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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Anonymous wrote:OP here - it’s 9th grade and absolutely my son did reach out first to both teachers that he think it was due when school was closed and would be due by the next class, but the immediate response was that it was due Monday, no exceptions. It was not assigned on Monday itself. I just felt this was a bit punitive and like a “gotcha” on the kids, personally.

I actually did reach out to the counselor but not to complain about the teacher but just to inquire what was the schools policy because it’s not written. And that they should communicate more clearly especially to new students/ parents this policy before a snow day hits.