{"id":11486,"date":"2019-01-31T13:16:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2019-01-31T13:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:16:30","slug":"three-little-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/2019\/01\/31\/three-little-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Little Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-opt-id=643456801  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11488\" src=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1024\/h:526\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/david-heslop-609112-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"three puffins on the shore\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1024\/h:526\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/david-heslop-609112-unsplash.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:300\/h:154\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/david-heslop-609112-unsplash.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:768\/h:394\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/david-heslop-609112-unsplash.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1024\/h:526\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/david-heslop-609112-unsplash.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sorry about starting with a bad, musical pun in the title. I want to share about three powerful exchanges that I have witnessed recently on Twitter. My apologies if you now can't get <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eqqWfsIxbPo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Little Birds<\/a> out of your head.<\/p>\n<h3>Ian Wolf Encounters a Disengaged Student<\/h3>\n<p>Let's begin with an experience most of us have encountered, as shared by Ian Wolf.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2\/\u00a0Student came in 15 min late to my Science Fiction class of 12.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She did not blend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She immediately began to stare at her phone with a single earbud firmly entrenched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982734658248707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3\/ Now, just so y'all know, I'm dynamic AF: high kicks, deep stances, lots of questions and dialogue, and that's just the times when I lecture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I couldn't get this girl to engage with the class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I even asked her &#8211; politely &#8211; to join. She pulled out the earbud for, like, 2 min.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982735706882050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4\/ Now old me woulda lost his cool and called her out for being disrespectful and surly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But when I noticed the earbud go back in, I saw two paths diverge in a yellow wood. I decided to take the one less traveled by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I figured there had to be a good reason for her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982736638042115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">5\/ As I released class, I asked her to hang on for a sec in my most soothing and calm voice. Once everyone else was gone, I didn't tell her what was wrong about how she had behaved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I asked her if she was okay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">She was not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982737535549440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">6\/ As I was directing her to the campus resources best suited to help, I was struck with the realization I could have utterly lost her as a student if old me had spoken. No question. I would have escalated, she would have responded in kind, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Instead, I just listened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982738986774529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">7\/ I never would have grown as an educator without the great insight, development, and tirelessness of those mentioned already.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I'm proud of being better at my job now than I was then; however, I wouldn't be good without better educators to guide me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">tl;dr Thanks, y'all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982739959926785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A few thoughts that came to mind as I read Ian's tweets&#8230; When he mentions that the young woman didn't &#8220;blend.&#8221; It is impossible for me to read something like that and not go back to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2HKTx5WFcs0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this old SNL skit of the bass-o-matic<\/a>. &#8220;Mmmmmmm. <a href=\"https:\/\/gph.is\/2cxlWj9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">That's terrific bass!<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/3o6Zt16nOfEI0C9sPu\" width=\"480\" height=\"363\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/snl-saturday-night-live-1970s-3o6Zt16nOfEI0C9sPu\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And off my mind goes to the question of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Blendtec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;will it blend?&#8221;<\/a> from Blendtec. I'm also having fun picturing Ian doing high kicks and deep stances in his classes. In case he needs it (or some of you do, too), please <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jOfshreyu4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow that up with some of these stretches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you aren't familiar with some of the acronyms Ian used. AF is akin to &#8220;as heck&#8221; &#8211; like how so many of us are saying it is cold &#8220;as heck&#8221; in the midwest right now. Except that isn't quite strong enough, so some people use a word that rhymes with duck instead of using the word heck. Also, TL\/DR stands for too long\/didn't read. Some people recognize that we may not have time to read the whole article or series of tweets sometimes, so they synthesize it for us. So Ian shortens his series of tweets 1-7 down into &#8220;Thanks, y'all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ian's first tweet began by mentioning people who have inspired him in making these changes in how he interacts with students. I didn't want to start with it, lest it seemed self-serving. However, he mentions others who have had a profound impact on me, as well, so here it is:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1\/ I need to begin this thread with a big thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonni208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bonni208<\/a> for stressing kindness in her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tihighered?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tihighered<\/a> podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jessifer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jessifer<\/a> for vociferously arguing for treating students as people, & <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaRoseCav?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaRoseCav<\/a> for showing through her research just how impactful emotion is on learning.<br \/>\nStory time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Ian Wolf (@MrWolfatLC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrWolfatLC\/status\/1088982733001580544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ian was a guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/podcast\/a-loyal-listeners-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">episode #222<\/a> when he shared about those Teaching in Higher Ed guests who have made the biggest impact on his teaching. He is also a proud member of the Teaching in Higher Ed Completionists &#8211; those people who have listened to every single episode of the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>I am working on getting a dedicated page on the site for completionists to share favorite episodes, though I haven't gotten to it quite yet. There is a completionists Slack channel, however.<\/p>\n<h3>Viji Sathy Receives a Gift<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Many of us have received gifts from our students to thank us for our teaching. In this next series of tweets, Viji Sathy tells a story of some earrings a student gave to her. As you might expect, it was so much more than that.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These may look like ordinary earrings. They are not. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TuesdayThanks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TuesdayThanks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NY7UtkxpoS\">pic.twitter.com\/NY7UtkxpoS<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090368862900666368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=208949954  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11487\" src=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1024\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1024\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:768\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:600\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/earings-viji.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Viji continues on after that with:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">After my first semester of teaching I was riddled with self-doubt and wondering if I had taken on more than I could handle. The soundtrack in my head that first year was impatient and unkind. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ImposterSyndrome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ImposterSyndrome<\/a> in full force.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090369382197485573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But after the semester, this student stopped by to gift me these handmade earrings to thank me for teaching and demonstrating care in the class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090369766337011712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Semester after semester, I chipped away. I attended <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/facdev?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#facdev<\/a>, read a lot, asked for help and advice. Now I find myself in the position to offer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/facdev?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#facdev<\/a>, writing a lot, and offering help and advice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090370224866684935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">These earrings stay out to remind me of this wonderful and unpredictable journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090370540962017285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To my educator colleagues, who may be doubting themselves right now: stay the course, ask for help. Remember everyone has a day 1, or semester 1. We all remember it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090371224599965696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">And to that wonderful student, I have so much gratitude for the gift you gave me \u2014 and it wasn\u2019t the earrings, but I love them too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 \uff36\uff29\uff2a\uff29 \uff33\uff21\uff34\uff28\uff39 (@vijisathy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijisathy\/status\/1090371374349254656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Viji's story reminds me of the importance of committing to lifelong learning in our profession. We may get to places in our teaching where we are effective at coaching others, but there will always be more to discover, fail at, and learn from&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Matthew Cortland Has a Leaky Roof<\/h3>\n<p>These past few weeks on academic twitter have been focused a lot on disability accommodations. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/education\/hc-uconn-professor-apologizes-test-tweet-20190129-ijbjqsuzrjeopmea7o5sstgxh4-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professor wound up apologizing<\/a> for his suggestion that he would not accommodate students' needs surrounding test anxiety. There was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenyonreview.org\/kr-online-issue\/2019-janfeb\/selections\/sejal-shah-656342\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this powerful post about neurodiversity<\/a>. And then there was this memorable series of tweets from Matthew Cortland, esq.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=2069635517  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11489\" src=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/matthew-cortland-roof-leak.png\" alt=\"Matthew Cortland's roof leaks\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:940\/h:788\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/matthew-cortland-roof-leak.png 940w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:300\/h:251\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/matthew-cortland-roof-leak.png 300w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:768\/h:644\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/matthew-cortland-roof-leak.png 768w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:940\/h:788\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/matthew-cortland-roof-leak.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Someone messages to ask, in what I believe to be good faith, why I go so hard at academics for ableism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It's because the roof leaks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089765147328036864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When it's wet outside, water leaks from the bedroom ceiling. You may ask, quite reasonably, &#8216;why don't you do something about it?'<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Because sometimes I have to pay the rent late.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089766776731287552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I was told by law school administration that I couldn't tell professors I had a disability or that I needed accommodations. I have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IBD?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IBD<\/a>, my symptoms require, as my accommodations letters put it, &#8220;unhindered restroom access.&#8221; The law school tried, very hard, to violate the ADA<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089768054597316608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I had to threaten to sue them to be allowed to tell professors I had a reasonable accommodation on the basis of disability that meant if I needed to go to the restroom? I wasn't going to raise my hand and ask for permission (as some profs insisted).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089768341743509504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">One professor, upon my disclosing chronic illness said, &#8220;you won't need something silly, like a large font, will you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When I explained Crohn's, he interrogated me about how he'd know if I was faking or if I was really in the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089769011066388480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That was the first interrogation of many. I was cross examined, repeatedly, about my accommodations. Even though they were from Uni Dis Services & based upon voluminous medical evidence, were they legit? no, really, how was I scamming them?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089769371193491456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Instead of assigning a proctor to stop time when I needed to toilet (as I requested) they gave me 1.5x time on exams. I had final exams (upon which the entire class grade depends) taken away from me before my allotted time had expired. It literally trashed my gpa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089769728552456192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For the entirety of my law school career, I was told every single day, explicitly and implicitly, that I didn't belong, that I wasn't welcome, that the profession didn't have any room for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089770318380654593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I was told by the professors who were supposed to mentor me that if I got a firm job (and I wouldn't, but if there was a miracle), they'd fire me after a month on some pretext because I &#8220;need to use the bathroom too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089770641283342337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;it was relentless. And other professors saw it. And my classmates saw it. And it perpetuated a culture. Those professors weren't just teaching what was on the syllabus &#8211; they were teaching discrimination, they were teaching ableism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089771022327394304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">That pernicious discrimination is the norm throughout the profession. And if it's ever to stop, it must begin with academe, it must begin with law schools. That's why I go so hard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2014 Matthew Cortland, esq (@mattbc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattbc\/status\/1089772093510770688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I have an incredibly expensive education, a license to practice law, a useful skillset. 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