Do Course Deadlines Matter?

Have you ever gotten an email that a student sent in the middle of the night before an assignment was due:
Dear Professor,
I really hate to do this, but earlier this evening I received some really distressing news from home and I haven’t been able to concentrate on finishing my paper for your class. I’m so stressed and anxious that I will go to the student counseling center as soon as it opens, but in the meantime, I won’t be able to get my paper to you in time for class. Will it be okay if I turn it in on Wednesday instead?
OR
Dear Professor,
I’ve been throwing up all night and am so dehydrated that I may have to go to the hospital.

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The Benefits of Mid-Semester Evaluations

Most Colleges and Universities have their faculty members hand out some kind of course evaluation form at the end of the term in order to get student feedback about the class they just took and the professor’s teaching of that course. The feedback, often a combination of written comments and numerical scores, becomes part of the faculty member’s teaching record. Sometimes the scores are used in making salary and promotion decisions.

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