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some #RealCollege stories from today. Student asking for an extension because of friends suicide and funeral. Prof refused without documentation. Faculty, treat your students with love.
#StudentsAreAumansFirst #RealCollege
#StudentsAreAumansFirst #RealCollege
Next up Undoc student who needed accommodation on when to take a midterm so she could appear in Immigration Court. Syllabus-no exceptions. That made the professor unapproachable from the start. Real life impacts students in the classroom.
#StudentsAreHumansFirst #RealCollege
#StudentsAreHumansFirst #RealCollege
Oh boy. Black woman, sits down in class, first word that comes up in the professor's presentation for the day is the N-word. Whole class of (mostly) white students turns to look at her seeing how she will respond. This one should be easy. Throwing that word around is never ok!
One for staff, black woman. Coming to Ac Advising to change major. Treated unpleasantly and with derision until adviser saw her GPA (3.9) We are here for all our students. If you cannot deal with your implicit bias, or in this case, explicit bias, time to find a new career.
