#mistercarlos

[mitchcheatham]

I got a zero for submitting 1 minute late 🙃

[austinmaddox]

STEM major profs see a 2:38 am email and respond with “you too?” 😭

[browntoothpaste]

Plot twist: the student started the assignment at 12:48 AM

[rawrjoon]

once had a deadline for my physics assignment at 11:59 and i submitted at like 4:15 am 😭 and my professor literally texted me like next minute saying "please go to sleep and take care of yourself" and i literally cried internally. the very morning in his class he told me its okay if i submit my assignments a day or two late, only i need to be sincere and take care of myself and aaa he is my mentor for a reason 😭

[taylerjemma]

I had a professor like this this semester. I had a close family member pass away a month ago, and my discard studies professor was an angel. Gave me participation marks for things I didn’t participate in when I was out for the funeral and after, let me submit everything very late, let me submit a modified version of an assignment. It let me focus on myself but still really be able to enjoy and engage with the course. It was minor to him but I’ll remember that forever

[RinaAina-ws]

Still in awe of my advisor's back in the college. I just finished my paper's draft at 2 am and sent it right away since I thought she would check her email at 8 am the earliest when I was supposedly trying to catch up my sleep.
But no, when I checked my email while still laying on my bed at 8 am, here it was her reply with the corrections and the points that I need to revise. She sent it at 4.30 am.
The moment I realized that my advisor, a 55 yo lady with 2 decades of teaching experience on her belt, has been working harder than any college student I know.
Her dedication is admirable, she gave her time and even her own money to help students when they need it the most.

[annlanzi]

I once got REALLY bad food poisoning at around 5pm one day. I had finished 80% of a homework assignment, but hadn’t taken a digital scan or finished the last problem. I planned to do it that night and upload it before midnight (problem only should have taken me an hour max). But I was glued to the bathroom. I was I. There for probably 2-3 hours straight. This professor o really liked, I loved the topics and liked how he taught, so I wanted to let home know that I would submit the homework late. I when I felt better I would finish it and send it in probably 4-5 hours late. He replied basically “Ann, do not worry this much about my class. I know you respect my class, but your health is far me important then a grade. Don’t turn it in until you feel better and get some rest.”

I so deeply respect this professor. He actually pulled me aside at the end of the quarter and he told me “I really hope you pursue academia. It’s a shame to lose a mind that works like yours to consulting. You should seriously consider pursuing a PhD.” He was the first person to tell me they actually think o could do it, so it ment a lot to me.

[iznasabir]

As a medical student, this was emotional for me because our professors don't really gaf about our well being we have spend years draining ourselves to the core

[danmac]

My daughter was behind and overwhelmed in school. Feeling like a failure, she took every pill she could find in the house and went to bed with her door shut. Her brother found the empty bottles and came and got us... she spent three days in the hospital. Her teachers demanded all her work be caught up for partial credit by the end of the week.... She's always been an A student, but now she's a dropout, and I have no idea what to do about it.

[hissoka]

I was finishing my last semester of college when the Covid 19 pandemic broke out. I had to find a way to move all my stuff off campus and move it back across country to my parents home (they stopped student accomodations) and my dad passed away all in the same week. I told my writing professor I needed an extension for an essay and he said "everyone had to move, people die everyday, this assignment is due at 11:59pm"

I ended up passing his class and he emailed me saying he was impressed I did so well in my assignments since I spoke "with broken English"

Chat... I may be an immigrant, but I came here as a baby. I haven't had an accent since I was 5. I literally tutored English all through highschool AND college.

I emailed my mentor, the chairman of my major's department and she told me she would handle it. Said professor lost his job that Summer

[dlanzante]

Yeah I always add little notes for my professors to let them know my situation and why I didn't do as well and usually they work with me. I have the most loving and nurturing professors on this planet and I'll stand by them no matter what!

[travellingtsinelas]

❤ *I was bullied back in my university days. It got to a point where I was too scared to attend my classes, that I was just absent for the rest of the semester. My professor knew about this and allowed me to have one on one classes with her FOR FREE. Towards the end of the semester, there was one major project that I had a hard time submitting. I worked hard for it, just didnt know how to email a large file. I never got to submit it but my professor gave me above average grades and apologized to my parents for what happened to me. It's been more than 10 years since then. I still greet her Merry Christmas each year.*

[wilenetheron]

Sometimes we need it. We get so overwhelmed that an understanding teacher is literally saving your life

[DepressionThought]

I prioritize my rest and had to take the subject again next semester

[Richiroo]

That is so sweet! Me on the other hand... there is an assignment due before 6am or before the teacher wakes up... I stay up all night and send it in at 530am then go to work. Not a single soul said hey love be careful with yourself none of this matters that much.❤

[trinefj]

I deal with insomnia sometimes and I send my teacher my assignments at 3 am, I had class at 8 am, she pulled me aside and asked if I was okay, I explained it to her and she asked how long I had been awake, at that point it was over 24 hours, she told me I didn’t have to do homework for tomorrows class and should just focus on trying to get some sleep, I did crash and slept for 15 hours when I got home, she’s a wonderful teacher and I hope she’s doing amazing

[petercoutu]

That's the difference between a true educator and a salaried teacher or tenured professor.

A real teacher who does it as they're calling cares more about the students.Than they do about the grades.

[sneedmando]

The teachers and professors who taught me patience, kindness, forgiveness, and curiosity stuck with me and changed my life, the others I barely remember

[deejmeht]

I must have been the luckiest student on earth. All of my lecturers were like this at uni, forever grateful to them and stay in contact from time to time ❤

[endrit]

How do they not understand that college is like 30% about learning shit and 70% about getting the grades and the degree. Especially when a lot of teachers sort of make u teach yourself..