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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Weekend update

I've been marking papers and fretting about getting everything done and back before the break, especially since I'm missing bits and pieces from some students. A few students submitted papers late via e-mail, but (as I think I've said) I insist they print their own papers: the e-mail submission just stops the late penalty from accruing. So I'm waiting for those. In addition, a few had to keep their marked first versions because they hadn't done the report on comments that I require. Consequently, I can't evaluate their revisions, since I need to be able to compare the versions. Any student who falls into either of those categories will simply have to wait until after the break to get their papers back. After all, why should I drive myself bonkers to get work back to them when they didn't get it to me on time?

In addition, a few students who said they were going to submit papers late haven't (and tomorrow is the last day they can do that). In most cases, I'm fine with that, but there are two students who are actually very good, and I'm fretting a bit about what to do about the lack of submissions from them.

The most interesting thing to me is how unequal the sections are in terms of number of students and number of papers submitted. In two sections, from each section I got seven papers--one section has twelve students remaining, the other I think is down to eleven. In the third section, I got eighteen papers: one from everyone who is left. I have no way to account for why so many are sticking it out in that one section when so many have gone down in flames in the other two. Odd.

And in the Native American Lit class, the student I offered an incomplete to didn't show up for class on Thursday and didn't submit his paper. What am I going to do? I really should tell him he has to withdraw, but I hate to lose him. My struggling honors student also didn't submit her paper, but since I offered her an incomplete too, I'm not worrying about late penalties: I'm just taking work from her whenever she's got it. Sometimes, the whole late paper penalty thing seems far too juvenile and persnickety for college education. If the work is done and it's good, isn't that what really matters?

Anyway, we'll see how things progress over the next few days. But I like the loophole. Hooray for me for finding ways to decrease the pressure I put myself under.

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