Dr Just-A-Prof @pr_a_docs
Disenfranchised academic. Tweets on students/admin/misc higher-ed inanity; names changed to protect the idiots. Ivory Tower Joined August 2014-
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“There’s no managing like micromanaging.” - @ass_deans (probably)
.@getDeestweets it’s happening! #teamcandycorn
Love this! Here’s hoping his anti-everything governor doesn’t find out…
Love this! Here’s hoping his anti-everything governor doesn’t find out…
Order a latte at student-run cafe in my building; ask for skim milk. Student: “Is non-fat okay?” 🤦🏻♂️
Accurate
As long as you’re going to be in a toxic environment it may as well be with people who are narcissistic assholes 🤷🏻♂️
Is it okay to sign an email reply to a student “Fuck off” when they ask to add a few points to an assignment grade? Asking for a friend…
It’s now “fuck it, I’ve done enough grading for the day” o’clock
Critical issues facing higher ed institutions on a daily basis and Presidents out their living their best lives (this guy was also at the last Super Bowl…which had zero Philly teams) with nothing else other than self-promotion as the goal 🙄
Once again, ineptness rules the day. Amirite @ass_deans?
After 3 decades in higher ed, nothing should surprise me about how truly incompetent administration can be. Yet, here we are…🤦🏻♂️
.@ass_deans has done it again. Updated mask mandate…optional in common areas of classroom buildings but not classrooms 🤦🏽♂️
Hmm…3 male faculty members refuse to sign retraction-all w the same surname. Apparently, ‘Kennedy’ is code for ‘I’m ok w sexual misconduct as long as he’s a good colleague’ 🙄#harvardletter
Making the statement, “I had Covid last year, so I didn’t feel the vaccine was necessary” sorta negates your submission of a religious exemption, no? 🤦🏻♂️
I work w a lot of people who need to hear this…but even if I tagged them, they wouldn’t ‘hear it’ 🤦🏻♂️
I work w a lot of people who need to hear this…but even if I tagged them, they wouldn’t ‘hear it’ 🤦🏻♂️
.@TDBank_US “America’s Most Convenient Bank” except, of course, only if you have an appointment that we didn’t tell you was necessary 🙄

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