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experience a fair
Book sharing is also common. This is causing me to
number of the following student requests...wanted to work
(1) Could I hand in the problems tomorrow because when I
them last night the person I am sharing the book with hadthe book and
so I didn't have access to the problems.is the other
(2) Can I take tomorrow's exam a day late because tonight
person's night to have the textbook, so I won't be able tostudy until
tomorrow night.students that this
These don't hold any water with me, and I tell the
excuse ranks right up there with "my dog ate my homework."Sometimes
when I tell that to students, they get angry and think Iam not a caring
professor. I tell them that I do care for them, and thatis why I
advise them to buy the book, read it, carefully workthrough the example
problems, then solve some problems on their own (for whichthe answers
are provided), and then do the assigned problems. And, ifthey are
having difficulty on any aspect of this, come and visit meduring office
hours.for all that.
The usual reponse after I say this is: "I don't have time
Student's need to have lives, you know."
Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics and Chemistry
Bluffton College
Bluffton, OH 45817
(419)-358-3270
edmiston@bluffton.edu