What would you do as a professor in this situation?

[thecrecarc]

Depending on how you worded your email to her, that seems quite stupid.

Post your email so the masses of ATOT can judge 😛.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: thecrecarc
Depending on how you worded your email to her, that seems quite stupid.

Post your email so the masses of ATOT can judge 😛.

Here you go:

I have done something stupid. I thought I had synced my laptop and desktop, but apparently I did not. The result of this is that I just submitted an old non-functional version of Project 3. I have the finished project files at home on my desktop, but I will not have access to them until later tonight.

1) I beg of you to let me turn in the correct files tonight. Honor system?

2) If not, I need to make sure my project is graded as a Part 1 and Part 2 only project. I have it labeled as a Part 3 project.

Please let me know of your decision.


Thanks,

Justin

She sent me back a CC'd email to our TA saying something like "I'm going to accept Justin's assignment"

The fact that I had asked to have it graded as a Part 1 and Part 2 project implies that I had those parts working and thus it was worth 80%.

 

[paulney]

The system that allows a single submission is retarded. What kind of crap is this? Not only we submitted as many times as we wanted in our CS classes. but the automated unit tester even ran some basic tests and returned results of submission to us. Granted, that was for upper CS classes. but even for lower CS, you could submit as many times as you liked.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Epic Fail
Fail. You should email your professor the completed assignment in your initial email.

I didn't have the files with me at the time. That was the issue. My desktop is supposed to sync with my laptop every night, but for some reason (I think a power outage) they did not sync. The syncing has worked perfectly for three years so I never check anymore to see if it works. I just grab my laptop and go.

I had to submit the files when I was on campus that day, but the correct files were at home on my desktop so I couldn't get access to them until after the deadline.

then you had no way to submit your program on time. 50% is what you earned.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Epic Fail
Fail. You should email your professor the completed assignment in your initial email.

I didn't have the files with me at the time. That was the issue. My desktop is supposed to sync with my laptop every night, but for some reason (I think a power outage) they did not sync. The syncing has worked perfectly for three years so I never check anymore to see if it works. I just grab my laptop and go.

I had to submit the files when I was on campus that day, but the correct files were at home on my desktop so I couldn't get access to them until after the deadline.

then you had no way to submit your program on time. 50% is what you earned.

I originally submitted (on-time) a program worth 80%. I earned an 80%.

And btw, if you look at my email, you will see that asked her to:

a) Allow me turn in the files I had at home.
or
b) Accept the files as they were, but to reclassify them so they would be graded correctly.

I was willing to accept the 80% I turned in.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
That's kind of messed up. I mean I guess technically she's in the right on this, but you'd think the professor could give you a bit of leeway. If she doesn't budge maybe go talk to the dean or assistant dean of your college and see if they are more understanding about the situation.

damn kids today expect too many second and third and fourth chances...then go and harass people up the food chain when they don't get their way.

Why not just get mommy and daddy to call the college threatening to sue?

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
That's kind of messed up. I mean I guess technically she's in the right on this, but you'd think the professor could give you a bit of leeway. If she doesn't budge maybe go talk to the dean or assistant dean of your college and see if they are more understanding about the situation.

damn kids today expect too many second and third and fourth chances...then go and harass people up the food chain when they don't get their way.

Why not just get mommy and daddy to call the college threatening to sue?

How has a fuckshitarbitch like you lasted for 8 years without being permanently banned. The moderators must pass you around like a 17 year old drunk girl at a biker party in the woods.

 

[boomhower]

You both screwed up. You should have turned in you work on time and she should have had you just email here the new project or backed up your original. Now for a solution. You talk like you have been getting 100%, if that is the case and you have not had other issues of turning in late assignments she should give you the benefit of the doubt and grade the 80% assignment(the benefit of doubt being that is what you give is what you turned in)

 

[Chronoshock]

Talk to the prof in person, they're much more likely to be sympathetic. It sounds like the prof just didn't understand the situation

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Please tell me that you're not still on vacation.

 

[KeypoX]

If i was a professor i would be a dick, and as a student i dont really like exceptions...

I dont think students should be allowed to enter class late, and no exceptions. People that accidental submit the wrong stuff should pay the price.


All that said i have had quite a few exceptions in my favor 🙂

 

[frostedflakes]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
That's kind of messed up. I mean I guess technically she's in the right on this, but you'd think the professor could give you a bit of leeway. If she doesn't budge maybe go talk to the dean or assistant dean of your college and see if they are more understanding about the situation.

damn kids today expect too many second and third and fourth chances...then go and harass people up the food chain when they don't get their way.

Why not just get mommy and daddy to call the college threatening to sue?

:laugh:

Not even worth the time.

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Epic Fail
Fail. You should email your professor the completed assignment in your initial email.

I didn't have the files with me at the time. That was the issue. My desktop is supposed to sync with my laptop every night, but for some reason (I think a power outage) they did not sync. The syncing has worked perfectly for three years so I never check anymore to see if it works. I just grab my laptop and go.

I had to submit the files when I was on campus that day, but the correct files were at home on my desktop so I couldn't get access to them until after the deadline.

then you had no way to submit your program on time. 50% is what you earned.

I originally submitted (on-time) a program worth 80%. I earned an 80%.

And btw, if you look at my email, you will see that asked her to:

a) Allow me turn in the files I had at home.
or
b) Accept the files as they were, but to reclassify them so they would be graded correctly.

I was willing to accept the 80% I turned in.

how is part 1 + 2 worth 80%? Was that just how the assignmetn was? Because 2/3 dne 0.8, depending on the school i guess.

 

[Matthiasa]

Was is explicitly state you lost 50% because it was late, since you said your professor wouldn?t even except stuff 30 seconds late.
Maybe you just did a much worse job at it then you thought you did. In which case it is totally justifiable.
At any rate, you should have kept the original. Same rational in not asking them or the TA to recheck a test, if you do they will most likely mark off even more lowering your grade yet again. Since they are good like that.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: KeypoX

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Epic Fail
Fail. You should email your professor the completed assignment in your initial email.

I didn't have the files with me at the time. That was the issue. My desktop is supposed to sync with my laptop every night, but for some reason (I think a power outage) they did not sync. The syncing has worked perfectly for three years so I never check anymore to see if it works. I just grab my laptop and go.

I had to submit the files when I was on campus that day, but the correct files were at home on my desktop so I couldn't get access to them until after the deadline.

then you had no way to submit your program on time. 50% is what you earned.

I originally submitted (on-time) a program worth 80%. I earned an 80%.

And btw, if you look at my email, you will see that asked her to:

a) Allow me turn in the files I had at home.
or
b) Accept the files as they were, but to reclassify them so they would be graded correctly.

I was willing to accept the 80% I turned in.

how is part 1 + 2 worth 80%? Was that just how the assignmetn was? Because 2/3 dne 0.8, depending on the school i guess.

Part 1 was a minor thing. (20%)
Part 2 was the meats of the projects (where we actually applied our new knowledge) (60%)
Part 3 was wrapping it up and making a useful program out of it (20%)

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: boomhower
You both screwed up. You should have turned in you work on time and she should have had you just email here the new project or backed up your original. Now for a solution. You talk like you have been getting 100%, if that is the case and you have not had other issues of turning in late assignments she should give you the benefit of the doubt and grade the 80% assignment(the benefit of doubt being that is what you give is what you turned in)

The problem is that the 80% assignment no longer exists on their side. She has no idea what the contents of my original files were.

Originally posted by: Matthiasa
Was is explicitly state you lost 50% because it was late, since you said your professor wouldn?t even except stuff 30 seconds late.
Maybe you just did a much worse job at it then you thought you did. In which case it is totally justifiable.

For some reason she decided to give me an exception. Not sure why.

On the grading comments it says 100 - 50(late).

 

[GundamF91]

So she said she'll give you an exception, but never said that she'll take half of score away as penalty for this exception? That seems like a miscommunication, she thought she's doing you a favor by allowing you 50 pts when she doesn't allow any late assignment and you should not be getting any points. You thought she gave you an exception and without taking any penalty on this resubmittal. It appears neither side talked about exactly how the resubmission will be graded, and both made assumptions that weren't understood by the opposing side. At this point in time, I think you're out of luck.

You should also consider Professor's point of view. She probably heard of similar sob stories before, about wrong or incomplete assignment being submitted, and resubmitted again later after the deadline. The deadline is there for a reason, and you really should have emailed her the correct version before the deadline so at least you have proof that you made it on time. The professor may not have really bought your story, and just thought you were late on the assignment, and she's making an exception for you being late.

Now you basically don't have any evidence on your side, other than the communication you had with the professor, which was based on incomplete assumptions on both sides. The only chance you have is to convince the professor to buy your side of the story, and hope for the best.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: randomlinh
is there any policy in writing about late assignments? It seems rather strange to agree to let you submit it after the fact w/o warning you that you'd be docked for it.

this is why I like dropbox.. I can just access it online if need be.

Yeah. Her policy as stated on her syllabus and the first day of class is "NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS, EVER, NO EXCUSES". I've seen her reject people's homework if they were 30 seconds late to class. Once the bell rings, she puts the homeworks in her bag and doesn't accept any more.

Sounds like a bitch TBQH. I've never had a professor that inflexible, thank god.

It's a bit harsher than most of my professors, but I had one "No late work will be accepted...PERIOD!" kind of professor. I never submitted ANY late work for any of my classes, so the policies never mattered to me, but it sure hurt a lot of the slackers I had classes with. One professor was a stickler about homework If you missed ONE homework assignment (or test) you got an incomplete for the class. If you turned in LATE work, you got credit for turning it in, but received NO grade for it.

He was very adamant about the policy, had it printed on his syllabus in at least two places...but it never failed...a couple of students were short homework at the end of the semester...and got incompletes...He DID allow them to make it up the following semester, but it's still an inconvenience for those folks.

MOST professors deducted points for late work, anywhere from 10% per day, 50% for up to a week, and not accepted after one week.

 

[guyver01]

Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: guyver01
Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

Internet is available in a lot of places, if I were the professor and were only given the information given in your post here I would also have lowered your grade.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: guyver01
Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

Probably because she COULD have uploaded the project from a different computer, at school, in a public library, etc.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: guyver01
Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

You couldn't find a way to upload a file in 4 days?

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: guyver01
Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

You couldn't find a way to upload a file in 4 days?

I'm glad somebody finally raised this point.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: guyver01
Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

You couldn't find a way to upload a file in 4 days?

if we could... we would... wasn't a small file either... was about 1.5Gb worth of data and files... wasn't about to burn it to a dvd and snail upload it via kinkos...

and the libraries here... you can't use your own dvds or cds or anything in their pcs.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: guyver01
Some professors can be pricks... and there's honestly nothing you can do about it.

My GF got a F on her final project, because we moved and had no internet access for 4 days so she couldn't upload it on time.

I gave her the workorder from the Cable company showing date & time when it got installed, but he still said nope.

Took her from an A to a B- ... she got pissed..

You couldn't find a way to upload a file in 4 days?

if we could... we would... wasn't a small file either... was about 1.5Gb worth of data and files... wasn't about to burn it to a dvd and snail upload it via kinkos...

and the libraries here... you can't use your own dvds or cds or anything in their pcs.

Ok... I'm still not seeing the problem. Moving a 1.5 gb file isn't that tough. You can get a 2gb thumb drive at walmart for $9