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Buy Hewlett Packard at the end of each semester. That's when printers break. Lots of them. At least that's what I often hear. And, remarkably, simultaneously email servers selectively crash, phones fail to connect, and computer labs and friends with printers become mysteriously inaccessible. Technology, particularly printers, is the new dog that eats homework. HPQ
posted by Dead Man Blogging at
1:42 AM
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I'm surprised students still do this. I stopped getting away with this by middle school, and this was in the late 90's when printers did break twice every day.
It certainly does make more honest students sweat when an actual legitimate emergency comes up, having to swim to the top of the pile of "my hard drive exploded" and "I didn't do it, give me more time" messages.
And a big pile it is. Why don't students just tell you the truth? They didn't give themselves enough time to do a decent job, and they can hand in a piece of garbage or nothing at all. But they'd like a chance to do their best work and understand that there may be a penalty. Most of us would then be happy to give someone more time and would be fairly lenient on any penalty if a good product resulted. But alas, truth is merely a matter of self-interest for many.
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