Oh boy does the question match my week.

I caught 3 students cheating a few days ago. Their exams were line by line identical. The handwriting was the only difference. I called them in to my office having printed their exams out. They all lied, including when I showed them their papers side by side, but you could see it in their faces. They knew they were caught.

Outside of this, I like these kids. They are good students with positive attitudes. Wanting to keep the consequences in house and prevent them from having to retake the course, I was very lenient and decided to give them all C’s for the semester.

This wasn’t good enough for the student who I am convinced did the original work. She spoke with her academic advisor. He emailed me. Since he didn’t have all the details, he and I met to get on the same page. After speaking briefly, he agreed the penalty was fair.

Yesterday, right before I was about to leave the office, my department chair came by. This was someone I very much did not want to involve. The student went to speak to her as well. As I expected, my chair told me I had to take the issue to the honor council. For the students’ sake, this was what I was avoiding the entire time.

I stayed late to send an email to the head of the council. By the time I got home, I had several panicked emails from each of the students. I tried to reassure them that the council is often lenient with first time offenses. And if they are unreasonably punative, I will petition to apply my the original decision given I know my students better.

Having spoken with the other faculty, I don’t think the ring leader was trying to go over my head to put me in a difficult position. She was determined to find help, and it took courage to admit what she did to get that help. I told her as much in the last email I sent. It’s a shame she may have made it much worse for herself and the others.

A large part of it is what part of a woman’s body is objectified by society at large. There were times it was ass. Times it was hips. Times when women had to cover their ankles. Now it’s breast, but it’s all good to me.

Stephen Hawking.

There is a sweet spot with buying tools and materials just because you want to and having the right thing when you need it because of an impulse buy. That is me never.

That is a personal attack I do not appreciate

Is this a place to cast shade or self reflect? In the former experimental scientist. They have closets of oscilliscopes, vacuum pumps, cryostats. Enough to furnish 3 or more labs. They always say they’ll use it, but the pile only gets bigger.

For me, I have the opposite problen in general. I throw everything away and end up buying or making new shit. Worst is probably code. Fuck making a repo. This is a one off. I can write the same code 3 times before I keep it, but I like to say that is what makes me a decent programmer. And I’ll keep telling myself that until I die.

Can’t hear you with those boots in your mouth

Is this an actual question or projection? Personally, that would be unlikely. My view is that, while an individual, I’m part of a community. As such I have a personal obligation to serve that community. I do this to set an example in the hopes that others will do the same. It happens to work. The only way it wouldn’t would be if everyone is a selfish asshole. In that case, I would do it anyway and probably more. Be the change you want to see in the world.

It’s probably because you call them ‘anxiety people’

Mosaic?

Are you in my class?

You sound like one of those people who deliberately tries to feed vegans animal products

A poop is serious when you have to take your pants off.

I’m here aren’t I?

I’m pooping so it doesn’t count. But I can’t poop without it so maybe I am

I’ve wanted the smaller form factors for phones for a long time. In the days of flip phones it was easy to forget. Now it feels like you are carrying a brick

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The right way to comment on this post is not to answer OPs question, but rather offer your take on their take.

I did all the things at once!

Imo, games shouldn’t have an easy or a hard mode. They should progress from easy to hard. Think super mario world.

I never tried

Are cars outside the United States more privacy conscious, or is this a gap in GDPR as well?