parking spaces where my field of vision was limited. I wasn't excited about the technology before that.
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42 minutes ago, Terabith said:
The feel of this thread reminds me of The Detectorists on Prime.
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In the last 12 months I dealt with an er visit that started with a 7 hour wait in the lobby, ended inconclusively, and cost me $7,000 out of pocket after insurance. Everything was in network. So it can happen.
But KSera is right, that's why we have insurance. I'm glad to read these medically knowledgeable responses, because I would be one to blow off a medical follow up in this kind of situation.
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12 minutes ago, SanDiegoMom said:
The digital SAT is only adaptive in that the second half of the exam has two options -- the harder or the easier. So the entire first half is the same for everyone. Getting the first few wrong doesn't change what you'll see after those first few.
So, your performance on the first half determines whether you will get the harder or easier second half. But are you saying that it takes more than a couple of mistakes on the first half to push you to the easier second half?
And then, how are the scores compared across students some of whom got the easier second half and others who got the harder second half?
Is only the math section adaptive?
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33 minutes ago, Bambam said:
When we moved my MIL here (about 600 mile trip), she had packed their CO detector in a box. We had a rental car with all sorts of bells and whistles that were new to us. Less than 20 minutes into the trip with all her boxed good packed into the rental SUV, we started hearing an every 30 second beep - which we assumed was some sort of alert from the car. We read the manual. We googled. We thought about stopping at a dealership for help. We did think it was really strange that the beeping continued even when the rental was shut off and parked.
So, 600 miles later, and slightly frazzled, my DH unpacked all those boxes and found one beeping CO detector with a low battery. It's funny now, but it was not funny then. Every 30 seconds - annoying beep - always there - always beeping.
So, useful device, but not if you are moving and it has a low battery. I'm actually sorta impressed it could keep beeping for so long.
I had a smoke detector expire one night - always at night, why at night? Anyway, I took it down and went to the hardware store the next day. The errands overlapped lunch so I took the dc into a fast food joint for lunch. When we came out the expired alarm was alarming LOUDLY on the passenger seat. There was some poor guy who had parked next to me peering into the car trying to figure out what was going on. I was so embarrassed, I don't know why, and I still don't understand why it did that.
Just checked my CO monitor, It's got a few more years in it.
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41 minutes ago, busymama7 said:
I have to stand there and hold it the whole time.
Yikes, that sounds tedious. It shouldn't do that (obviously). Even if you strapped it to a shelf, that much motion might be more than the shelf supports could handle.
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😂 Dh had a bad cold last week (tested C19 neg) and I made him take the antique Cough & Cold we had from 2003 and 2005. Judging by the departure and subsequent return of symptoms it still worked. Personally, I only keep pain killers, cough drops, and the food decongestant on hand. The rest is leftovers that I cull when the shelf gets full.
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How do you keep the Bosch from walking off the counter now? The shelf would be like a counter while it is in use. I don't see a problem with adding a lip to the shelf, except I would want to keep the front open. The open front would make it a lot easier to wipe up flour spills and get the machine in and out if needed. That may not be a concern for the Bosch, but when lifting out my KitchenAid I often catch the foot on the 1" lip of the shelf. My KitchenAid lives on a sliding, but not lifting, shelf.
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1 hour ago, Terabith said:
You'll definitely be surprised by what is waiting at the 3rd exit!
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1 hour ago, Terabith said:
This happened to us shortly after we were married (back before Airbnb had been invented). We were moving across the country and checking in at a hotel. The desk clerk said, "If the Millers bother you, try opening the window. They've been causing some trouble." We stared at her for a bit, both a tad worried about who the Millers were and why they were haunting? harassing? hotel guests. Dh asked, "um, who are the Millers?"
"They're a kind of moth that's really active this time of year."
Phew!
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Such sad news.
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10 minutes ago, Melissa in Australia said:
Finished the flower cardigan
I love it! Are the flowers attached to each other, or is there a hidden under layer that they are affixed on?
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