Carol & Doug rightly took me to task for implying that there never reasons for missing a deadline. Mea maxima culpa. I didn't quite mean that! Some things are obviously beyond the best planning. I was thinking of the more mundane sorts of excuses of the kind that, when students give them, have you muttering under your breath. Frankly, I always build in a fudge factor when setting deadlines. If I expect the exams top be graded in 3 days, I'll tell the class to expect them in 4. When I give multiple choice exams, I usually have them graded the same day, often within a few hours but I tell the students that it will be at least 24 hours. If nothing else, it stops the students from harassing me. In the past, I wanted to impress the students and would tell them I'd have their exams graded within an hour or two. But I found they'd start hanging around my office after 30 minutes with "did you grade mine yet?" And, of course, there are life's more traumatic events that will sideline the best plans for weeks. Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Office: Peoples Building Room 44 Office Phone: 610-436-3151; Home phone: 610-363-1939 Office Hours: Mondays noon-2 & 3-4 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9:15 & 12:30-2 p.m. Home Page: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist...... in approximate order of importance.
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