if you get feedback about writing style or whatever, that's one thing. If it's feedback about your argument, that's another

yea we pretty much get very little feedback depends the assignment

Honestly you probably had TA's grade that stuff. PoliSci Grad Students + Right Wing Views = No bueno

that's a shame

Even my TA's, in a STEM field, have kind of been hit or miss with craziness

What do you teach @A Cup Of Covfefe ?

I was about to do stem but uk not the best at math so

well I don't want to give too much away. But I'm in Engineering

I was really good at chem tho

Haha I understand

If you don't want to do STEM, don't

I've seen too many go into it thinking they'll do great because high school told them they were amazing and then bomb

it wasn't pretty

pursuing law

that's always a solid path

They're trying to take over the STEM fields now http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2015/11/27/a-modest-proposal-for-re-naming-connectors-and-fasteners/

oh I know

I remember on the podcast Blonde was outraged that STEAM was becoming a thing

I've been seeing that for a long time coming

I've almost had to forcibly pass minority student's assignments they've otherwise failed

but you throw a big enough fuss and my department usually steps down

damn thats crazy

There's a lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes. It's a bit depressing

Wow so all I have to do is have a Mexican sounding name and I don't have to do much work. Why didn't I think of this before?

Instead not only am I a whitey, but I have a German last name. rip

@RoadtoDawn I could go on a rant for days. I choose not to think about it

fat L

Right, I was gonna ask how you feel day to day, but naturally you'd probably adapt to not really care too much

it's not that I don't care. It's just that if I think about it constantly my life would be miserable

luckily if I raise a fuss, it's usually alright.

Ah, I should have said worry

And keep in mind, it's only happened maybe 2-3 times in my entire teaching career

so it's not INCREDIBLY common, but I'm just one person at one school

in one department

it's a stay-low sort of situation right now

but I know I'm not the only person in my department that's not a crazy lefty

let that be some optimism

Go to college in the south

Go to Auburn or Alabama

I can't with humidity

I'm from Arizona 😛