I should have given a test tonight

I knew that 7 people from my class of 23 were going to be gone tonight. Six of the seven are on a clinical placement--part of their main program of study. One is trick-or-treating with her kids since her husband is in Iraq. But...where the rest of the students were is beyond me. I had three of 16 in class. What the hell is up with that???

Well...all I know is that the students that were in class tonight will all get a five point bump in the grade book.

Late Papers

I'm reading through papers--the papers turned in late. I spent last Sunday reading the papers that were turned in on time, and thankfully, there are only seven to do today. But...

I'm not taking them anymore. Nope. Not going to happen. I'm setting a deadline, and anything that comes in after that is not going to be read. The last two I've read have made me decide that. If they were of better quality--if the students had taken the time to actually make sure they were the best papers possible, I'd feel differently.

That just isn't the case this time. This time, the papers have all the same errors, if not more, that I noted on the first round of papers. This time, the errors are more blatant. This time, they're not showing that they processed ANYTHING from the first round.

So...

No late papers.

I wonder how they'll like those bananas.