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Statement of Teaching Philosophy, Part 2
Mar. 10th, 2022 08:30 am( Read more... )
Now that I’m a professor, I understand that grading is a shitty and thankless task, and that some students will walk all over you if you let them. Still, if you can make someone’s life easier by giving them a deadline extension, why not just do it? Especially if you’re not going to grade their work immediately (which I most definitely am not).
I mean honestly. Even if a student is balls-out lying about a death in the family so that they can take a break from school, what’s the harm in giving them a chance to rest before they start the assignment? If nothing else, it’s infinitely preferable that they take their time and turn in good work than me having to read an insane Adderall paper emailed along with an unintelligible cover letter at 3am. Not that I don’t appreciate those papers as the absurdist comedies they are, but they’re a bitch to grade.
Now that I’m a professor, I understand that grading is a shitty and thankless task, and that some students will walk all over you if you let them. Still, if you can make someone’s life easier by giving them a deadline extension, why not just do it? Especially if you’re not going to grade their work immediately (which I most definitely am not).
I mean honestly. Even if a student is balls-out lying about a death in the family so that they can take a break from school, what’s the harm in giving them a chance to rest before they start the assignment? If nothing else, it’s infinitely preferable that they take their time and turn in good work than me having to read an insane Adderall paper emailed along with an unintelligible cover letter at 3am. Not that I don’t appreciate those papers as the absurdist comedies they are, but they’re a bitch to grade.
