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[the_original_clone]

To all of my students in my Friday evening psychology class, try to remember that you have an essay due about frontotemporal dementia. I expect to have all of the essays in my office bin by 3 PM Wednesday. Any of you who try and turn it in later, even if by a minute, will have your essays rejected and earn a zero for it. Remember, this is worth 40% of your overall grade in my class.

Professor Mewtwo

Comments

[cattish]

Ah, I'm always made jealous by how much better your classes sound than Eater's disappointing excuse for a psychology course...

[the_original_clone]

Mmm, yes. Eater has a very...unorthodox approach. What is she up to this time?

[cattish]

Wasting an entire lesson listening to outdated music.

[the_original_clone]

*sigh* I will bring that up during the next faculty meeting. I was hoping that our last 'talk' with her would drive our point home but that obviously doesn't seem to be the case.

[harpbeat]

My morning class students complained that the evening class students got to do it, and my evening class students... well, you know my limitations.

[the_original_clone]

Eater, please think of it this way. While it might be 'cool' to have a teacher who teaches in such a strange way, is it really the best way to teach the students?

[harpbeat]

I'll forward on the message.

[the_original_clone]

Thank you for understanding Eater...If you really wish to let your students have fun moments like this what you can do is have those events as rewards. Say, if the overall grades of the class for a exam are high enough. Just a suggestion.

[sent later, after night]

[harpbeat]

You know it's not your job to police my class, right?

[the_original_clone]

And you know it's not your job to play around in your class, right?

[harpbeat]

I'm not. The Wall is a genuine story of a guy flipping his lid due to psychological struggles.

[felldownwells]

You do know we don't all go on drunken binges, right Professor?

[the_original_clone]

So? Do you want a medal for being one of the students not constantly hungover from the night before?

[felldownwells]

Of course not. I just don't think you have to generalize like that.

[the_original_clone]

The point behind my words still stands. Try to remember to do your work between your fits of whatever activity you perform to try and drown your sorrows in.

[felldownwells]

I don't have sorrows and my paper will be in on time.

Anyone who walks by Mewtwo's office hears him busting into laughter.

[the_original_clone]

You don't have sorrows? Please. ALL of you students have issues and sorrows. I suppose you can call it one of the flaws of being human.

D:

[felldownwells]

None that would stop me from doing my work.

[the_original_clone]

Very well. Just make sure you get it to me for your own good.

[felldownwells]

Of course I will.

[fearleads]

Don't worry, I remembered! We won't lose our heads over it. Well, maybe most of us won't.

[the_original_clone]

Well, well. It seems there is at least one competent student in my classes. Let's hope your classmates have taken a note from you.

[fearleads]

As much as I love bone-chilling with my ghoulfriends, it's kind of hard to forget about school if one of the science labs is named after your family.

[the_original_clone]

Understandable. Though I must admit that you do have one of the higher grades in my class. So I suppose it is worth something.

[fearleads]

Might as well do your beast, right?

[the_original_clone]

Indeed. To do less than your best is to discredit yourself. That is why I do give points for effort.

[fearleads]

Even if the class is a bit of a graveyard...

[the_original_clone]

Would you rather me teach you nothing and using the class time simply for my own amusement but say that I am teaching you in some strange unexpected way?

[fearleads]

Not really!

[healinguilt]

Professor Mewtwo,

While your intentions are apparent, addressing your students in this manner is unacceptable and violates a code of conduct for the staff. Edit, retract, or apologize for what is written here and I will take no further action of reporting this instance.

Regards,
Naomi Kimishima, MD PhD

[the_original_clone]

Very well. I shall edit my comment immediately.

[healinguilt]

Thank you for your consideration.

[blahblahblah]

Who would be stupid enough to not turn the essay in on time? I mean, I know it's long, and the subject's not exactly something we see every day, but really. And we know it's worth enough of our grade to make us far beyond saving without it.

...Incidentally, will I be marked down if it's longer than you wanted? It's happened before.

[the_original_clone]

You'd be surprised how many students I have had to fail because they didn't get it in on time. It is why I send these notifications now and why it was also mentioned in the outline for the project.

No, it is foolish to knock down a student for going the extra mile. I cannot say whether you will get extra credit for going over the asked length though.

[blahblahblah]

See, this is why I don't feel bad when people ask me why I don't go out much. Because everyone goes out partying and then they whine when project time comes around and they haven't done anything. Thanks for the update, though, for some reason I thought it was due Tuesday.

[She shrugs.] I've been marked down for it before, actually. I lost a few points on a five-page paper that I couldn't cut down under seven for "being unnecessarily long-winded".

[the_original_clone]

Seems we see eye to eye on this matter. That is good to hear.

Remember, I grade on quality. I am willing to read extra as even if you went over twice the asked length I could finish grading all the papers within and hour. However, the more pages you use, the more there is for me to critic and judge to better/worsen your grade with. Keep that in mind.

[blahblahblah]

Right. But I'd rather be precise and go on for a while, rather than get close to the requirement, but risk losing something important. I'll be careful, Professor. If I make a mistake, I won't complain.

[the_original_clone]

Good. Now, I hope that I will enjoy your essay. It is rare that someone actually wants to do more work than needed in my class.

[blahblahblah]

I think you will. It's rare that I enjoy a class enough to actually write my papers properly. Normally I just push them off like everyone else. But psychology... I can understand why everyone around me is generally useless to me. That is gold.

[the_original_clone]

Good to know.

Yes, to be able to classify why someone around you is insane is quite interesting. It was an old game I would play with some of the people I worked with before.

[blahblahblah]

Somehow I think that got too depressing to continue. You begin to realize everyone's a headcase, and the only variance is how bad it is.

[the_original_clone]

I wouldn't say depressing, more like boring. It is easy for me to spot mental problems and categorize them. Especially because of my abilities.

[croibhristeoir]

How early will you be accepting them?

[Diarmuid, you little nerd.]

[the_original_clone]

If you'd like to turn it in early you may drop it off after 10 AM on Wednesday.

[croibhristeoir]

Understood. I'll have it turned in Wednesday morning.

[seriously don't you have a life, why are you always early with these things]

[sugar_and_spice_witch]

I've got it done already!

[Oh, look, it's that young woman that skips every one of your classes that isn't important to her grade or interesting sounding. But every single thing she turns in shows a lot of effort and dedication on it.]

[the_original_clone]

Surprising. I suppose I will see if all of your free time you gained from missing my lectures were worth it.

[sugar_and_spice_witch]

Everyone has their own learning styles! I used that free time to learn in my own style. Lambdadelta style!

[the_original_clone]

Is that so? And does your learning style require you to skip my classes?