Stupid College

ADDGirl · 10-15-2008, 04:51 PM

I am a diligent student I put in at least 110% I am a crazy overachiever and am proud of the title. I am taking a class this semester that I don't need but I felt would be interesting and also related to my degree.

My teacher gave us an assignment about a month ago we had to read and do summaries/analysis on ten articles, as well as a paper on a movie we had seen in class, and another assignment in which she wanted us to say no two times because she feels that women are fat because they stress, and that women stress because they say yes too much. I worked my ass off on these assignments. She hands them back today and not one of my papers but all three of my papers are missing she just doesn't have them I am so angry and

She lost two other people's papers and said we could re-hand them in but that isn't the point.

pomeroy · 10-15-2008, 04:57 PM

I had several professors lose my work over my college career. It's frustrating, but they are only people after all. It happens. Back up everything (and if you can, send it in via email. That way you have proof you turned it in).

ADDGirl · 10-15-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pomeroy

I had several professors lose my work over my college career. It's frustrating, but they are only people after all. It happens. Back up everything (and if you can, send it in via email. That way you have proof you turned it in).

My professor wont take it via email I could have sent it sitting there in front of her if that was the case

iHap · 10-15-2008, 05:12 PM

I had a teacher in high school that lost a whole semester of homework. Guess who paid for it. I feel for ya.

Rogue_hunter · 10-15-2008, 05:17 PM

Not related to losing the work, but my transfer to Cal State Northridge keeps getting bogged down by the whole bureaucratic system. The first semester I applied, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo didn't send my transcript, last semester the web system didn't actually send in my application, and this semester is just chugging along without any word from them. I'm gonna have to call or go over there to physically move my application along.

Johan · 10-15-2008, 05:21 PM

I'm a teacher (have a few decades of experience) and I have NEVER lost a student's assignment.

In all seriousness, I am assiduous in this regard, because, frankly, high school students are often lying little buggers.

"but I gave it to you..." STOP! NO YOU DIDN'T!

I'm sorry your professor is an idiot. Losing three assignments from one person is, IMHO, idiotic.

iHap · 10-15-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Johan

In all seriousness, I am assiduous in this regard, because, frankly, high school students are often lying little buggers.

I wasn't the only kid in my class who's assignments were lost, a few dozen others had the same problem. Granted the teacher just went through surgery, she had breast cancer and was on treatment.

Nameless · 10-15-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by iHap

I wasn't the only kid in my class who's assignments were lost, a few dozen others had the same problem. Granted the teacher just went through surgery, she had breast cancer and was on treatment.

Still, not something worth punishing a bunch of high-school students over.

Johan · 10-15-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by iHap

Granted the teacher just went through surgery, she had breast cancer and was on treatment.

If only she had a decent excuse, dammit!

KingGorilla · 10-15-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Johan

If only she had a decent excuse, dammit!

Rub some fucking dirt on it and Chuff it out.

Inspector Fowler · 10-15-2008, 06:26 PM

Save...everything.

To prevent being screwed either accidentally or intentionally.

I saved every "Behavior Report" I typed on every single inmate during my 4 years at the jail. Now, on patrol, I save every single "original" of every report.

In the digital age, with storage this cheap, it's just necessary. No reason to let yourself hang because of somebody's mistake or more intentional problem.

pomeroy · 10-15-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by KingGorilla

Rub some fucking dirt on it and Chuff it out.

"chuff"?

Wha?

Typical Michael · 10-15-2008, 06:30 PM

I just had to turn in 12 of what I considered my best papers for graduate, and I was lazy and didnt make copies of them because I didnt feel like making 80 pages of copies in my lame little HP copier. I hope I dont end up paying for that...

Inspector Fowler · 10-15-2008, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Typical Michael

I just had to turn in 12 of what I considered my best papers for graduate, and I was lazy and didnt make copies of them because I didnt feel like making 80 pages of copies in my lame little HP copier. I hope I dont end up paying for that...

Are you trying to say that you turned in 12 of your best papers and you didn't save them anywhere? Seriously?

Typical Michael · 10-15-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Inspector Fowler

Are you trying to say that you turned in 12 of your best papers and you didn't save them anywhere? Seriously?

They are on my computer, but the teacher's comments are the important parts to them. I asked the adviser once what the point was, and he said it was to make sure that the history teachers are grading students fairly. Oh wells!

Schnoogs · 10-15-2008, 06:49 PM

I'm still trying to decipher the first sentence....punctuation for the win.

protagonist · 10-15-2008, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Schnoogs

I'm still trying to decipher the first sentence....punctuation for the win.

Not that "...." is any better

But that did make me laugh out loud.

Inspector Fowler · 10-15-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Typical Michael

They are on my computer, but the teacher's comments are the important parts to them. I asked the adviser once what the point was, and he said it was to make sure that the history teachers are grading students fairly. Oh wells!

Oooooh, I get it. They'd already been graded but they needed to be turned in to somebody else! I see now.

Before she was my wife, my wife and I were in a psych class together. It was on brain structure, and we had this HUGE project where we disected a sheep's brain, sliced it up really thin, photographed it with a computer, and traced the major structures of the brain. The computer software then reassembled your tracings into a 3D model of a sheep's brain. This was very painstaking, and took weeks.

We turned them all in on floppy disks (it was 1999 or 2000, I can't remember which). My wife and I were in the same class, but everybody had their own unique project, and, like usual, she had worked much harder than I had on this one. I guess the prof left the disks near a magnet or something, because he came back and said he couldn't find the files for 3 or 4 of the students. The disks were blank.

So here's the worst part - I got an A, right? I get the disk back, and mine is blank too. After all that work, he just took a random sample of the class, and gave A's to all but the people he couldn't find the files for. That's messed up!

Thank God for backups, or my wife might not have graduated on time. I still can't believe that prof did that, but that's life.

PathMaster · 10-15-2008, 09:31 PM

Well I hope the OP was not harmed grade wise.

In college a gf once took so long to write her paper I could not do mine, gf did not take responsibility for it. I told the professor I would email it after class. Which I did. Took me a week to get it to him via email. For some reason, every time I emailed it the send failed. Professor was nice enough to allow. Even though he was suppose to dock points for every day late. Not all professors are horrible!!

GF eventually owned up to the professor, on the day of the final.

Lithium Flower · 10-16-2008, 03:30 AM

The My Documents folder on your desktop is there for a reason! I've got every stupid assignment from upto 5 years ago backed up on my hard drive. No need to take chances.

Hope you had a backup ADDgirl, I've had that happen to me a couple of times and it is annoying as hell, even if all you have to do is turn it in again.

10-15-2008, 05:17 PM	#5
Rogue_hunter Breaks brick walls Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,264 Blog Entries: 27	Not related to losing the work, but my transfer to Cal State Northridge keeps getting bogged down by the whole bureaucratic system. The first semester I applied, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo didn't send my transcript, last semester the web system didn't actually send in my application, and this semester is just chugging along without any word from them. I'm gonna have to call or go over there to physically move my application along. __________________ PSN Network ID: Rogue_hunter Steam: Rogue_hunter Games for Windows Live: Roguality Twitter

10-15-2008, 05:21 PM	#6
Johan Take it easy! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: I'm not dead yet. Posts: 4,269	I'm a teacher (have a few decades of experience) and I have NEVER lost a student's assignment. If I don't have it, I obviously never received it from the slackers. In all seriousness, I am assiduous in this regard, because, frankly, high school students are often lying little buggers. "but I gave it to you..." STOP! NO YOU DIDN'T! I'm sorry your professor is an idiot. Losing three assignments from one person is, IMHO, idiotic.

10-15-2008, 09:31 PM	#19
PathMaster My life for Aiur! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Adirondacks Posts: 5,600 Blog Entries: 5	Well I hope the OP was not harmed grade wise. In college a gf once took so long to write her paper I could not do mine, gf did not take responsibility for it. I told the professor I would email it after class. Which I did. Took me a week to get it to him via email. For some reason, every time I emailed it the send failed. Professor was nice enough to allow. Even though he was suppose to dock points for every day late. Not all professors are horrible!! GF eventually owned up to the professor, on the day of the final. __________________ CoG IRC- irc.enterthegame.com #ColonyofGamers Steam/Xbox: Pathmaster

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10-15-2008, 06:26 PM	#11
Inspector Fowler Colonist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 2,984	Save...everything. To prevent being screwed either accidentally or intentionally. I saved every "Behavior Report" I typed on every single inmate during my 4 years at the jail. Now, on patrol, I save every single "original" of every report. In the digital age, with storage this cheap, it's just necessary. No reason to let yourself hang because of somebody's mistake or more intentional problem.

10-15-2008, 06:49 PM	#16
Schnoogs Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,000 Blog Entries: 1	I'm still trying to decipher the first sentence....punctuation for the win.

10-16-2008, 03:30 AM	#20
Lithium Flower Obey the Kitteh! Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 902	The My Documents folder on your desktop is there for a reason! I've got every stupid assignment from upto 5 years ago backed up on my hard drive. No need to take chances. Hope you had a backup ADDgirl, I've had that happen to me a couple of times and it is annoying as hell, even if all you have to do is turn it in again.