I loved the "I got tenure" honeymoon of the last week, but life goes on, right? Sure enough, I got disrespected big time in a class today. I let a student make up a test in one of my classes at the community college. She had no excuse, and it was weeks late, but I did. At the same time, the whole class had a test I gave on schedule.

So I graded the whole class's other tests on time and handed them back today. This student who made up the test from weeks ago, though, came up and demanded the one she made up. I said I have to keep up with the majority's work on time, and since she took the make up test later I'd grade it later. I asked her to be patient.

Her face twisted into a dark rage, and she stormed out. She went to the department director and demanded that the director come to class and stop class to make me do--what, I don't rightly know. She also got on her phone to her mom and other people.

I got an email from the director now saying I've got to meet with the director, the student's adviser, and the student. It's as if I did something wrong instead of doing her a favor my letting her make up a test she took late. I deserve to be a target of her rage for not grading it instantly ahead of everybody else who took their other test on time.

Yep, honeymoon's over. Teaching and stress, oh boy.