Comments on: Student Excuses in the Digital Age http://patmccullough.com/2008/12/11/excuses/ a blog exploring Christian origins, biblical studies, social/cultural history, method, education and the journey through academia Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: James McGrath http://patmccullough.com/2008/12/11/excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-718 James McGrath Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:08:50 +0000 http://patmccullough.com/?p=582#comment-718 I think that students should have to appeal less to excuses. Let's face it, once they would have had to type up their work, and if something happened to the original typescript they were in trouble (a famous case being <a href="http://ntresources.com/blog/?p=50" rel="nofollow">what happened to Dunn's <i>Unity & Diversity</i></a>). Students must learn to make backup copies, and perhaps if you emphasize on your syllabi that students are responsible to ensure that they do so, they will form good habits rather than have to learn from experience. Yeah, right... I think that students should have to appeal less to excuses. Let’s face it, once they would have had to type up their work, and if something happened to the original typescript they were in trouble (a famous case being what happened to Dunn’s Unity & Diversity). Students must learn to make backup copies, and perhaps if you emphasize on your syllabi that students are responsible to ensure that they do so, they will form good habits rather than have to learn from experience.

Yeah, right…

]]> By: Matt Hauger http://patmccullough.com/2008/12/11/excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Matt Hauger Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:09:03 +0000 http://patmccullough.com/?p=582#comment-717 That's tough; those things definitely happen. Why not just share your resources with this individual? "Give to everyone who begs from you..." It won't affect your grades, and the amount of material they can absorb in 24 hours probably won't do them a ton of good. That’s tough; those things definitely happen.

Why not just share your resources with this individual? “Give to everyone who begs from you…” It won’t affect your grades, and the amount of material they can absorb in 24 hours probably won’t do them a ton of good.

]]> By: Mike Aubrey http://patmccullough.com/2008/12/11/excuses/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Mike Aubrey Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:26:12 +0000 http://patmccullough.com/?p=582#comment-716 That's interesting. I never would have thought about how excuses would change in this "new" age... That’s interesting. I never would have thought about how excuses would change in this “new” age…

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