Maybe it was the double overload in the Fall or just the weird schedule this Spring, but either way, I'm very ready for the semester to end, which happens tomorrow. I've been pretty sloppy this semester in responding to student emails (in some cases confirming wrong answers as correct, which then came back to bite people on exams so I had to fix that a few times), and I've had a few really high-maintenance students this semester that have at times sucked the life force out of me. Mostly grade grubbing.
Summer will be busy, but I'm ready for a change. My last office hour of the semester is tomorrow, and I will probably just skip it and go to the bookstore. Better for all concerned. There's nothing that can't be solved by email or corrected after the semester is over, if needed, and I'm crabby enough at some people that I would otherwise possibly say something I would later regret.
I already was sarcastic to one person this morning, expressing how NOT shocked I was that they came to my office an hour before the final with detailed questions even though I told them I never do that sort of thing on test day (for a variety of very good reasons). Oops. Not so bad, but then later another guy showed up with a ton of questions even though my office hours had ended a while back. I dealt with him, but I'm sure my lack of enthusiasm was infectious.
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It seems like it's been a rough semester on everyone for some reason. We are all glad its over!
Posted by: Astroprof on May 9, 2008 12:45 PM