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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I despise profs who are sticklers for student deadlines. It’s cruel and completely unnecessary.

You know who misses all the deadlines at work and who never gets fired? Tenured profs. [/quote]

BS. What deadlines do we miss? We have grant deadlines, publication deadlines, reporting deadlines, grade submission deadlines, and on and on. Trust me, we're not imposing anything on students that we don't have to deal with ourselves. [/quote]

Anything related to teaching? Showing up to class on time, grading assignments, providing assignments….[/quote]

DP. Such hypocrisy.  Publishing a book or article is a part of the "real world." You are getting paid for it and you have deadlines. [/quote]

Why no, profs don’t get paid for publishing articles (or doing peer review) and you typically initiate the publication process when you have the article already written.  Deadlines only kick in if accepted and then they’re for relatively minor revisions.

I’ve never seen profs who don’t show up on time to class.  The only assignments-based deadlines externally imposed involve submission of final grades to the Registrar (and profs meet those). Grading assignments takes as long as it takes (can’t always anticipate how long that will be — it’s a function of how many/what kinds of mistakes students made, how much help you have from TAs, how much time TAs have (they’re taking classes too)). When/how many assignments to provide is up to the prof (and subject to change). Main reason for change (which is relatively rare) is students need more time.

There are lots of deadlines in academia (letters of rec, grant apps, conference proposals, tenure files), but many posters here seem to have a variety of misunderstandings re how the job works. And it’s all “the real world,” which includes lots of different kinds of jobs and levels (and types) of supervision and of time pressure.[/quote]

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