So, I’m sitting in my office, putting icing on cupcakes for our Halloween potluck. (It’s way easier to transport un-iced cupcakes.) It’s my office hours, but nobody ever comes anyway.
Which brings me to the reason for this post…
There is a list of things that a student expects when they arrive at an instructor’s office hours. The instructor turning around and saying (cheerily) “Cupcake?” while shoving one in their direction? Let’s say that’s probably pretty far down the list.
It was all I could do to keep it together until he finished his question and left. So somewhere, there’s a CMPT 120 student who is very confused, but has a cupcake.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:10 pm
When I was new to University, some professors made it very clear that if they were bothered about something that their TA could handle, we would be immediately disemboweled.
Later profs are probably much more accomodating about office hours, but those initial impressions have staying power.
.. On the other hand, cupcakes heal all?
October 31st, 2007 at 9:10 pm
If anything, we need more cupcake offering profs, not less.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:24 am
I’m offering nothing to my students. If ANY of them come begging for marks next week after they get their midterms back, I’m, as Curtis suggests, disemboweling them.
November 9th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
mmmm…cupcakes…