jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

Doll Is Mine wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

Shouldn't you be a bit more compassionate? People's grandparents do die.

Wheels Tupay wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

Shouldn't you be a bit more compassionate? People's grandparents do die.

It is the beauty of the excuse. You can't be called out on it just in case.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I couldn't believe when the Eagles-Cardinals announcers were going on and on about how brave some player was to get out there for a handful of plays the day after his Grandmom died

TenuredVulture wrote:Seems awfully in early in the semester to be cashing in your dead grandparent card. Usually, they hang on until finals.

Soren wrote:


failed miserably

jerseyhoya wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:Seems awfully in early in the semester to be cashing in your dead grandparent card. Usually, they hang on until finals.

There was an entertaining paper that we read in first year stats about how dangerous exams are to grandparents. Like their grandkid taking an exam increases their chance of death by 30,000% or something on a given day during finals.

phatj wrote:I have a package being shipped FedEx, which is currently sitting in my local depot in Fort Washington, which is more or less on my way home. But because the sender didn't make holding it for pickup an option, I cannot swing by there and pick it up. And it's not scheduled for delivery until tomorrow.

Grr.

Soren wrote:I'm so glad my attempt at an academic career failed miserably

Doll Is Mine wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

Shouldn't you be a bit more compassionate? People's grandparents do die.

It is the beauty of the excuse. You can't be called out on it just in case.

It's not a coincidence that we have two sets of grandparents - one for each year in school.

SK790 wrote:

Soren wrote:I'm so glad my attempt at an academic career failed miserably

already?

Doll Is Mine wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

Shouldn't you be a bit more compassionate? People's grandparents do die.

It is the beauty of the excuse. You can't be called out on it just in case.

It's not a coincidence that we have two sets of grandparents - one for each year in school.

Soren wrote:

SK790 wrote:

Soren wrote:I'm so glad my attempt at an academic career failed miserably

already?

My plan (premeds) was to get my PhD and teach composition somewhere.

Soren wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:

Wheels Tupay wrote:

Doll Is Mine wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:I have 74 students

How many dead grandparents do you think I'm gonna hear about this semester?

I'm up to 1, one pass fail assignment into the semester

Shouldn't you be a bit more compassionate? People's grandparents do die.

It is the beauty of the excuse. You can't be called out on it just in case.

It's not a coincidence that we have two sets of grandparents - one for each year in school.

My maternal grandmother died when I was 7 of breast cancer.

Soren wrote:nah I'm innit for the long haul, although I might commit homicide trying to compile some Java