#AcademicTwitter DO NOT assign work for a class before the semester has begun. DO NOT do this. I don't care if the class meets once a week. Anything beyond reading the syllabus is too much work. Don't do this during a pandemic and after a white supremacist insurrection 1/4
but don't do this any semester of the year. Why? Students have jobs, they have family, doctor's appointments, they have a life outside of your course. They have other commitments and they should be able to attend to them over their BREAK. 2/4
Expecting them to read a textbook chapter or a paper or ten papers before the semester has even begun is ridiculous. It is also #ableist. It is #classist. It makes you an inconsiderate jerk, rightly so, in the eyes of your students. Great way to start. 3/4
Just because you would have been able to do the work during college does not mean they can and, regardless, it doesn't mean they should. Expecting them to complete work before the semester starts is inconsiderate & stinks of privilege. #Elitism #AcademicAbleism #DisInHigherEd 4/4
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