much larger child is ABSOLUTELY delighted to inform their parent that the next bus is coming in "six-seeeeeven" minutes

this isn't saying students are stupid or bad or lazy, fwiw, it's saying higher ed as an industry has created bad incentives for everyone.

This is a no-win situation for average students and faculty- the skills are real, but the jobs crisis is structural, not personal, and being a customer service professional on, effectively, an at-will employment contract who is -also- asked to navigate ideological minefields- well, ask a barista.

the same rationale that protects a limited number of humanities jobs- transferable "soft skill" training for the workplace- produces students as consumers and faculty as customer service professionals.

even if we bracket political campaigns, your "average" grading faculty member is remarkably vulnerable to students enacting revenge for poor grades. and universities have no material or ideological to back faculty in such a situation

The very obvious public pressure campaigns for an ongoing disciplinary investigation are ridiculous and punitive, but admins fundamentally care very little about protecting staff.

Meanwhile, the student sees a chance to start her podcasting career, so the case doesn’t matter much to her.

the baby has seemingly just discovered it can suck in its cheeks and make a popping sound, which it is doing, but it does not make the baby laugh. this is a scholarly baby undertaking, done with experimental caution and outward signs of great reflectiveness

Just kidding, you have a first amendment right to a good grade on all your homework if you're conservative enough

you're cooking w this tho. i wanna see the hedgehog run down a line of christmas lights between buildings, for example

even Hamp had to have a bunch of stupid meetings before gender neutralizing the bathrooms

i am measuring the desirability of all jobs by proximity to an mlb stadium and this one is...... okay.

:/

hist of sound is less high concept, as it were, which is in its favor

then you might like it! josh o'connor and the other guy look real sad but also hopeful at each other and they're both great at that.