> At 11:28 AM -0500 12/5/01, Michael Sylvester wrote: > >Please help! Some of my students want to take the final exam on the last > >day of class,but the memo from the Dean states to follow the final > >exam schedule.The gradient seems to be fluctuating. > >I am going to flip a coin in class.Heads I go with the Dean's schedule. > >Tails I give in to the students. Fair? > Putting on my "chairperson emeritus" hat I can answer with an unequivocal "no." Advancing the day of the exam means that you are shortening the semester by a full day for no good reason other than that the students want to go home early. It is unethical. And just for the record, I've yet to teach a class where I haven't cursed the semester for being so short that I have trouble getting in the material I need to get in. (And to those who say that this happens because I'm simply not well organized..... you're only half right!) People who cancel classes without a compelling reason should not, IMNSHO, be teaching those courses. My rule of thumb here is that if you couldn't easily make your course into a robust two semester offering, and don't regularly bemoan how short the semester is, you probably shouldn't be teaching the one semester version. (Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm any less thrilled than the rest of you that the semester is ending!) Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania Office: 610-436-3151; Home: 610-363-1939; Fax: 610-436-2846 Office Hours: Mondays 1-4 p.m.; Tuesdays & Thursdays 8-9:15; and 11-12:15; and by appointment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist ( http://www.adcham.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shameless self promotion: The Mill Creek Bluegrass Band performs every Tuesday night at Dugal's Inn, Mortonville, PA. Call 610- 486-0953 for directions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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