The past few weeks the internet has just stopped working for me at various times. It would start working again after I restarted my computer, but it was very annoying. This afternoon it stopped again, and the restart didn't work.
So, after exploring a bit, I realized that my USB receiver wasn't showing a light. Some more exploring and experimentation revealed that the front USB plug on my computer seems to no longer be working. So, I plugged in my USB hub to the back of the computer, and have internet again.
I have a funny feeling that my computer is not going to last much longer. If it can just survive till I'm out of school and making a real living again ...
Of course, with the way things are going, I'm going to have everything breaking down on me the moment I start getting a real paycheck again - my car, my computer, my health. It may be an expensive few months. Just so it waits till I can afford it!
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I did my book talk today at the library. (I mentioned some of the books already here - Hoggee, One-handed Catch, and Runt). It went really well.
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Okay, I have a question. I turned in my report on my Story time assignment on March 25. It was due March 28. Unfortunately, it didn't save properly as a Word document. On April 4 my professor returned it to me and told me that I needed to turn it in again saved as a Word document. I did that within minutes of receiving her email.
I have not received a grade for it yet -- but it is marked as Late on the submissions tab.
Am I wrong to be upset that she has marked it late? I don't feel that it is my fault that she waited so long to look at it. I do concede that it is my fault for not double checking that it was saved in the proper format - but should that make it be marked late?!
This same teacher marked off 5 points on a journal response because she said that I hadn't mentioned a speech. I wrote back to her and told her that I could see why she thought I hadn't done so, because it wasn't written "so and so said..." but more of a response. I then included a quote from my journal showing where I was talking about the speech. She never responded to me, except to put my grade up minus the 5 points.
I'm not very happy about this, because I have to have this same professor for at least 2 more classes.
I'm afraid I'm going to get a B in this class because of the Story time late grade (if she ever gets around to putting up a score!)
Front USB plug not working, Book talk, question/rant
April 10th, 2010 at 12:12 am
April 10th, 2010 at 12:34 am 1270856058
April 10th, 2010 at 01:24 am 1270859075
I'd say in general, it might be fair to mark late, but I agree with the annoyance of it not being looked at for many days. A little on the nit picky side. Let's put it this way - I work in a deadline-driven field. So I Can understand the teacher's viewpoint. But, I don't get the feeling you are working towards a deadline-driven field, either. So, you know. Seems pretty nit picky, considering.
April 10th, 2010 at 01:31 am 1270859462
It might be enough to take my grade from an A to a B, depending on how late she marks it. I can only miss 25 points total and still have an A.
MonkeyMama,
I guess I can understand her marking it late since it was turned in in an incorrect format, so there's no way for her to know I did it correctly and completely the first time. I'm just curious as to how late she's going to mark it. One day late = minus 10 points. Two days' late = minus 20 points. Three days late = zero. So, technically it was 6 days late by the time she emailed me.
You're right, librarians aren't exactly in a big deadline centric field.
April 10th, 2010 at 02:26 am 1270862778
April 10th, 2010 at 02:29 am 1270862968
April 10th, 2010 at 04:34 am 1270870449
As a consolation, do your grades really matter? Are you in jeopardy to lose a scholarship? Are you applying to Law or Medical School? Otherwise, no one cares what grades you get as long as you pass.
April 10th, 2010 at 05:48 am 1270874901
I agree that the paper being in the wrong format is a pain. I thought it was saved in the correct format - unfortunately, it wasn't.
Grades do matter - to me. Getting a B wouldn't be the end of the world, but this is an easy class. I want to graduate with all A's if possible. If I have to, I'll take one B. I missed out on wearing honor cords at college grad (long story) so if there are any honors cords at the masters level -- I want them.
I was a teacher for 8 years. I always tried to err in favor of the student. Of course, all but one-year was with six and seven year olds.