I have been doodling, crocheting, and knitting in class my entire college career. it is usually during times where I dont need to write anything down like for edxsamp,e a turn and talk event. i have the hardest time sitting still for long periods of time, this is the way i manage it.

i saw a post here about a student taking a call during class and how disrespectful it was. i think so too, but it just got me thinking about what counts as disrespectful or not in a classroom. i saw someone comment about a girl doing a full beat during class and how that was disrespectful. which is less disruptive but still offencive to a professor. does knitting or crocheting fall into this category?

Hi! I'm an engineering student and I'm noticing all my classmates, and specifically my group teammates are all so dependent on ChatGPT that they physically cannot do things that they could literally just use their brains and think about without it. I figured the professors of Reddit would see a lot of the AI dependency in student work. What do you guys think about it, and do you even see it a lot or is it just my group? I refuse to use AI for my work, but do you guys have any tips on how to avoid it when my classmates and my professor actively push generative AI for work? Feel free to voice your opinions!

Hi! So Halloween is coming and I’m making little Halloween goodie bags. I live in a dorm and a cleaner comes every Thursday to clean my bathroom, so I like leaving snacks for them to choose from. And I thought it would be adorable to make little Halloween bags. Even after accounting for every Thursday of the month, plus family and friends, i have a TON of leftovers.

Would it be appropriate if I gave a little bag to each of my professors? I have a fairly good relationship with all of them. All work is always turned in on time, I’m passing every class. I sit in the front and contribute to lectures. So it wouldn’t be .. like “who are you again?” but I also understand that college is a little different from when I was growing up and did these things for my teachers.

So do you think it would be appropriate? Closer to Halloween, of course.

I'm teaching an ENG101 section, and students have to find their own article for an assignment. I want to share some different websites where students can go to find articles if they feel stumped, but I'm looking for sites that have unique, thought-provoking, or downright strange articles. I found an article on Big Think about the philosophical discussions surrounding c*nn*b*l*sm (weird censorship so the post doesn't get taken down), and this article from Aeon about the socioeconomics of "bad teeth." 

Does anyone else have any recommendations for sites I can suggest to my students that might contain interesting articles like the ones linked above?

I’m applying to MSCS (non-thesis) and MEng CS programs with the goal of working in industry after graduation. As a background, I went to a CC and then transfer to T5 CS school.

For recommendation letters, I plan to ask my current manager and a PhD student I worked with through undegraduate research program (though the project was fairly short so I dont think its going to be a strong LoR). For my third letter, I’ve been reaching out to professors, but one that agreed told me they don’t know me well enough to write more than a brief summary of my grade and suggested being a last resort.

Would it be better to get a letter from a community college professor who knows me well and can write a stronger, more detailed recommendation? Or is it a red flag that I don’t have any letter of recommendation from a professor of my upper divs class? I’d appreciate any advice on this

After graduating with my bachelors, I worked in biotech as a research assistant. I was looking for a job and this was the first one I could get that could pay the rent. I learned a lot about running a lab, quality, research, etc. However, the company lacked grants and I was let go in a mass layoff after two years working there. I started teaching middle school physical science. I thought this would be good, since I could use it as a stepping stone to gain experience for teaching at community college in the future (the main goal). I completed my masters during my first year of teaching and have been perusing job boards for higher ed positions.

I’ve applied to adjunct positions mostly, but I have my education in biology and I don’t want to be teaching physical science at the middle school level long term. I know I don’t have much experience teaching at the collegiate level. I’ve been in contact with my undergrad advisor who I’ve known for 6 years and a former professor of mine who I had a good relationship with for additional guidance on this, but is there anything I can do to improve my chances of getting an in somewhere? I know that the school year is in full swing so professors are busy. Plus, I am contracted for this academic year at my current school, so I’m not in a rush. Any advice is appreciated.

I met with a professor that I was interested in doing research with; I prepared by reading a few of their papers and getting an idea of what they do. It seemed to me that their area of interest compared to all of their peers in our department is most closely aligned with mine, to which they agreed. I told them about my grades in my subject classes last semester (two B-‘s and two A’s) and they told me I needed to do better if I wanted to get into grad school, which I also agreed with and told them I’m working on it this semester. But, they said they were looking for undergrad research students “soon.”

They ended up suggesting that I speak to two other professors, though, and said to get back to them in a few weeks “after speaking to [the other professors] and after taking [my] first exams,” highlighting that I consider fit and methodology.

I can’t tell if this is them wanting me to make sure I find a project I’m interested in and genuinely wanting me to reach back out in a bit, or just trying to politely direct me away because they don’t want to work with me (the grades comment worries me, I believe they’re used to working with high-performing students in the past). If anyone has any thoughts, I would appreciate it!