Dealing with a known late paper student
I find I have a student who tells me he has been allowed by other instructors to turn in his papers late without consequence. I reviewed verbally with the student that papers late will be lowered in grade, etc.
The assignment was described in the syllabus.
The assignment was gone over in class.
The assignment was gone over in lab.
A reminder of the due date was given both in class and in clinical group.
The assignment was due yesterday. At clinical the student mentioned he had trouble emailing me the paper. I told him to bring it in and hand it to the administrative assistant if he could not email it.
Now the paper is one day late. I do not have it.
I am prepared to mark the paper down 5% a day. My guess is he will say there is a computer glitch. I received all the other students' papers.
Can I say he should have checked to see that the paper was sent before he concluded it was especially if he was having "trouble" emailing it to me?
This is really happening today.
I do not accept late assignments. If they are given ample time to do it....it should be given on time.
I am dealing with this issue today. I gathered up my reminder emails so I was sure of the times the student was given a written warning.
I told the student I had not yet received the paper.
He said he would get it printed today or give it to me tomorrow.
I lwrote up a Success Plan noting the ways the student was told of the assignment. Five percent will be deducted each late day.
I will ask the student to go over the plan with me today.
Absolutely. You should definitely stick with whatever you have in the syllabus. If the other students can get their papers in on time, then he should as well. If not he must deal with the consequences. It is only fair to those that were able to submit their papers on time
If the student was told the consequences for a late assignment, I would feel free to put those consequences in place. I always reserve the right to make an exception, but I don't tell them that at the beginning. If he knows he'll lose 5% a day, I'll bet he finds a way to get the paper to you!
I think once students have been told what is expected of them it is their responiblity to make sure they follow through. This is true in an assignment that is due at school and then later in their job. If plan A (emailing the assignment to you) failed, then what is their plan B? I agree that I would and have taken points away for the late assignment.
