Professor Jaded

Why am I anonymous? Because you should never meet your heroes.

[Professor Jaded @ProfessorJaded]

Most burned-out, tired faculty were once enthusiastic idealists who didn’t understand why no one else worked as hard as they did…

[Professor Jaded @ProfessorJaded]

No, it’s still not graded…
But, I did find some new recipes to try today during office hours.

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@IronyPhD A camping hammock and a book usually serve as a good start for me on a jaded afternoon

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@EliteYacob @BellwetherFarms @PhDVoice Damn!! I could go for that right now…

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And now for one of my all-time favorite questions…
At what point do I become “the old breed”?

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The more you let your colleagues down…
The less it stings.
You’re not an imposter anymore whenever they finally know the truth.

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@peevedccprof

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@knittaphd I go as a scantily-filled-in scantron

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@peevedccprof Carry two in each hand… make sure they look exactly alike.
Wear a mask and shades.
Own it.

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The quicker that you respond…
The quicker that you are expected to respond.

[Professor Jaded @ProfessorJaded]

How ever much of yourself that you plan to give to the job…
The job will always want more.

[Oh the irony @IronyPhD]

A perfect syllabus is like a perfect dissertation. It doesn’t exist and nobody reads it unless they are paid to do it. #teachersoftwitter

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Always set your timed announcements for weird times or times during your office hours so it looks like you’re working more than you are

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“In my classes, we call it the ‘Skill-abus’ because it teaches us the skills we need to succeed….”

Some profs just try waaaaaaaay too hard…
#iykyk

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As you lineup your schedule for the new semester, be sure to add a few phony assignments that you can cancel in early November and look like a hero

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@peevedccprof I’ll also make sure that the program is done in the style of a syllabus, with learning objectives included

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No, I haven’t graded it yet… and I move yours to the bottom of the pile whenever you ask about it… just out of petty spite.

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@ProfMoneyBags Get their approval…
Then set it back to what you want.

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@ProfOppressor I don’t know. Maybe.
I think I’m just tired and feeling trapped.

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I don’t think that I want to share many ideas with colleagues anymore…
I instead think I’ll just go home and watch the sun rise and set in silence.

[Professor Jaded @ProfessorJaded]

@sunoppositemoon Yeah, I’m cool. Thanks for asking though, friend.