tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8897003865627916640..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Pissy Primrose Gets What She Wants.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8795544430485934652016-05-03T09:01:22.561-04:002016-05-03T09:01:22.561-04:00I might argue that for someone who has depression ...I might argue that for someone who has depression or anxiety, their setting a deadline not only helps them take ownership, it also helps attack one possible root of their affliction. The way out of learned helplessness is to not be helpless, even if you must fake it till you make it. And it's also just a good life skill to learn.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55011832434127149952016-05-02T21:25:11.271-04:002016-05-02T21:25:11.271-04:00Making them set their own revised deadline (within...Making them set their own revised deadline (within reason, of course) strikes me as a very good idea (and I do the same). Of course it can be difficult for someone who has depression or anxiety to do so (the broken leg would presumably present less of an obstacle), but it's an important part of taking ownership of, and beginning to assert control over, the situation (and perhaps for that Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64898135280344124802016-05-02T18:43:40.283-04:002016-05-02T18:43:40.283-04:00I fear that I may be one of the profs that never g...I fear that I may be one of the profs that never gets the poor dears to face consequences. Or rather, I spell out the (moderate) consequences, and I do impose them, but they are moderate. If you don't have a doctor's or counsellor's note about a medical or personal emergency that delayed your assignment, I take off 1% per day. That's all. However, I DO take off 1% per day. Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39252300785605867352016-05-02T18:43:05.045-04:002016-05-02T18:43:05.045-04:00I fear that I may be one of the profs that never g...I fear that I may be one of the profs that never gets the poor dears to face consequences. Or rather, I spell out the (moderate) consequences, and I do impose them, but they are moderate. If you don't have a doctor's or counsellor's note about a medical or personal emergency that delayed your assignment, I take off 1% per day. That's all. However, I DO take off 1% per day. Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16130941115074116482016-05-02T13:15:10.194-04:002016-05-02T13:15:10.194-04:00Reply: "Your expectation is interesting yet ...Reply: "Your expectation is interesting yet irrelevant."Ruby from Richmondnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53561864500999264462016-05-02T12:18:53.593-04:002016-05-02T12:18:53.593-04:00Final papers were due in two of my sections by 11:...Final papers were due in two of my sections by 11:59 last night. This morning, I've got one request in my inbox to turn in a completely different paper (written for another class, but that's actually allowed, unusually, in my class, on the theory that it's useful for the student to get feedback from both a professor in the major and their writing teacher. However, all of that has to Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56998425864748346962016-05-02T08:02:27.023-04:002016-05-02T08:02:27.023-04:00Writing just for myself now, Fred's experience...Writing just for myself now, Fred's experience is mine, too. My students, the ones that make trouble at least, NEVER face consequences. I know from talking to faculty sometime. "Oh, I couldn't penalize the poor dear. She was crying so hard." "I let him off this time. He seems like a good kid."<br /><br />And then when reckoning comes, it's always with me, and it&#College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68836147685736279322016-05-02T07:03:55.393-04:002016-05-02T07:03:55.393-04:00I so hope you're able to take major points off...I so hope you're able to take major points off the student's grade on this assignment for failure to submit it in the appropriate format. And if you get any complaints from the student about his/her grade, say you'd be happy to discuss it, but only in person in your office at 8:00 am the next day. And if the student doesn't show up by 8:01 am, you should feel free to leave and go J Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070000686133103346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16200342469681941612016-05-02T06:37:13.173-04:002016-05-02T06:37:13.173-04:00And then there are the students who want to drop t...And then there are the students who want to drop the course AFTER the final exam. I tell them we call it a FINAL exam for a reason. The concept of a deadline is utterly lost on some of them and that is probably partly due to other professors who just let them do whatever they want whenever they want.Fulton Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70575778923576997472016-05-02T05:06:39.161-04:002016-05-02T05:06:39.161-04:00I had a student turn in a final essay 2 days late ...I had a student turn in a final essay 2 days late who typed "because I had personal issues I expect to receive no penalty."Nicknoreply@blogger.com