I never cease to be amazed by the requests that students bring to me. I had one student who took a course with me in the summer, failed the course because he only came to class about 25% of the time and didn't complete any assignments, never responsed to my requests for extra help, and then came to see me 3 weeks after grades were turned in expecting me to take his late assignments so I could turn his F into a higher letter grade. The part that shocked me was that he was genuinely surprised--and then angered--when I would not accept his late work.
Unless there are some dire circumstances that would qualify the student for an Incomplete in your class (according to your university policies), I would tell your student that you cannot allow her to complete extra work for a grade. If you allowed her to do this, then you would also need to allow all of your other students the same opportunity. Rod ______________________________________________ Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D. Department of Psychology LeTourneau University Post Office Box 7001 2100 South Mobberly Avenue Longview, Texas 75607-7001 Office: Education Center 218 Phone: 903-233-3893 Fax: 903-233-3851 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel > -----Original Message----- > From: sylvestm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 11:47 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Rescue me > > > I am not referring to the r&b classic by Aretha Franklin > but to a student who came to me to try to rescue her > from an academic problem.This student has missed lots of > classes and his barely passing the course. Anyway,she feels > that it is essential that she gets a C in the class to maintain > her financial good standing. So she wants me to give her > extra work. > Michael Sylvester,PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
