- I will lose the 3 kilos I put on over winter break.
- I will get the coffee monkey off my back.
- Classes will grasp the meaning of deadlines – I will be firm in NOT accepting late work for credit.
- We won’t extend deadlines for the class.
- We will make the connection between our comp classes and real life more clear and understood.
- I will make greater use of the text-book.
- Students will learn that communication is important and excuses only mean something if they come BEFORE the deadline/ missed class/ whatever; Therefore, if you have commitments to school sponsored activity, or religious holiday tell me well in advance and we can work something out.
notes
- Re: # 1 – and then continue to lose 4.5 kilos more.
- Re: # 2 – I will at least stop buying it.
- Re: # 3 – I’m by far not the only instructor who got burned on this last semester. One had students asking to turn in late work after the grades were posted!
- Re: # 4 – Students liked it in the short term – but complained about it in summative (semester-end) reviews.
- Re # 7 – The school formally does not recognize any absence as excused.
