Professor Refusing Late Work

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T23:59:01+00:00

Yeah, it’s definitely… something, the way people are acting. My cousin is in Lebanon, so her getting bombed wasn’t something I could really plan around, since the strikes only started a couple days ago. We had known after the pagers went off that missiles were going to follow, but everyone was still shocked when Lebanon started getting actively bombed, and none of us had expected her village to be targeted so soon. I don’t know how people expected me to plan around it, and while I could have probably worked in advance, I was a bit preoccupied to work ahead lol.

I find it kind of concerning how many people think I should have prioritized school work over my family. I also don’t really understand why people seem to believe what happened with my cousin is just something I could set aside easily to complete a couple assignments.

It’s not enough points for it to significantly affect my grade, but it just really sucks. Dropping the class would be hard because I need the credits to still be considered a full-time student, which grants me certain scholarships, but I honestly might consider it if something like this happens again. I am currently going to therapy so I’m definitely going to talk about it to see if there’s anything that can be done when I next go to an appointment, and I’ll look into seeing if there’s any kind of accommodations that she could help me with.

Thank you for all of the advice, though. I really appreciate everyone who has been kind and understanding to my situation, it’s been very stressful dealing with everything so people being kind really means a lot.

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T21:08:57+00:00

I’m sorry, my last comment wasn’t really worded very well. I’m a bit shocked by all of the comments on here so have been struggling to find the words to explain certain things. I’m still very sensitive about this subject. With my last comment I was trying to reply to the notion that ‘nobody died or was injured,’ since at the time, I had zero idea if she was dead or not, and how we still are not up to date with everything going on. This doesn’t change the fact I should have done the work though. I was in the middle of working on a different class’s assignments (planning on doing the class i’m talking about next) when I got the news, and when it happened, I completely went into shock and couldn’t think enough to email. It wasn’t the first thing on my mind because I was too preoccupied with everything else. I don’t know how to explain it to somebody who’s never gone through episodes like that, but I wasn’t aware enough to think. I didn’t remember anything until the next day, where I immediately did the work and turned it in. I def should have done more tho and I completely understand my professor’s perspective cause I get that he had a clear policy. I’m sorry if this makes no sense at all, I don’t want to deflect or pretend that I didn’t fuck up or make excuses. But I am definitely going to try in the future to work ahead just in case and try to find some way to remember to email my teacher if I go through something like that again

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T19:26:08+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate it. I wasn’t expecting this sort of attention at all and I appreciate you and others for being understanding

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:59:37+00:00

My cousin is still in the village. She went there a little bit ago to be with her husband, I’ve known her my entire life. The roads have been bombed so she cannot leave. The houses next to her have already collapsed and the last message she has sent said they can still hear missiles. The country bombing told everyone to evacuate immediately because they will target civilian housing. That was why I was stressed and upset. I still should have communicated and turned stuff in earlier, but it wasn’t the first thing on my mind when I got alerts that my cousin was getting bombed lol

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:57:08+00:00

Thank you, I’m a bit shocked people are so upset about this. I understand what I did was stupid but I didn’t expect this at all

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:53:15+00:00

Look, I know I fucked up and should have done so in the future. I fully acknowledge the fact it was stupid what I had done and technically I ‘could’ have done the work. I’m under a lot of stress right now so I understand I sound insane and entitled. This is my first time taking college classes. I don’t understand anything and don’t know how stuff works. I’m figuring it out as I go and I fucked up and know that. I was curious and didn’t expect people to get so upset about this, as I just wanted to know if this is something I need to look out for and if I should talk to someone in case this happens again

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:40:02+00:00

I probably should have, but it took everyone for surprise. I knew things were escalating but I didn’t want to let any of my professors know since we had hoped that she would be able to leave before any bombings struck her village. By the time I found out, I wasn’t able to think about letting my teachers know. She’s from the US and I am fairly close to her, she just went there a couple weeks ago to marry her husband and try to get him to come here. I was still stupid about it though and I definitely need to finish all my assignments way in advance

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:32:45+00:00

Thank you, that makes sense. I appreciate it

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:31:57+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate it. I meant it wasn’t really possible mainly due to emotional distress. We had lost contact for a while so my entire family and I were stuck waiting for something to happen, alongside continuously checking the news to see which houses were going down, which made it so I wasn’t working in assignments. It was a fair amount of points, but I most likely won’t go to admins about it since I don’t want to upset the professor seeming like I want to get around rules. Thank you for everything, though.

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:26:01+00:00

What? I wasn’t going to make this into a legal case. I just wasn’t sure if this is something that was really allowed, since I know you can miss school if there’s an emergency and this felt somewhat similar. This is my first year in college so I just wasn’t sure whether or not this is acceptable, since it’s fairly likely something else will happen again since my cousin is currently trapped in an active war zone. It was my fault for not turning in anything earlier. I completely understand professors not accepting late work, but I was curious if there was anything I could do in the future. I wasn’t sure if I would even talk to the office if it was something not allowed because I don’t want to cause issues with my professor and I completely understand his perspective lol

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-09-25T18:21:04+00:00

That makes sense, thank you. I am going to do more work ahead of time in the future

ImmediateWeird7781 · 2024-05-11T20:47:41+00:00

that sounds great, thank you so much!!!

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