tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3427649410833794347..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Note to Self and Others - Avoid Good Deeds Such As This One.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9115478431560306192013-05-29T12:20:05.854-04:002013-05-29T12:20:05.854-04:00This is why I ask for an electronic copy AND a pap...This is why I ask for an electronic copy AND a paper copy. It is hard to imagine that there will be an issue with BOTH of them. Also I can read the hard copy sitting comfortably in a chair and then mark up the e-copy using comment features and email it back to them.Gauss from Grinnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833535701520898069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55695918811290185892013-05-27T10:15:43.065-04:002013-05-27T10:15:43.065-04:00I do a version of that, Wylodmayer. I do accept t...I do a version of that, Wylodmayer. I do accept the e-mail, but I tell them any problems are squarely on them. If I can't read it, they get a zero. End of story.<br /><br />It has actually worked fairly well. I think over the last few years I have gotten the rep of being completely unmoving. And it helps. If I move just a little from my initial position, it just leads to endless Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57586353212635299012013-05-26T15:14:53.950-04:002013-05-26T15:14:53.950-04:00I just don't accept anything over email. As a ...I just don't accept anything over email. As a former IT guy, I used to respond to "some kind of problem with my email" with specific and detailed questions, which always threw the lying little shits, but eventually I realized I was doing my old job as well as my new one, and that sucked. So I said, "hardcopy only, motherfuckers." I also explain to them why - their lying Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14462748322917609992013-05-25T17:01:15.674-04:002013-05-25T17:01:15.674-04:00You people are why most of my students think I'...You people are why most of my students think I'm an asshole. <br /><br /> <br /><br />StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6881583835198100082013-05-25T08:05:06.337-04:002013-05-25T08:05:06.337-04:00Okay, I'll confess. I issued a similarly ill-...Okay, I'll confess. I issued a similarly ill-timed "last chance" email this semester, and am waiting for the possible consequences to hit the fan (which in this case really aren't so bad; if I'm told to grade a single very-late-sent file, I will, and the student's grade will shift from the dreaded C- which requires a retake of the class for graduation to a C or above --Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42157831878890216032013-05-25T00:55:57.398-04:002013-05-25T00:55:57.398-04:00Having been in a similar situation to Kindly Kate ...Having been in a similar situation to Kindly Kate after a student claimed my refusal to grade late work was unfair, I appreciate your desire to back her up, Bella. On behalf of all disempowered instructors being subjected to the whims of tools who haven't set foot in a classroom in (potentially) decades -- Thank you.<br /><br />In my case, I was forced by one member of a grade appeal The_Mythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621186404597424842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54114259330088802142013-05-24T20:12:52.642-04:002013-05-24T20:12:52.642-04:00Well, the professor did kind of dig her own grave....Well, the professor did kind of dig her own grave. But the student should get whatever is earned based on the professor's leniency. She should have to grade that shit (it shouldn't take much time, given that it was done in one day) based on her willingness to accept it. And the grade will stand as is.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35158884477406602242013-05-24T18:53:51.731-04:002013-05-24T18:53:51.731-04:00Augh, yes. I gathered together the assignment she...Augh, yes. I gathered together the assignment sheets, the syllabus, the e-mails, the reports from Blackboard. I put them together with circles and arrows and color coordinated legends and everything and sent it all in to the Dean. And I did not hear anything back yet, which is a good sign. It means he can't easily find a way to make me do what he wants me to do. <br /><br />I still wish Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16129825526351247632013-05-24T18:02:14.405-04:002013-05-24T18:02:14.405-04:00Fight the good fight, Bella. Don't give in.
I...Fight the good fight, Bella. Don't give in.<br /><br />I'm happy to help students succeed, and I'm also happy, when circumstances warrant, to cut students a break if they've run into trouble. But one thing I will not do is cave into students like this, who use alleged failures in the technology to try to put one over on me, and/or who run to the Dean when their whining doesn'tDefunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.com