#Students

I can’t help but notice the stark divide between those tweeting about pain and injustice and those carrying on business as usual. It reminds me of the classes/seminars/research meetings where
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I absolutely hate the idea of kids taking care of siblings. Stop having kids if you cannot afford to get help to take care of them. Your older children are
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During the 1st term of undergrad (>10 years ago), multiple students in my year told me “what?! You dont drink? If you dont drink beer you’re not a real geologist”I
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Normally I’d let stuff like this go, but there’s a syllogistic fallacy that’s driving me bananas.Bad teachers might be bad in all contexts.But someone who flounders in Zoom is not
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So the ministerial foreword for the gov's restructuring regime for HE contains the atrocious sentence: "The funding of student unions should be proportionate and focused on serving the needs of
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Since many young #Myanmar youths are feeling their future is bleak (understandably), I want to start a thread here for scholarships people can apply. I’m an assistant professor of TESOL,
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Apparently, just thinking loud, can NIGERIA set up 1000 Internet hotspots in each 774 local government in the country for Students at all levels? Maybe as a campaigner of positivity,
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What was the most ridiculous piece of criticism you have received as a teacher? Mine: A teacher on Instagram criticized me for not being on campus before students. I teach
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This year is going to be a whole new challenge. So many things have had to change, and (as a community) we are learning new lessons every week. But I
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Why should Government Postpone JEE/NEET?(Based on my personal Experience).Do Read the entire thread!1)Each year the total test-takers of JEE alone are an average of nearly a Million people.Which multiplies the
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This Presidential statement from Purdue is one of cruelest things I’ve read in the last 6 weeks: “Even a phenomenon as menacing as COVID-19 is one of the inevitable risks
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Good luck to the thousands of students taking their Korean college entrance exam today. An 8 hour day of tests which they’ve worked their whole lives for and could determine
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To let unemployment surge under the cover of allowing the economy to adjust naturally to the "new normal" would be intellectually dishonest and economically dangerous. We won't know what jobs
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The "unthinkable" continues to happen in #highered. #BREAKING - Hearing reports about #college applicants getting "unrejected" from some #colleges, including some highly selective ones. Care to guess why? Working on
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Dex is right and I am more or less continuously angry about thisKids have no idea what they're doing and the people giving advice about college by and large do
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Today, I will be on a panel with @KaseyAnnFoley @BreMapston & @LaurenCamacci discussing #altac careers for communication grad students at @CASatPSU. Grad students are prepared for careers outside of the
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