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Critical Professor

@scarystudentwtg

I teach at an undisclosed university. These are actual sentences written by my students. *Facepalm

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"There is an influx regarding the role of language in child development." (I do not think that word means what you think it means.)

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"The Stages of Development differ from kindergarten to eighth grade because of stages of child and adolescent development in students."

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I provided a template for a major assignment with headings that addressed each aspect of the rubric. Guesses as to 1) how many used it and 2) of those who did, how many left the heading "introductory material" without actually adding any introductory material?

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"The role of language based on the theories learned in class is English Language Learners are unique in their own special way of learning the English language."

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"All learners are different so they will not all succeed at the same time, some will learn at their own pace, some will finish sooner, and some will need challenges."

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"Teachers should asses their students’ strengths, weaknesses, and preferred learning styles to track their progress." Every. time.

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"I am writing with deep inquiry and startled uncertainty as to what I could have done incorrectly" My favorite student email so far.

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"Educator’s jobs are to educator children within their classrooms and provide the help that is needed for them to gain the support for success within the classroom."

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1/2 Dyslexia, and their impact on the brain has been investigated in people and mice. It is surprising that researchers can compare a mice brain to a human brain. Also how would researchers infect animals with dyslexia.

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2/2 i am not sure i understand how having dyslexia is classified as a consequence due to lack of reading. How does switching letters within a word and or sentence develop from genetics. How is this tested through genetics?

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Tell me u used a synonym generator w/out telling me. "Giving a portion of humankind's soonest recorded introductions to the universe of coaching and instructing hypothesis, the famous old Greek savant Socrates systematically posed inquiries and occupied with discourse"

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"From the moment you are born to the moment you died there will be milestones all throughout your life big and small, but they are all important, some of the most important once happen at an early age such as socially, cognitive, and emotional, etc."

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Me: Can you explain how your table has 100% similarity? Student: Yes ma'am. I did cite the source in my references. I found a table online that answered the questions perfectly. I was a bit confused on whether citing it was enough or if I needed to do something more.

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Oof. "It is well known that not every student is the same and may struggle differently depending on physical or mental illness and even personal life outside of school that affect the student’s academic performance."

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I am so tired of students telling me "I've never gotten a (insert grade here) before!" Do they expect me to say, "oh! Well then I must be mistaken in my grading! I'll change it to an A right now!"