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I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - Tedium - 07-13-2014
I'm freaking out pretty hard right now. The final was due the 12th by 11:59 and I thought it was due today, a Sunday, just like every other freaking thing we have submitted in that class. I don't know what to do. He said no late submissions under any circumstances. I was just hanging on to the paper to do a final run through. I can't believe I misread the date so badly! The final is worth 30% of our grade and I had an A in the class too!
I have never been more disgusted with myself than I am right now. I'm going to e-mail him the situation because I don't really have the option to eat a zero, but I am so worried about what he is going to say. I don't have the words.
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - bricabrac - 07-13-2014
I would definitely go ahead and submit the work before noon and send an email of explanation. At most he may deduct a few points. Wait any longer and it may become a problem.
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - Tedium - 07-13-2014
The 11:59 was p.m., not a.m. Is that why you said noon? Either way I agree that submitting sooner rather than later is the best policy. Problem is that I budgeted my time so that I would be done late this afternoon. I have to go work for 10 hours this morning with no computer access. I already sent an e-mail explaining the situation and begging for mercy. I'm hoping that since I didn't spin a lie about illness or a death in the family he will let me off on the sheer novelty of someone telling him something different, but I don't know. I'm such a worrier. I can't believe I was so flipping stupid.
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - bricabrac - 07-13-2014
I know you meant pm, or midnight, which is why I said by noon (12hrs later). As long as you get it done today, it should be okay, I would expect points off just because he made it perfectly clear about late assignments. Which is still much better than a zero grade on a final. But sometimes instructors are much more lenient than we would generally expect.
Good luck and lesson learned!
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - soliloquy - 07-13-2014
Is the paper finished?
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - Tedium - 07-13-2014
soliloquy Wrote:Is the paper finished?
Almost, but not totally. That's mostly what is causing me all of the anxiety. I would have felt a lot better if I could have included a finished project with my e-mail. I'm stuck at work with no computer, just my iPhone.
The way I had it worked out was I could finish it up this afternoon with plenty of time to spare. Now that plan is really biting me in the ass.
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - Tedium - 07-13-2014
This was the response I received:
"Hi Tedium:
You have done exceptional work all term and taken full responsibility for missing the deadline.
As such, try to complete all your assignments by end of day today, Sunday, and there will be no penalty at all."
Oh my goodness, I am so happy and relieved right now. There was a time when I would have let my anxieties crush me into silence regarding this situation, or worse, I would have tried to lie my way out of it. I'm glad those days are over and that I can address these sort of issues before they snowball into unmanageable situations, or before I make myself feel like a scumbag for lying.
I posted the e-mail in case there was anyone else lurking that had similar inclinations. I did the work all term, contacted the professor immediately once I realized there was a problem, and owned up to my mistake. Hopefully I'm the only one who did stupid stuff like that, but if not, I hope this can be some helpful incentive for someone to stay on top of the work and not let stuff spiral out of control.
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - soliloquy - 07-13-2014
Tedium Wrote:Almost, but not totally. That's mostly what is causing me all of the anxiety. I would have felt a lot better if I could have included a finished project with my e-mail. I'm stuck at work with no computer, just my iPhone.
The way I had it worked out was I could finish it up this afternoon with plenty of time to spare. Now that plan is really biting me in the ass.
Well, I hope he/she works with you. It's an honest mistake. If you were accustomed to turning in your papers by midnight Sunday, he should have made it extra clear that the last deadline is a Saturday and not a Sunday. I'm sure it will work out. Perhaps worst case scenario, you just lose a few points.
You know...it struck me what you said about making up story to get a deadline extension. I hope instructors don't just assume when someone says that, that it's a life. I lost my brother last year in June and I asked for an extension. He was hit by a car and I had to travel across the country to attend his funeral. It was a very sad time. It turns out I didn't really need the extension. I finished the paper before I left. But, it makes me wonder if the instructor automatically thinks you are lying. I guess it would be morbid to ask for a copy of the obituary or the funeral program though.
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - soliloquy - 07-13-2014
Tedium Wrote:This was the response I received:
"Hi Tedium:
You have done exceptional work all term and taken full responsibility for missing the deadline.
As such, try to complete all your assignments by end of day today, Sunday, and there will be no penalty at all."
Oh my goodness, I am so happy and relieved right now. There was a time when I would have let my anxieties crush me into silence regarding this situation, or worse, I would have tried to lie my way out of it. I'm glad those days are over and that I can address these sort of issues before they snowball into unmanageable situations, or before I make myself feel like a scumbag for lying.
I posted the e-mail in case there was anyone else lurking that had similar inclinations. I did the work all term, contacted the professor immediately once I realized there was a problem, and owned up to my mistake. Hopefully I'm the only one who did stupid stuff like that, but if not, I hope this can be some helpful incentive for someone to stay on top of the work and not let stuff spiral out of control.
I thought he might base his decision on past performance. I'm really happy for you. You didn't need to worry about all!
I think most instructors want to see their students succeed. 
I Missed the Deadline to Turn in My Final! - Tedium - 07-13-2014
soliloquy Wrote:Well, I hope he/she works with you. It's an honest mistake. If you were accustomed to turning in your papers by midnight Sunday, he should have made it extra clear that the last deadline is a Saturday and not a Sunday. I'm sure it will work out. Perhaps worst case scenario, you just lose a few points.
You know...it struck me what you said about making up story to get a deadline extension. I hope instructors don't just assume when someone says that, that it's a life. I lost my brother last year in June and I asked for an extension. He was hit by a car and I had to travel across the country to attend his funeral. It was a very sad time. It turns out I didn't really need the extension. I finished the paper before I left. But, it makes me wonder if the instructor automatically thinks you are lying. I guess it would be morbid to ask for a copy of the obituary or the funeral program though.
Well, he did make it super clear. He posted the deadline in three announcements and had it at the bottom of the discussion topics. I guess I was just so accustomed to Sunday, like you said, that I replaced Saturday every place I read it. It was totally and completely my screw up.
I don't think teachers assume you're lying. It should be fairly obvious by the students behavior. They usually start with the shenanigans early on to see how much they can get away with. I know I did, anyway. It was never a conscious thought that I would try and push the envelope, but I did in class after class. It was like a weird compulsion mixed with a lack of discipline. I actually dated a girl that used her mother's death as an excuse for not getting her work done two years after the event. That's harder to get away with at a B&M, though. Word gets around those communal offices. Eventually one of the professors asked her for an obituary, which made my ex really upset because it was of course dated two years prior. I say all of that to point out from experience that many instructors will bend over backwards to help you out. But if you keep making the same mistakes that enthusiasm sours quick when they figure out they are being hustled.
I managed to impress the then director of one of the top 25 MFA programs in the nation and the head of another English department only to eventually flush it all down the toilet for no reason other than I didn't want to show up for class or turn in work on time. It actually makes me sick think about it. That's the reason I ended up at COSC, actually. I burned way too many bridges.
I'm happy to say that's behind me now, and I'm busting my butt to get back on track. Come to find out I actually prefer distance learning to butt-in-seat classes, and even excel in them. One of my COSC professors even offered a letter of recommendation for grad school. I think that's why I was so upset about this at first. Because I am trying really hard this time and I didn't want to see that effort wasted because of a stupid mistake on my part.
soliloquy Wrote:I thought he might base his decision on past performance. I'm really happy for you. You didn't need to worry about all!
Ha, I didn't need to worry, but I always do. I'm not even thirty and I already have gray hairs coming in. God only knows if I'll be rocking the silver fox look by the time I make it out of grad school.
