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Q: Is a 'Kremlinology' tag too snarky?

FomiteFirst, a definition, from Wikipedia: During the Cold War, lack of reliable information about the country forced Western analysts to "read between the lines" and to use the tiniest tidbits, such as the removal of portraits, the rearranging of chairs, positions at the reviewing stand for ...

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Pon pon holla mon
Pon pon holla mon
9:26 PM
Hello is anyone here, I need to talk to a senior academic
Anyone?
I'm sorry for my brashness, just that I need to ask something
If anyone needs context, I asked something last friday. It is in relation to that
@Fomite, @AaronHall, @Vogel612. I dont mean to call you guys out, just need to talk to you..
I've been waiting for a week, the room's been empty for a while
 
Vogel612
Vogel612
What part of my profile suggests that I'm a "senior academic" or even remotely familiar with united-states university affairs?
 
Pon pon holla mon
Pon pon holla mon
Sorry, I did not look at your profile, you just happened to be here so I asked
What does it mean if a person asks how long you've been at the institute? If you read the context, I appealed the decision mentioned there to a person of higher authority outside the dept and they seem to have asked me this. They also asked me other details. (I'm asking for anyone else who is here). Is this a good or a bad thing?
I dont know who to ask
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
hi, I'll try to look in a bit...
 
Pon pon holla mon
Pon pon holla mon
Ok thanks.
They also wanted to know who I spoke with about this matter.. They cc'ed the correspondence to another contact semi-related to my dept
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
9:47 PM
Have you tried asking on the main site?
 
Fomite
Fomite
@Ponponhollamon You could try asking this as a question on the main site?
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
Sounds like you should (but first look for a duplicate...)
 
Fomite
Fomite
And have you talked to the course instructor about your grade?
 
Pon pon holla mon
Pon pon holla mon
10:03 PM
The course instructor never responded to me.
I cannot wait too long, I have to respond now to them. I think a question like this might get closed pretty soon (All I have is what does it mean?, so it's kind of vague).
Can anyone ask around and tell me?
@Fomite
I sent them an email but they never responded. They are known to be slightly angry at times and once already asked me to stop emailing them over petty things (I was asking about errata on lecture slides and also about syllabus on an exam).
I think that my wanting to drop reached his ears too. So maybe that's why he never responded. I'm inhibited to go to him now until he responds back with something
Did everyone leave?
 
Fomite
Fomite
10:25 PM
So talk to them. Ask to schedule an appointment to talk about your grade. Honestly, it sounds like you're just spinning your wheels right now in a panic - which is a bad way to get responses.
 
Pon pon holla mon
Pon pon holla mon
10:37 PM
You mean email them? I tried, I'm sort of inhibited of emailing that man one too many times.
So I'll elaborate on the sequence of events since last week:

1.) Spoke to the GPD, denied due to lack of justification.
2.) Spoke to advisor, re-appealed to GPD, denied
3.) Spoke to advisor asked him to talk to GPD, request denied
4.) Back and forth between advisor and GPD
5.) Spoke to Advisor, he asked me to talk to instructor
6.) Emailed instructor, ignored
7.) Sent assignment to instructor, ignored
8.) Sent assignment to TA, had to confirm with TA
9.) Spoke to HOD
10.) Got response from HOD today while in class. Denied
*instructor again
 

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