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Good morning!

QBwH yesterday, last word ligating. Genius with pangram today.

LB: I had crunched-diabolo. I was surprised that the second word was accepted! Various solutions this time.

Happy puzzling!

Quote from: kaysixteen on May 16, 2024, 08:33:40 PMWhat say you fire him in order to make an example of him?

Firing TAs in the middle of term produces a difficult choice:

A. Fire, and then try frantically to find someone who wants the job partway through the term, (especially with the potential need to sort out the previous person's mess), knowing that if you can't find someone you have to do it all yourself.

B. Keep them on and try to push, plead, etc. just to get through the term with their problematic efforts but knowing that after the term ends you're done with them.

"Making an example" is a pretty short term effect, since the nature of the job involves a candidate pool who have at most a couple of years of institutional memory. And the other TAs who are doing a good job don't need the example.

Good morning!

Pangram and above genius. Didn't get back to the bee yesterday after posting here.

broil/launched (I think)

Happy solving!

What say you fire him in order to make an example of him?

Quote from: Parasaurolophus on May 16, 2024, 03:42:47 PMGotta get my ten pages of T1 in.

Did a bit more.

Oh, I am documenting.  They are not my worst offender, not even for this quarter.


New TAs seem to fall into 2 categories:
super strict
super pushover

I don't think they understand that being "super nice" and giving 100% to everyone on all assignments actually HURTS the students just like finding picky ways to dock points hurts students.

Quote from: marshwiggle on May 16, 2024, 12:04:29 PM[. . .]

If you're old enough to remember, picture it being read in the voice of a K-Tel commercial.

I resemble that remark!

Quote from: Langue_doc on May 16, 2024, 01:06:56 PMIn other news,

QuoteColumbia Faculty Group Passes No-Confidence Resolution Against President

[. . .]

But she's an immigrant! An Arab! A political exile! Does this mean she's been identified as a . . . race traitor?

Gotta get my ten pages of T1 in.

The cover of the New Yorker captures the tension at graduation nicely.

The person handing out diplomas is in purple regalia, so this is not Columbia. Perhaps NYU?

The comparison to Occupy Wall Street is a good one. The total failure of the movement is also an important element  to think about.