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Default Sep 21, 2024 at 09:48 PM
 
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Originally Posted by stopdog View Post
Between parents and the fact that so many now want to trauma dump/come in and tell you their diagnosis - "Prof. Stopdog - I have X - so you have to..." Me "no" -My position is if you have anxiety, depression, hammer toes, or a hang nail -it is not my problem. It is your problem to figure out how to learn with whatever challenges you have because we all have challenges. And the stupidity of "no upsetting topics" or "you have to warn them when sensitive topics are coming up -thing is a hill I will die on - attorneys have to handle upsetting info - if you are too damn delicate then go be something else.
I’ve got a kid this semester who is triggered by dolphins. As it is an ancient history course we do in fact see some dolphins in art and on coinage. I changed the art slide, but for the coin I passed them off as fish.

Sorry about your dad. My Apple Watch once flagged my heart rate as high when I certainly didn’t notice it. One watch and over three years later, it still has a record of it.
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