School work due on snow day (not virtual/asychronous)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given that these were anticipated snow days, it's also possible the teacher told students that the work was still due on the due date.

Teacher here and I’m wondering this, as well.

I assigned a writing task last Wednesday that was due this Monday. Students had time in class last week to work on it.

I posted online that the assignment would still be due Monday if we had a snow day. I also explained that verbally at least 3 times and put it in an email. (This is all within my school’s policy.)

I still had a student write me that he didn’t know it would be still be due on Monday.

You might be OP’s kid’s teacher.

[Anonymous]

What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He did the work over the weekend because until Sunday afternoon, he didn’t know school was cancelled. He didn’t submit it because he did not think assignments are due when there is no school. It would never have occurred to me either. I would think it would be accepted before the next class. I guess we are both extremely stupid.

I’m not saying the teacher doesn’t have the right to do it. I just think it was unnecessary. In that case, why didn't all the teachers make stuff due for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday? They could have done it even if school didn’t end up being cancelled. Could have kept the kids very busy each day without it being asynchronous. None of them did that.

I went to a pretty rigorous college and no professor wouldn’t have granted an extension. My father was the dean at and honors college and when I told him this he literally said, are you kidding me?

Why in the world would he finish an assignment and not submit it, if he has to submit it online?? He doesn't have to wait until the due date, you know.

When I was in college my professor would have granted an extension, too-- because I had to walk across campus and hand it in in person. It's 2026. If he is submitting it digitally, SNOW DOES NOT MATTER. Use a little common sense.

Snow, in and of itself, doesn't matter. When the storm leaves kids without the means to retrieve and submit their assignment, that does matter if trying to submit online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He did the work over the weekend because until Sunday afternoon, he didn’t know school was cancelled. He didn’t submit it because he did not think assignments are due when there is no school. It would never have occurred to me either. I would think it would be accepted before the next class. I guess we are both extremely stupid.

I’m not saying the teacher doesn’t have the right to do it. I just think it was unnecessary. In that case, why didn't all the teachers make stuff due for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday? They could have done it even if school didn’t end up being cancelled. Could have kept the kids very busy each day without it being asynchronous. None of them did that.

I went to a pretty rigorous college and no professor wouldn’t have granted an extension. My father was the dean at and honors college and when I told him this he literally said, are you kidding me?

Why in the world would he finish an assignment and not submit it, if he has to submit it online?? He doesn't have to wait until the due date, you know.

When I was in college my professor would have granted an extension, too-- because I had to walk across campus and hand it in in person. It's 2026. If he is submitting it digitally, SNOW DOES NOT MATTER. Use a little common sense.

Snow, in and of itself, doesn't matter. When the storm leaves kids without the means to retrieve and submit their assignment, that does matter if trying to submit online.

Unless you don't have power, how would the student not be able to "retrieve and submit" the assignment? The OP said that her son finished the assignment on Sunday. What, exactly, is the issue here? Does the "submit" button on his LMS not work when there's snow outside?

[Anonymous]

Takeaway lesson: always submit the work when you finish it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

Your last line is so ridiculously offensive.

I told my students (repeatedly) that their week-long assignment remains due on Monday, even if there is snow. I emailed that info. I put it on my website, directly linked to the school’s policy. Am I a jerk?

We’re on a tight schedule. I have to get students ready for their AP exam. We can’t take long leisurely breaks, nor should we when we have modern technology to help us.

If we fall behind and students aren’t prepared in May, would I also be a jerk in your eyes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

Your last line is so ridiculously offensive.

I told my students (repeatedly) that their week-long assignment remains due on Monday, even if there is snow. I emailed that info. I put it on my website, directly linked to the school’s policy. Am I a jerk?

We’re on a tight schedule. I have to get students ready for their AP exam. We can’t take long leisurely breaks, nor should we when we have modern technology to help us.

If we fall behind and students aren’t prepared in May, would I also be a jerk in your eyes?

Sounds like you provided sufficient notice, but others might not have provided such clear guidance.

[Anonymous]

Why wouldn't the assignment be due as schedule? Unless your power / internet went out, yes, assignments should still be due as scheduled.

Welcome to private school, OP. One of the things you are paying for is teachers who teach your kid to be responsible and on top of things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why wouldn't the assignment be due as schedule? Unless your power / internet went out, yes, assignments should still be due as scheduled.

Welcome to private school, OP. One of the things you are paying for is teachers who teach your kid to be responsible and on top of things.

Not the OP, but I think most schools on block schedules have due dates based on when the class next meets.

Fwiw, our recently sent out guidance specific to this snowstorm on how due dates will be handled. Presumably there have been some hiccups with some teachers/students, hence the updated guidance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

Your last line is so ridiculously offensive.

I told my students (repeatedly) that their week-long assignment remains due on Monday, even if there is snow. I emailed that info. I put it on my website, directly linked to the school’s policy. Am I a jerk?

We’re on a tight schedule. I have to get students ready for their AP exam. We can’t take long leisurely breaks, nor should we when we have modern technology to help us.

If we fall behind and students aren’t prepared in May, would I also be a jerk in your eyes?

Sounds like you provided sufficient notice, but others might not have provided such clear guidance.

DP. Students literally ask you questions even after you've just answered them. Ten times.

Op's kid may well have had notice, just didn't process it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

Your last line is so ridiculously offensive.

I told my students (repeatedly) that their week-long assignment remains due on Monday, even if there is snow. I emailed that info. I put it on my website, directly linked to the school’s policy. Am I a jerk?

We’re on a tight schedule. I have to get students ready for their AP exam. We can’t take long leisurely breaks, nor should we when we have modern technology to help us.

If we fall behind and students aren’t prepared in May, would I also be a jerk in your eyes?

Sounds like you provided sufficient notice, but others might not have provided such clear guidance.

DP. Students literally ask you questions even after you've just answered them. Ten times.

Op's kid may well have had notice, just didn't process it.

This is my guess, as well.

I can say the same thing multiple times, write it on the board, put it on the class calendar, highlight it on the syllabus, make an announcement online, send an email, have students repeat the information back to me…

and I’ll still have students accuse me of not telling them.

For major assignments, I ALSO send a Google form that contains one question: “Here is the due date. Acknowledge below that you are aware of the due date.” I’ve also had parents sign it in the past. It’s a lot of extra steps, but it stops this problem in its tracks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

Your last line is so ridiculously offensive.

I told my students (repeatedly) that their week-long assignment remains due on Monday, even if there is snow. I emailed that info. I put it on my website, directly linked to the school’s policy. Am I a jerk?

We’re on a tight schedule. I have to get students ready for their AP exam. We can’t take long leisurely breaks, nor should we when we have modern technology to help us.

If we fall behind and students aren’t prepared in May, would I also be a jerk in your eyes?

Sounds like you provided sufficient notice, but others might not have provided such clear guidance.

DP. Students literally ask you questions even after you've just answered them. Ten times.

Op's kid may well have had notice, just didn't process it.

This is my guess, as well.

I can say the same thing multiple times, write it on the board, put it on the class calendar, highlight it on the syllabus, make an announcement online, send an email, have students repeat the information back to me…

and I’ll still have students accuse me of not telling them.

For major assignments, I ALSO send a Google form that contains one question: “Here is the due date. Acknowledge below that you are aware of the due date.” I’ve also had parents sign it in the past. It’s a lot of extra steps, but it stops this problem in its tracks.

OP makes it sound like her kid admits they knew the due date. They just thought that somehow the fact that there was a snow day after it was due (since it was presumably due at the start of the school day, before the snow day began) it didn't apply.

Am I the only one who finds the whole "I did it, I just didn't bother to submit it" thing bogus? Hopefully the teacher will pull the google doc history to see if that's a lie. If it isn't, and it was done on Sunday with no revisions, I can see letting the kid off with a smaller penalty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school?

This thread freaked me out and I flagged it for my freshman whose school didn’t resume classes until yesterday. My kid confirmed that all assignments aren’t due until the next class (block schedule).

If this screws your kid’s gpa, you might want to escalate it.

Some teachers really are jerks who need to be reined it.

Your last line is so ridiculously offensive.

I told my students (repeatedly) that their week-long assignment remains due on Monday, even if there is snow. I emailed that info. I put it on my website, directly linked to the school’s policy. Am I a jerk?

We’re on a tight schedule. I have to get students ready for their AP exam. We can’t take long leisurely breaks, nor should we when we have modern technology to help us.

If we fall behind and students aren’t prepared in May, would I also be a jerk in your eyes?

Sounds like you provided sufficient notice, but others might not have provided such clear guidance.

DP. Students literally ask you questions even after you've just answered them. Ten times.

Op's kid may well have had notice, just didn't process it.

This is my guess, as well.

I can say the same thing multiple times, write it on the board, put it on the class calendar, highlight it on the syllabus, make an announcement online, send an email, have students repeat the information back to me…

and I’ll still have students accuse me of not telling them.

For major assignments, I ALSO send a Google form that contains one question: “Here is the due date. Acknowledge below that you are aware of the due date.” I’ve also had parents sign it in the past. It’s a lot of extra steps, but it stops this problem in its tracks.

OP makes it sound like her kid admits they knew the due date. They just thought that somehow the fact that there was a snow day after it was due (since it was presumably due at the start of the school day, before the snow day began) it didn't apply.

Am I the only one who finds the whole "I did it, I just didn't bother to submit it" thing bogus? Hopefully the teacher will pull the google doc history to see if that's a lie. If it isn't, and it was done on Sunday with no revisions, I can see letting the kid off with a smaller penalty.

Absolutely no chance that he did the work Sunday but didn't submit. He saw the forecast and knew, like everyone, that there would be no school Monday and thought he had a free pass to do nothing all weekend. Either OP is making that up to garner sympathy, or she is incredibly naive.

[Anonymous]

OP, at our Catholic high school teachers were brutal about this freshman year. Coming from public I thought it was way overboard and for whatever reason the following years almost all of my kids teachers were reasonable about things like this as long as there was communication. I don't know if this was due to luck of the draw with teachers or if it was intentional by the school to establish the ground rules.

Sometimes a small grade deficit like that can impact a quarter grade and if thats the case here maybe talk to the counsellor. Your only leg to stand on is that your kid is a freshman and the situation is new, but that may be enough. Otherwise take it as a learning moment and be glad the teacher is only taking 10% off. At our school that easily would have been a zero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, at our Catholic high school teachers were brutal about this freshman year. Coming from public I thought it was way overboard and for whatever reason the following years almost all of my kids teachers were reasonable about things like this as long as there was communication. I don't know if this was due to luck of the draw with teachers or if it was intentional by the school to establish the ground rules.

Sometimes a small grade deficit like that can impact a quarter grade and if thats the case here maybe talk to the counsellor. Your only leg to stand on is that your kid is a freshman and the situation is new, but that may be enough. Otherwise take it as a learning moment and be glad the teacher is only taking 10% off. At our school that easily would have been a zero.

Many people, including me, choose Catholic schools in part because of these higher expectations. They are a benefit, not a detriment.

Yes, sometimes it takes a while for a new student to understand that deadlines are upheld, especially if the student came from a school system in which deadlines were merely suggestions. It can come across as rigid and unreasonable. It helps to remember that high school is a process and that students will learn to meet these higher demands.