i& #39;ve spoken with a lot of students in the past few days, and i too am hearing that they are being assigned *more work* by their professors. this is unconscionable. (1/5)

teaching during a pandemic means being flexible and creative, devising new ways of inviting students to express what they& #39;re learning. it means understanding your class is possibly--probably--the least urgent thing in a student& #39;s life.

it also might be the most wonderful, comforting thing in a student& #39;s life. it might be their refuge and regularity in the face of global and economic and familial chaos.

this range of student circumstances demands humility in the educator, thinking not "what can this student prove to me," but "how can i carefully invite this student to converse with me about what they know or are learning"

this will mean differently things in different disciplines and course formats. but what it DOES NOT MEAN is more work! it requires a qualitative, not quantitative response! stop being horrible! stop making students& #39; lives harder!