Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?Not irrelevant - you're the one claiming that there are other reasons, yet you can't name any. That's because all problems you can come up with are either suitable for extenuating circumstances applications or can be dealt with by doing all the things you're told to do from the day you start school (such as asking for help, starting your work early, etc).(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
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Because I write in a clear and detached way it means I'm 'smug'?i know the difference.
Never said that. People with genuine reasons can apply for extenuating circumstances, or ask for help. That's what lecturers and tutors are there for. If you're not willing to do those things and you miss the deadline due to your own laziness or stupidity, then why should anyone give a crap?fully not giving a crap at all even if there are people with genuine reason is
More importantly, why do YOU care that I don't care? I wouldn't expect anyone else to care if I screwed up and missed a deadline (even if I had one of these elusive genuine reasons with which nobody could help that you keep referring to). -
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?irrelevant...(Original post by el pollo diablo)
Not irrelevant - you're the one claiming that there are other reasons, yet you can't name any. That's because all problems you can come up with are either suitable for extenuating circumstances applications or can be dealt with by doing all the things you're told to do from the day you start school (such as asking for help, starting your work early, etc).
on top of the ones i did say (in which you pretty much implied tough luck), what if its the start of term and you have money problems and are unable to gather enough to pay for your room? i have a friend from bulgaria, have trouble sending over money into his account here...took him ages to fix it... heres an example despite you claiming there is none....
oh my bad, yh youre right... why should i give a crap about what other people think.... its the same with asking someone to lay off when a guy constantly takes the piss out of another...sympathy is overrated anyway... my apologies for speaking out... have a nice nightMore importantly, why do YOU care that I don't care? I wouldn't expect anyone else to care if I screwed up and missed a deadline (even if I had one of these elusive genuine reasons with which nobody could help that you keep referring to).
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?Never implied 'tough luck'. I said that there were other options for the problems you listed - like speaking to your tutor. That's what they're there for. That's what your friend should have done. In fact, he was possibly eligible for extenuating circumstances. If not, then you kind of have to just get on with things. It sucks, I agree, but that's how life is sometimes.(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
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on top of the ones i did say (in which you pretty much implied tough luck), what if its the start of term and you have money problems and are unable to gather enough to pay for your room? i have a friend from bulgaria, have trouble sending over money into his account here...took him ages to fix it... heres an example despite you claiming there is none....
I doubt anyone is missing a deadline by mere minutes due to these kinds of (real!) problems. More like last minute rushing.
[/QUOTE]oh my bad, yh youre right... why should i give a crap about what other people think.... its the same with asking someone to lay off when a guy constantly takes the piss out of another...sympathy is overrated anyway... my apologies for speaking out... have a nice night[/QUOTE] I was never 'taking the piss'. I was simply stating my opinion that I don't have sympathy for people who miss deadlines for no good reason.
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?Sorry to interrupt your 'argument' here but are you purposely being dense?(Original post by Dmon1Unlimited)
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on top of the ones i did say (in which you pretty much implied tough luck), what if its the start of term and you have money problems and are unable to gather enough to pay for your room? i have a friend from bulgaria, have trouble sending over money into his account here...took him ages to fix it... heres an example despite you claiming there is none....
oh my bad, yh youre right... why should i give a crap about what other people think.... its the same with asking someone to lay off when a guy constantly takes the piss out of another...sympathy is overrated anyway... my apologies for speaking out... have a nice night
She's clearly stated that if you have a genuine reason for not doing the work on time, you tell someone, you sort out the problem. If you have no genuine reason, it's your own damn fault and (I assume) these are the people she has zero sympathy for.
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?The argument had ended but thank you for creating another one...(Original post by aeterno)
Sorry to interrupt your 'argument' here but are you purposely being dense?
She's clearly stated that if you have a genuine reason for not doing the work on time, you tell someone, you sort out the problem. If you have no genuine reason, it's your own damn fault and (I assume) these are the people she has zero sympathy for.
Why are you finding that so hard to understand?
The argument was about the attitude towards people who give in their work late, while there are ECs not everyone who doesn't fill out an EC is a muppet who can't be bothered to work... Even if you have a genuine reason you still need evidence for an EC and there are times when getting evidence is difficult. On top of that, its dopey to think someone who gives in their work late by 5 minutes gets the same stupid mark as someone who hands it in a week late...This ended with pretty much saying its unfortunate, try asking a tutor ( even though not all tutors help, it's not their job to be your tutor, its just an extra responsibility that is given to them).
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?My uni has a policy where if you hand it in late you get 0.
I can see why it encourages people to make sure that the work is done and handed in on time, but sometimes the system we use to hand it in can become very slow or not responsive because of the volume of people trying to hand in work, last term I had a deadline a couple of days before term finished and was trying to hand in my work for 3 hours, and this was at about 5pm. -
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?It does irritate me when they are militant about deadlines but then don't bother to mark the work for absolutely ages.
For example, I had an assignment to hand in on the 15th December. My friend was ill so had an extension and handed hers in on the 15th January. When she gave it to the secretary, she saw the huge pile of completely unmarked essays behind her.... they hadn't even started! Frankly, we could have had the whole holidays to do that but instead, they made us hand them in at the end of the semester and we didn't get them back until late February. -
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Re: Does anyone think that coursework deadline policies are too harsh?At some universities, it also doesn't cover things like, "I set off to hand in my essay in plenty of time, but due to an unforeseeable 5 hour delay in the trains I didn't get there until after the deadline."(Original post by el pollo diablo)
I'm well aware of what 'extenuating circumstances' covers. Those other problems you refer to can be resolved by simply asking for help/advice and starting early.
Thankfully, I've not yet had to test this at my university...
