Heroism should not be part of the academic job description

Pre-Covid, I once passed the time when stuck in a university list by answering e-mails... if I had had an online class to deliver I probably would have presented it anyway. It seems perfectly natural to me. Or am I just a weirdo who has her laptop with her and just gets on with stuff regardless...?

What else would he do when stuck in the elevator. Doing nothing would make me anxious.

Precovid I'd come into work to give lectures with a broken leg. I was signed off work for 6 weeks but came in to make sure my students got the lectures and labs.

Thank you so much for writing this piece! I was hoping I wasn't the only one thinking the thoughts you articulated here (so much better than I could have). I couldn't help thinking what would have been the response had the teacher been female. And prior to that, what would have been the chances that a female professor in the same situation would have talked about it. Among the female academics around me I notice the more unassuming note every time their physical and/or mental load is full on: more often then not they're 'just doing it' and not publicising it. Because they're not really expected to talk about it. Because, historically, they've been expected to having put up with it, or more, because it was their 'societal role'. Looking at the level of pastoral care we are now demanded to provide to our students and even work colleagues sometimes, I do wonder, again, how it falls more on women to do all that. So, thanks for articulating it!