Paper timetable
As it stands, through week four, the paper topics are distributed and due on Fridays. A proposal has been made (and seconded and thirded) to shift that the schedule shift to place the weekend at the end of the paper cycle, in other words, the topics and due date would be shifted to Mondays. As I see it,
Pros: Students would apparently like it. It would give students more time after the Wednesday class to work on your paper.
Cons: Students might (might!) be tempted to postpone work on their papers until Monday afternoon, and then be unprepared for class on Monday. I have visions of students stumbling in 20 minutes late, a freshly printed paper in hand (not you, of course, some other student).
So convince this won't happen, or tell me why I shouldn't care, or tell me why I should switch to this policy anyway, or why I shouldn't.
posted by David Watkins @ 10:05 PM
3 Comments:
In reality with the amount of reading in the class. Students would have to begin reading before mondays class in order to be prepared, I don't think that last minute stragglers will occur and it seems that this option would benefit several students. I don't have a preferences either way but if it makes life easier for others dont we have a duty to accomidate them :)
Having papers due on Monday would only serve as a relief to those who already have tight schedules. The Sunday compromise is fine, but for those of us who work all weekend it doesn't accomodate our life any better than Friday's due date. Obviousely in my case Friday's due date has not worked out well enough for me to complete one paper yet. Having the option to add writing a paper to my Monday routine would make the most sense. Now for the coming in late and not prepared part... we are paying a lot of money for this education, if one or two decide that they can afford to be unprepared both financially and educationally, then that is none of my business, they will most likely not be too disruptive to the class, because after all, they probably aren't too eager to draw attention to their unpreparedness. -Rick
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