u/Slow-ish-work

Hi, just curious others’ opinions on this.

When I schedule a meeting via Zoom etc, I typically overbook the meeting. If I think it’ll be a half hour, I block off a whole hour. Is this rude?

I personally have not found a more consistent high in the professional world than having a meeting be significantly shorter than I anticipated and having an unexpected 30-40 minute window of time.

I realized recently this might not be a universal sentiment and maybe I should try harder to schedule short meetings from the beginning lol. I’m sure I’ve had colleagues think “what are we possibly going to talk about for an hour?”

Edit: clarifying language

I teach in a clinical doctoral program with approximately 50 students per cohort. I have taught since 2022. I can confidently say that students this year are WONDERFUL. I know COVID has been so trying and I see so many posts on this sub about feeling like you aren’t able to break through to students. But I think something you are doing is working.

FWIW, these students typically come straight from undergrad to our average- ranked program at a large flagship university. Most students have a 3.0+ GPA in undergrad. They are smart students, but find grad school challenging. But they are eager to learn, patient with mid-semester changes, show up to class without incentive, open to feedback, and professional. They successfully advocated for (much-needed, imo) change within our program and strategically used collective action to elevate the issue to the Dean.

I am sure many of these students were once your quiet student getting B- on your exams. I am so encouraged by the trend upwards from the burnout and apathy I saw in 2022. So well done and keep fighting the good fight because some of them do care.