Thursday 25 September 2014

"Do-over deadline set to experience deadline shock" Response

I am a student, and even though I wish I had all the time in the world for projects, I agree with the overall opinion of the article. Of course, there are different perspectives; the student's, the teacher's and the parents'. These are the three key opinions in a conflict like this.

I think the student's perspective isn't the most important out of the three. Of course, most of them care about their marks and don't want a big, fat zero beside their name. But, they're  most likely the reason the assignment is being handed in late. Either they didn't do the work because they had no time with all their extracurriculars, or they might have just been to lazy to do it, or they left it at home, in their locker, in another class, etc. Most kids these days would probably say that it's unnecessary if you take off marks for handing assignments in late, but that's because we've all handed something in late before.

The next perspective is the teacher's. This previous rule states that even if a student hands in an assignment months later, they're still obliged to mark it without deducting marks, for it having been handed in late. This is unfair for the teacher, as they definitely don't want to be marking your assignments, while they're marking different assignments for the rest of the class. It's also unfair for them, because they work hard to teach you, and they should be giving the great marks to the students who also work hard.

The last people this would account with, is the parents of the student. When something's late, a student doesn't usually tell their parents, so it looks like it's on time. And when a student receives deductions, the parents don't know why, so they think it's the teacher's fault. They'd then send letters, emails, or phone calls to the teacher, asking why and demanding for the assignment to be remarked. This is, again, unfair to the teacher, as they don't expect and deserve the parents to be lashing out at them. I understand that they're worried about their child's education, but if they don't know the full story behind something, they shouldn't really have a say

There are other perspectives as well, but the student's, teacher's and parents' are the most vital. Personally, I think that it's a good consequence to have. If we know that something's due and we haven't completed it, it's our own fault and we may very well deserve a deduction.

"Do-over Generation Set to Meet Deadline Shock." The Globe and Mail. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2014.

1 comment:

  1. Another well written response Georgi, thank you.

    Your first two body paragraphs were a little weak. You start off stating some information but then don't really get any deeper into why and how this new ruling would affect those two groups. Your last paragraph was your strongest paragraph in that you had a bit more evidence to support what you were saying.

    Also, try to use quotes from the article to help support what you are saying.

    17/20

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