u/General_Fall_2206

My god almighty.

I am 11 years post doc and been faculty for 8 years. I have experience and get good feedback and such from students and colleagues. Today, I fucking bombed. I was asked by the students to go over X with them that another prof had covered which I am an ‘expert’ in. I am in the middle of looking at proofs for two essay collections I am editing and have a heavy teaching load this semester. That and I fucked up my back in the gym and am hobbling around the place.

I set Sunday aside to prep for this additional revision class. I got my slides all sorted with activities and such. I went through them and thought they were fine and did what I had intended to do.

Every slide had spelling errors. Every slide had a contradiction to the former slide because what I thought I knew about subject X has changed since I first investigated it. I closed the laptop and started doing chalk and talk today. I then froze. I couldn’t explain this subject for the life of me and was so thrown by the slides that I felt incredibly stupid and incompetent.

I have confused the students further in a subject that is challenging. I then had a great night class just there and on my way home now on the train thinking I should just throw in the towel!

One of those fucking days.

Looking for similar fuck up stories to massage my hurt confidence.

Howdy,

Thought I’d set up a thread to see how everyone is set for next academic year? Week one for us is w/c 7 September but I’m in a lot next week for a series of ridiculous and unnecessary meetings.

I managed to get a good bit of research done on a new book I’m writing (humanities) and got a few peer reviewed articles out but honestly some of them were pure shite:

How’s everyone’s summer been? What’s the big challenges coming down the line for 26/27?

Mods, a third level flair would be handy I

Wasn’t sure what to expect. Met the therapist online as she is in the middle of moving clinics. Filled out some forms before hand, and went through them with her, got settled and did history.

Then we moved onto some sort of mindful meditation thing where she wanted me to focus on a word or trait I want to incorporate into my daily life and I said trust. I thought this must be a resource or something when I’m feeling overwhelmed… but then she started the bilateral thing where she didn’t speak but told me to look left to right and focus on that word. I did that and stopped after she told me to and started laughing thinking this was a bit weird. I did it a second time then and started crying! What the hell was that about?

We did some grounding techniques then and I was told to chill for the day if I could.

I was very apprehensive about trying this, but that was a strange and unexpected experience. There’s something to this for sure. Hoping to keep you all updated, if there’s ok!

Hi all,

I was given a lovely series 8 by my sister who upgraded. Worked fine for last few weeks and now it is stuck in the horrendous boot loop. I was planning on using it tomorrow for a long run or hike but it has a white line as well that isn’t always there but when I try to turn it on or off the line moves or disappears.

I went for a swim today with it but wasn’t in the pool for long at all (10 mins), so not sure if I leave it to dry out and hope for the best or charge it.

Any advice?

Here in a gorgeous all inclusive seaside resort. Everyone seems lovely and not into chatting which is fine. Food is fabulous and plentiful. Drunk too much two of the nights and ended up having panic attacks the next day lol. I find though that I just can’t settle when I’m abroad unless I have a drink taken! I rarely drink at home, but here I just always find it hard… worried about losing something or making a fool of myself while trying too hard to relax.

I’m about to go for a massage which is another attempt at relaxing. I got a tonne of work done before I came here and no deadlines or whatever hanging over me! Looking forward to getting home to the dogs.

I do have caring responsibilities at home but the parent seems happy out and sorted. Tough!

Hi everyone,

So, I have been friends with a core group of school mates and we have known each other for nearly 30 years. I was particularly close with one guy and we shared a lot of interests and went in a similar career path. He was a bit quieter than the rest but I would make the extra effort including him and that.

We, as a group, have our own lives and a lot of us are now living all around the world but we make an effort once a year to try meet up. We also have a group chat and we would check in a lot or just post memes and silly things.

Two years ago the guy I mentioned above just disappeared. He messaged me in August 2024 about something and then I messaged him back a few times, got blue ticked and that was the last time I heard from him. I follow his company on socials and he’s thriving from what I can see, which I’m delighted about, but he has not engaged in the group or contacted me since then. People’s parents have died, people have had kids, or got married etc. and he doesn’t respond.

In February of last year I contacted him by email and sent a long voice note just asking him if he’s ok and to just let me know if he needs a chat etc. Nothing. He’s still in the chat and I feel like removing him as I’m not uncomfortable sharing my news with the rest when he doesn’t seem to want to chime in. I heard from someone else that he had a kid and got married but not sure if that’s the case.

I really miss my mate and I can’t for the life of me figure out if I did something. I don’t think I did, but I’ll never know? It’s a bit hard as we work in similar areas and I will eventually see him at a work thing and not sure how I’ll react or how I should react…

Anyone else in a similar situation have any advice?

Hi all,

Just a quick one, but my nephew managed to pass the Irish interview but not the general one for the PME primary for the autumn intake in HC 2026. He is a good lad and has relevant experience and knows more about the primary curriculum than most, I would bet.

He cannot repeat the interview until the next intake in April 2027 and I think it’s a blessing in a way as it gives him time to travel, finish his MA in an unrelated field, and earn some cash. I was wondering if he could sub in a primary / shadow etc to get some more practical experience. I think this might benefit him a good lot, so just looking for some advice on this.

No idea how he failed as he’s got such a lovely disposition and personality, but here we are!

Thanks in advance