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Sylvia Sierra

@sociolinguista.bsky.social

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Interactional sociolinguist. Knowledge serf. Author of Millennials Talking Media. Interested in identity, media, literature, art, music, history. Views expressed here are my own and not that of my employer. sylviasierra.com Onondaga land

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 1d

I will never forgot the feeling of when a professor in my MEd program sent me the letter of recommendation she wrote me for my PhD applications, "for my records". So sometimes now if I'm close enough with a student I send them their letter, after the fact, just to give them that same feeling

Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 1d

Blackboard ultra made discussion boards practically useless, but at least we have generative AI prompts in there now 🙄

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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 2d

It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

interaction with our administrative assistant in the office kitchen just now:

me: what am I doing.
her: you're getting your hazelnut coffee.
me: yes. how did you know?
her: because, I know.
😳😅

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

I went to a student run cafe to see what treats they had. maybe I'll go back sometime for an orange scone or cookie. Then I walked around & saw a study room & the food pantry. A campus tour was wrapping up in front of my building so I sat on a bench there & listened in eating my cheetos

Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

I'm so listless during my break between classes lately that I've just been like wandering around campus. today i started with lunch in the sculpture garden, then went to a cafeteria to scope out the options which were disappointing so I bought some cheetos. so then I walked around eating cheetos

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

had such a good class just now on gender/sexuality & communication. All the queer kids were coming out and talking about their varied experiences, and then a straight guy was like this conversation is so interesting because I didn’t know all this stuff was happening on campus with the queer students

Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

this story has a happy ending. the student immediately admitted via email they did use chatgpt because they were nervous about the assignment. they chose the option of re-doing it for half credit. they were apologetic & expressed enjoyment of the course & all the readings so far. I think we'll be ok

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

I know most male professors would prob never think twice about any of this. Idk what they would do. Just give a zero & move on with their lives? I kinda have done that before but only when a student just confessed when confronted. I have a hard time not being human when it comes to teaching!

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

yes, that's kinda what happened actually the last (and first time really) I tried to have a conversation with a student about this. He didn't convince me, but the attempt to be gaslit was disheartening

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

Since the in person conversation didn't really feel like it went well, I'm trying an email with the current student. Kinda just asking her what her response is and how she wants to proceed. The part I hate again is thinking how the accusation will affect her & then our prof-student relationship

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

This is the 2nd time I've felt the need this semester to confront a student about this. The 1st one I had a conversation with & it def affected his behavior for a few classes, but now we are recovering and he is getting back to his usual self, with a lot of positive feedback reinforcement from me

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

the thing I really hate about students doing this is it jeopardizes our relationship. I really do like my students and love seeing them learn, and want them to do well.

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 6d

Once again at a loss on how to handle work submitted by a student that is clearly generative AI. send an email? have a conversation? there's no good way to accuse someone of plagiarism let alone plagiarism 2.0

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 8d

I don’t know when why or how I got this. It’s the only pen I seem to be able to find consistently in my office and it doesn’t work

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noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · 10d

Ideally, if all goes well, the blog post about your death can run without needing a note like this imo

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 8d

Oh there’s a LOT more where that came from. Academia is full of men with too much power over people working under them. theprofessorisin.com/2017/12/01/a...

A Crowdsourced Survey of Sexual Harassment in the Academy

theprofessorisin.com

Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 12d

This has me feeling like Miss Havisham in Great Expectations

Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 12d

Looking forward to when AI goes the way of Clippy

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 13d

through stupidly heroic efforts which were entirely unnecessary, I am caught up with my grading. I also have a horrible migraine which 4 doses of medication over the past 48 hours have not done anything for. please clap

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 14d

I got really sad thinking how top hats are just gone, and they’re never coming back

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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 14d

I was so dead today, in the old sense of the term

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14d

a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Catherine Munro @catherinemmunro.bsky.social · 15d

It's lovely to see Shetland ponies at St Ninian's Isle #Shetland

Black Shetland pony with long beach behind and sea on both sides

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Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social · 20d

Are you teaching prescriptivism this year? If so, please consider introducing your students to YourWrong.co.uk. It could form part of a seminar activity or prep! I'd also be very happy to provide some corpus examples for a small analysis task. Just get in touch!

Your Wrong

YourWrong.co.uk

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