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[-] Waluigi@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Me talking about music (I'm sorry)

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How dare you put yourself down like this. We'll never forgive you.

Rambling about something you enjoy should never be a bad thing

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Tell that to my chemistry students when I go down a rabbit hole talking about science history.

5 minutes and three stories about badass chemists later, I look at a sea of faces that have glazed over and one raised hand: "Will this be on the test?"

[-] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Your students are wrong, which is fine. They're (presumably) kids.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Naw, they're mostly adults as I teach at a community college, but I was also exaggerating. Most of them listen politely, with about a third actually paying attention.

And I make it clear in the first day that questions like "will this be on the test" are the fastest way to lose an instructor's goodwill and patience, so most of them aren't dumb enough to say that out loud.

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