Student sent me an email requesting a meeting with me AND MY DEPARTMENT CHAIR. Like together? Like a three way call like we did in the 90s with our friends? Dude, you’re weird. All because I didn’t respond to his email within two business days. I have never seen this level of entitlement in my 7 years of teaching college students.
I’m visiting faculty at one of our partner high schools teaching a dual credit class at 8:00am twice a week. Normally, security guards roaming the campus often open the classroom door for me since the school district doesn’t trust us with keys. Also, the school day doesn’t start until 8:30am so I’m technically early but students, staff and everyone involved in this partnership is aware that dual credit classes begin at 8:00am. Usually, the door is locked so I have ask a guard to open it which had become routine. Today however, I tried to flag a guard that was driving a long his golf cart chatting it up with his partner. I am literally chasing this guy down and he’s obvious ignoring because I know he hears me so I approach him and he abruptly turns around, throws his hand in my face and barks at me saying I’ll be right there! I’m stunned by this so I walk back to the door and he returns all polite “Hi good morning” I’m obviously very angry at this stage and I firmly say “you didn’t have to throw your hand in my face” he’s like “oh okay, I was busy” I respond no you weren’t. And I go in the classroom. I carry my class at usual because I like my students eventhough I was very angry inside. I sent a very long email after to the people in charge and I copy my department chair and Dean. The director of the high school calls me right away and apologizes on behalf of the staff and says she’s gonna see if I can have a key issued. I’m like ok whatever at least some acknowledgement of this incident was nice to hear. But my chair or Dean didn’t say anything at all. Nobody called, text, email from my campus to check on me? Like idk how to feel about this? Did I overreact? I’ve been teaching at this school for 4 years with no issues whatsoever I don’t deserve this. I should just get over it but it’s bothering me ugh okay rant over!