Chaotic Coffee Klatch (tea also available)

[PlanetaryNebula]

Ha, if they don't know that they can't whine in my class, then they deserve to fail. But on my syllabus this fall, I am putting, "If you tell me a story of why your life is so terrible that you cannot be expected to do the work that everyone else is doing, (1) we will stack this against what I have on my plate, and see how you measure up, and (2) if I win, I will take half the credit off your best exam."

This is the companion to "Extra credit is for students who have already demonstrated that they can do the classwork and want more of a challenge. This is not high school, and you can't do extra stuff because you chose not to do the assigned work."

Well, they can't fire me. Not for that, anyway. There could be people who would like to talk to me sternly, but they have no power over me, so I don't care. I mostly just think that it wouldn't do any good. It would make me feel better, but all it would really serve is to get him mad at me rather than accepting the fact that he will get the grade that he earned.

Why grade/ level do you teach at?

 

[Mika1215]

Why grade/ level do you teach at?

University.

 

[Mika1215]

University.

Which is why I can say things like this on my syllabus, although the reality is that I won't actually do it.

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

University.

Well don’t you remember just how hard life was when you went to college? Especially compared to the cakewalk it is now that we’re older eh?
God I wish I had college problems

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

Which is why I can say things like this on my syllabus, although the reality is that I won't actually do it.

But you shouldn’t have to because they’re in college!

 

[water_moutina]

I've away all day doing boring adult stuff and the first thing I see on popping in here is that Mika is a sexy professor

 

[Cabooseluvr]

Whiners at the University level…. Didn’t study

Case closed!

 

[cheekygirl75]

I've away all day doing boring adult stuff and the first thing I see on popping in here is that Mika is a sexy professor

Well, if you want a very non-boring story, you need to read Sin’s: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/chaos-conversation-cafe.1570837/page-714#post-95618324

 

[water_moutina]

Student: Prof. Mika, I got D
Sexy Prof. Mika: And I got the right size A for your... Uh... I mean I know the right study material so you could put that D into A... I mean turn that D into A

 

[Mika1215]

But you shouldn’t have to because they’re in college!

Well, that's what I think...

Unfortunately, just to make some sweeping generalizations which are clearly NOT true about everyone, kids get coddled in high school for a number of reasons, and that doesn't translate well to college or life. At least, it shouldn't transfer to college, because it sure as hell doesn't transfer to life.

Yeah, I'd be happy to have college problems. (And again, those of you who are struggling through some college version, I'm not talking about you, and I know there are any number of legit problems. But the kid that I'm bitching about is taking this class and working full time (as a summer job, not because he has to do that all year) and thinks that he should pass because he is paying for the class. You still have to do some work, even if you wrote a check.)

 

[SinfuIDreams]

Me working out my issues with logic translates to my mind justifying whatever it is that instant gratification demands of me at any said moment. I’m almost too good at it. All my arguments are always rock solid

So I was born a drug baby my mother was a full fledged junkie the whole time she carried me that plus my time on the street left me with a different thought pattern than "normal"
I had extreme issues with what other people class as reasonable and filters.
M along with my first therapist came up with a solution for me to try and see it like most other people do

Worst cases
Will someone die?
Will someone be physically injured?
Is that death or injury something I can justify?

Medium
Will someone be injured?
Will someone's feelings or emotional well being be hurt?
Can I live with my choice?

Low
Will someone's feelings or emotional well being be hurt?
Will someone lose respect or trust in me?
Can I live with that out come?

I don't really need it to much anymore but I still find myself reflecting on it every now and then.

 

[water_moutina]

Well, if you want a very non-boring story, you need to read Sin’s: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/chaos-conversation-cafe.1570837/page-714#post-95618324

I'm going to save this and read later tonight with some wine. Can't thank you enough Cause I'd have missed it

 

[hotcarl2785]

Ha, if they don't know that they can't whine in my class, then they deserve to fail. But on my syllabus this fall, I am putting, "If you tell me a story of why your life is so terrible that you cannot be expected to do the work that everyone else is doing, (1) we will stack this against what I have on my plate, and see how you measure up, and (2) if I win, I will take half the credit off your best exam."

This is the companion to "Extra credit is for students who have already demonstrated that they can do the classwork and want more of a challenge. This is not high school, and you can't do extra stuff because you chose not to do the assigned work."

Well, they can't fire me. Not for that, anyway. There could be people who would like to talk to me sternly, but they have no power over me, so I don't care. I mostly just think that it wouldn't do any good. It would make me feel better, but all it would really serve is to get him mad at me rather than accepting the fact that he will get the grade that he earned.

Wait, do you mean that your teaching will show that actions have consequences? It’d be nice for people to actually be held accountable for themselves. So I’m completely behind this.

 

[Cabooseluvr]

It’s

I'm going to save this and read later tonight with some wine. Can't thank you enough Cause I'd have missed it

a great read

 

[water_moutina]

I wish I had college problems

What was your biggest college problem?

 

[SinfuIDreams]

I'm going to save this and read later tonight with some wine. Can't thank you enough Cause I'd have missed it

I was going to repost a link later for you and Anja
Glad cheeky beat me to it though

 

[hotcarl2785]

What was your biggest college problem?

Ran out of booze

 

[Mika1215]

So I was born a drug baby my mother was a full fledged junkie the whole time she carried me that plus my time on the street left me with a different thought pattern than "normal"
I had extreme issues with what other people class as reasonable and filters.
M along with my first therapist came up with a solution for me to try and see it like most other people do

Worst cases
Will someone die?
Will someone be physically injured?
Is that death or injury something I can justify?

Medium
Will someone be injured?
Will someone's feelings or emotional well being be hurt?
Can I live with my choice?

Low
Will someone's feelings or emotional well being be hurt?
Will someone lose respect or trust in me?
Can I live with that out come?

I don't really need it to much anymore but I still find myself reflecting on it every now and then.

It's a funny thing, isn't it, when you have no innate filter for normal? I mean, I grew up in an entirely different way, but it has taken me a long time to be able to view things, particularly interaction with other humans things, through a lens that was closer to, I don't know, average. Those filters and such are sure as hell not an innate thing, and it's challenging as hell when you learn them all wrong.

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

Well, that's what I think...

Unfortunately, just to make some sweeping generalizations which are clearly NOT true about everyone, kids get coddled in high school for a number of reasons, and that doesn't translate well to college or life. At least, it shouldn't transfer to college, because it sure as hell doesn't transfer to life.

Yeah, I'd be happy to have college problems. (And again, those of you who are struggling through some college version, I'm not talking about you, and I know there are any number of legit problems. But the kid that I'm bitching about is taking this class and working full time (as a summer job, not because he has to do that all year) and thinks that he should pass because he is paying for the class. You still have to do some work, even if you wrote a check.)

Well in all fairness, any problems we may have had in college were totally legit problems at the time! And now that we overcame them life gives us bigger and harder problems. Just like school. The school of life.
I was pretty coddled when I was younger and it did me NO favors going forward. But it was done out of love and adoration

Now your student-!well all I can say is
Lol

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

So I was born a drug baby my mother was a full fledged junkie the whole time she carried me that plus my time on the street left me with a different thought pattern than "normal"
I had extreme issues with what other people class as reasonable and filters.
M along with my first therapist came up with a solution for me to try and see it like most other people do

Worst cases
Will someone die?
Will someone be physically injured?
Is that death or injury something I can justify?

Medium
Will someone be injured?
Will someone's feelings or emotional well being be hurt?
Can I live with my choice?

Low
Will someone's feelings or emotional well being be hurt?
Will someone lose respect or trust in me?
Can I live with that out come?

I don't really need it to much anymore but I still find myself reflecting on it every now and then.

But im going to screenshot that shit if ya don’t mind. I need all the help I can get

 

[Mika1215]

What was your biggest college problem?

1. small scale: did not realize there was an exam until I walked into the room. (I'm a terrible role model. I was a slacker undergrad, but I'm a hell of a quick study.)
2. large scale: until I went to grad school, I was more interested in whoever I was sleeping with than the actual college part.

 

[hotcarl2785]

What was your biggest college problem?

Legit though, biggest problem I had in college was I had no idea how to study. I was straight A’s all through high school in the honors classes and never cracked a book. College was a different level though since I originally went for professional pilot, there wasn’t a lot that transferred over from high school. And it took me awhile to realize that I needed to, and to learn how to study.

 

[water_moutina]

It’s

a great read

I don't doubt it. And she's a good story teller

 

[PlanetaryNebula]

What was your biggest college problem?

I ran out of cocks to fuck every night

 

[water_moutina]

I was going to repost a link later for you and Anja
Glad cheeky beat me to it though

Thank you, sooo much

@SinfulDreams (for some reason lit never let's me tag you)
I told my husband your other story and asked if two men tried to kill us, would he fight both men or would he believe in me and let me handle one of them on my own?

The mfkr said neither. He's not going to fight when the universe is trying to help him get rid of me

On an unrelated note, anyone have a shovel I can borrow?