On a gloomy September morning, I sat in General Chemistry for the last time. I watched my professor drag his finger down the seating chart and call on students randomly to see if they knew the answer. Although he gave a tiny candy to those who knew the right answer, the prospect of being called.
As a woman in STEM, I never expected to be assigned to a humanities class when I signed up to be a teaching assistant at a summer program for gifted high schoolers. On the first day of class, I sat at the back table, idly playing with my pencil. The students spent 90% of class.
As a woman in STEM, I never expected to be assigned to a humanities class when I signed up to be a teaching assistant at a summer program for gifted high schoolers. On the first day of class, I sat at the back table, idly playing with my pencil. The students spent 90% of class.
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Large lecture classes in the hard sciences, engineering, and computer science departments have scheduled evening exams on major religious holidays in recent years. Students and faculty have faced challenges in accommodating religious observances when exams coincide with holidays, despite Washington University’s implementation of a policy to mitigate this issue.