#so called progressives/liberals when the pandemic isn't over and we aren't 'back to normal' etc

[caroloftheshells]

so many things to grade in the next ~24 hours and i am SO tired from teaching as well as the makes-you-tired disease but we're going to do the bare minimum of grading and call it a day ig

#just glad it's today and not yesterday when i could barely make it over to the table to host zoom office hours #i like bare minimum grading anyway; last year all i did was give out 100s on homework #it definitely is something that our supervisor expects me & other person w my job to have 1 day turnarounds on 30-40 #written/qualitative assignments via a long rubric while we are both actively very sick #idk. worst of both worlds you are in charge of everything about the class on paper but not the materials or the grading scheme #or the lesson plans or the course structure. etc. #good thing is you get to be the ultimate grade-enterer for a core class & pass everybody #but yeah. this place is so reliant on grad labor; now that 4(?) of us are sick &still doing our jobs but slower the world is in turmoil etc #theorycomp tag #carol overreacts to life #like; breaking news: a covid surge at the beginning of the semester when maskless undergrads are moving in means ppl will get sick #also: tried getting another person in the theory teaching force to cover one of my classes last friday and my supervisor was like #'they haven't been here long enough; they're not qualified' & like. idk #not allowed to cancel our own classes bc we have to keep up with her class but there aren't enough qualified ppl to get subs so ??? #wack. truly wack situation #so called progressives/liberals when the pandemic isn't over and we aren't 'back to normal' etc