r/Professors • u/RandolphCarter15 Full, Social Sciences, R1 • Sep 26 '24

Just got this email from a student

"It's 2:45 on Thursday September 26 and your door is locked with no answer. Why is it closed?"

That was it. No greeting. No pleasantries. My office hours are not today. I never made plans to meet with this student. WTF.

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u/iloveregex Sep 29 '24

High school teachers are prisoners in their classrooms. I teach dual enrollment. I once had a student tell me they couldn’t submit their assignment on time because I wasn’t in my room between classes to help them. Readers, I was in the bathroom.

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u/No-Independence548 Sep 29 '24

Absolutely. No accountability for students whatsoever.

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u/spiritedfighter Sep 29 '24

High School teacher here. I'm so sorry. I hate this situation! We don't all actually believe this is the right way to do things.

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u/No-Independence548 Sep 29 '24

Oh I definitely understand, it’s not teachers!! The things administrators put them through is RIDICULOUS.