Brown CS 190 Summer Placement Test/Course - What are others' experiences?

profdad2021
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:16:38 +0000

@fireandrain Thanks for your comment. I DO think this experience will serve in a positive way to help my daughter handle daily life stresses at Brown.

My kids have heard me MANY MANY times over the years complain about ANNOYING repeat questions from students - If I could have a dollar for each time I replied to an email question by telling the student to please check the syllabus or online class announcements before emailing me! Yet, even when I received an email complaint from a student a few weeks ago who missed an assignment deadline and told me, among other things, that my deadlines are “meaningless and arbitrary,” even then, I focused on the wording of my email response to be direct and clear while trying to avoid personal insult.

Importantly, one person’s “personal insult” is another’s person casual snarkly response, motivated by frustration and not ill intent. If this were an absolutely egregious outrage…I would encourage my daughter to follow up in some substantive way. But fortunately, I don’t think it is that sort of situation. Just more of a “live and learn” life experience for her. Onward and upward.