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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.

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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?

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

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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