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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 745934" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>Super side note...keep in mind this doesn’t necessarily apply to a Difficult Child:</p><p></p><p>I have a relative who is a professor. He teaches a course that is one of the final courses of the curriculum. And is required. There are few assignments. Perhaps two or three for two or three grades. The last one counts the most. If you fail it, you fail the course. AND you will have to take the class again. </p><p>The last one is some kind of project...I think with a paper. Not sure. </p><p>Anyway, the project is due at 5 pm on a certain day at the end of the semester. It is on the syllabus. It is announced repeatedly. If the project is turned in at 5:01 you fail. No joke. No lie. No exaggeration. He will consider and only consider an exception if you were in a serious accident and forced by ambulance to the hospital moments before the deadline. Or if your parent or child died within moments of the deadline and you can provide proof. In decades, I think he has only given ONE extension. It is a hard fast rule. It is not to be mean, but to prepare them for real life. He tells them to hand it in a few days ahead of time. It is foolish to take ANY chance because you simply will not get an extension. You can write the president of the university and unless it is the most extreme of circumstances and well documented too, you will not win. </p><p>Anyhoo...in my estimation, about 1/3 hand it in a few days ahead of time. A handful hand it in that morning. Another group hand it in about 4:45. Omg. Almost always there is someone who hands it in at 5. There is someone there with a stopwatch. Omg. One minute later and they would of lost all their money for the course and gotten an “F.” Approx every other semester someone comes in well after 5. Or even 5:01. Hmmm. “Can’t you make an exception?” It’s almost laughable. Nooooo. They cry. They scream. They see the chairman. The chairman says it’s documented all over the place. Forget it. </p><p>Interestingly, over the many years...some of these “kids,” have written the professor and thanked him for teaching them what true maturity and responsibility means. Up until that point...they didn’t know. And some of them have even credited him for helping them become great successes in their field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 745934, member: 4152"] Super side note...keep in mind this doesn’t necessarily apply to a Difficult Child: I have a relative who is a professor. He teaches a course that is one of the final courses of the curriculum. And is required. There are few assignments. Perhaps two or three for two or three grades. The last one counts the most. If you fail it, you fail the course. AND you will have to take the class again. The last one is some kind of project...I think with a paper. Not sure. Anyway, the project is due at 5 pm on a certain day at the end of the semester. It is on the syllabus. It is announced repeatedly. If the project is turned in at 5:01 you fail. No joke. No lie. No exaggeration. He will consider and only consider an exception if you were in a serious accident and forced by ambulance to the hospital moments before the deadline. Or if your parent or child died within moments of the deadline and you can provide proof. In decades, I think he has only given ONE extension. It is a hard fast rule. It is not to be mean, but to prepare them for real life. He tells them to hand it in a few days ahead of time. It is foolish to take ANY chance because you simply will not get an extension. You can write the president of the university and unless it is the most extreme of circumstances and well documented too, you will not win. Anyhoo...in my estimation, about 1/3 hand it in a few days ahead of time. A handful hand it in that morning. Another group hand it in about 4:45. Omg. Almost always there is someone who hands it in at 5. There is someone there with a stopwatch. Omg. One minute later and they would of lost all their money for the course and gotten an “F.” Approx every other semester someone comes in well after 5. Or even 5:01. Hmmm. “Can’t you make an exception?” It’s almost laughable. Nooooo. They cry. They scream. They see the chairman. The chairman says it’s documented all over the place. Forget it. Interestingly, over the many years...some of these “kids,” have written the professor and thanked him for teaching them what true maturity and responsibility means. Up until that point...they didn’t know. And some of them have even credited him for helping them become great successes in their field. [/QUOTE]
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