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Twas the night before finals....
9 years ago
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I've been away a bit, finals time is crazy hectic for profs as well as we finish up the lectures and prep for incoming grading hellstorms. I have something to the tune of 50 exams and 50 final papers to grade in less than a week coming up :(
So, to all of you that are in college and preparing for tests. Good luck, you will survive this.
Also from a prof side general words of advice.
If you need help, ask for help, but don't expect a miracle.
If you send me an email the night before a paper is due, that you've had over a month to work on, and ask a basic question, then I'm going to just assume you didn't start till an hour ago, and at that point there's not a lot of useful advice to give.
Professors are humans too, we sleep sometimes.
I swear to god I've gotten emails at 3am for papers due at 9am, asking for substantial help, or a review and comments and it's like "n-no...why student..."
Also! Look up your final policies, make sure that if you have too many in a day you reschedule (early). Don't be the asshole that emails the day of the final asking for make up time because you didn't pay attention until the last moment.
Double douchebag points if it's thurs or friday of finals week.
So, to all of you that are in college and preparing for tests. Good luck, you will survive this.
Also from a prof side general words of advice.
If you need help, ask for help, but don't expect a miracle.
If you send me an email the night before a paper is due, that you've had over a month to work on, and ask a basic question, then I'm going to just assume you didn't start till an hour ago, and at that point there's not a lot of useful advice to give.
Professors are humans too, we sleep sometimes.
I swear to god I've gotten emails at 3am for papers due at 9am, asking for substantial help, or a review and comments and it's like "n-no...why student..."
Also! Look up your final policies, make sure that if you have too many in a day you reschedule (early). Don't be the asshole that emails the day of the final asking for make up time because you didn't pay attention until the last moment.
Double douchebag points if it's thurs or friday of finals week.
Vast majority have the mindset and expectations of grade school children.
It's scary how many grad students are the same way.
Even in the professional world the ability of most people to plan ahead is quite frankly appalling.