i just got 4 new assignments due on friday. it was announced last friday, and i'm pissed about this due on dead week. this is for my econ 205 lab. this is bullshit, i already sent the TA an email, but i dont know if anything will change

4/24/2006 1:45:34 AM

its econ 205..

and why is this in study hall? your bitching should be reserved in chit chat so other people can make fun of you with your mediocre class.

[Edited on April 24, 2006 at 1:54 AM. Reason : .]

4/24/2006 1:52:11 AM

when you have a two papers a test and quiz this week, you'd bitch too. plus the university policy is there for a reason

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4/24/2006 1:55:04 AM

aw boo hoo. welcome to the real world.

4/24/2006 2:02:52 AM

I understand your frustration.

But it'll only get worse, and I'm dead serious.

4/24/2006 3:18:39 AM

they are allowed to assign anything they want before dead week for dead week

4/24/2006 3:40:23 AM

http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.14.php

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"2. NO MAJOR TESTS IN FINAL WEEK OF CLASSES Lab tests and semester project reports and presentations are permissible during the final week of classes. Papers and homework may have a due date during the final week of classes only if scheduled in the syllabus. However, in order for students to prepare for final examinations, faculty members may not assign other tests, quizzes or additional papers during the final week of classes. Assignments should not have a due date during the final exam period unless the assignment constitutes a part of the final exam. Exceptions to this policy must be approved in advance by the department head and the dean of the college involved. Students should contact the appropriate instructor or department head if they believe an assignment is not in compliance with this regulation."

I'd file a complaint AFTER the end of the semester. Filing one now won't do much good ... due dates will still be there. Make sure you go about it in an objective manner ... you fire off a rant like this one, and your case won't be taken as seriously most likely.

4/24/2006 5:29:46 AM

welcome to "dead" week

4/24/2006 9:10:04 AM

"dead" takes on a new meaning cause it's the students who are dead at the end of the week due to all the projects and papers and tests this week. so naturally they are exhausted for finals.

4/24/2006 9:16:10 AM

im just pissed im getting new assignments when i had enough shit to do this week. i want to say something about it, but it'll probably hurt my grade. hopefully my email to the ta will do something

4/24/2006 9:38:44 AM

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"they are allowed to assign anything they want before dead week for dead week"

Correct. As long as they assign it before dead week, then they can make whatever they want done due that week including projects, labs, and homework assignments. They're not supposed to have tests during dead week, although certain courses, like E115, manage to have their final during dead week every year.

4/24/2006 10:10:22 AM

suck it up and do it tyler

4/24/2006 10:20:47 AM

how long ago were the two papers assigned? on the syllabus? How long have you known that you had a test and a quiz this week?

4/24/2006 11:42:09 AM

just suck it up man. if i were you, i'd sacrafice some sleep to finish all the assigments and study for that quiz. get some sleep friday and saturday night and study like crazy for finals.

4/24/2006 12:08:58 PM

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"get some sleep drink some beer friday and saturday night"

4/24/2006 1:11:46 PM

wait...what, is this dead week or something?


this is only a myth, aptly named freshmeat

4/24/2006 3:24:11 PM

lol

we were assigned our final project due the friday of finals. it's a __huge__ computing assignment. we didn't bitch, we just took it.

we'll get it done. and that's that.

and this was in a grad-level math class, too

[Edited on April 24, 2006 at 6:43 PM. Reason : math]

4/24/2006 6:40:09 PM

^Bah, this is probably your last semester as an undergrad, so you're probably used to it by now.

4/24/2006 7:49:46 PM

dead week starts may 11th right?

4/24/2006 7:57:54 PM

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"they are allowed to assign anything they want before dead week for dead week ... Correct. As long as they assign it before dead week, then they can make whatever they want done due that week including projects, labs, and homework assignments."

Incorrect. Please read/reread the policy I posted. Yeah, they CAN do it, but whether they are supposed to is another matter. Most students just grumble about it and forget/move on after the semester is over ... but you could make a case if it cared to.

4/24/2006 8:10:32 PM

i figure its best to keep my mouth shut till exams are over....but im not too happy about 4 new assignments

4/24/2006 8:30:39 PM

I think Perlith is wrong.

I cannot count the number of grad classes that had stuff due during dead week.

4/25/2006 1:31:38 AM

just got a reply from the ta ....basically said "thats life".....guess im gonna wait till i get my final grade to complain

4/25/2006 2:55:34 AM

just stop bitching and work 10 percent harder for the next 5 days

lifes not hard dude i mean damn

4/25/2006 3:40:55 AM

ultra ... visit the link I posted ... or LOOK at it. It says "Undergraduate". There aren't many items listed on the PRR website with regards to graduate courses. As you and virga have both noted ... pretty much SOL if they do decide to assign something in a graduate course.

4/25/2006 6:25:45 AM

Quote :

"Lab tests and semester project reports and presentations are permissible during the final week of classes. Papers and homework may have a due date during the final week of classes only if scheduled in the syllabus. However, in order for students to prepare for final examinations, faculty members may not assign other tests, quizzes or additional papers during the final week of classes. Assignments should not have a due date during the final exam period unless the assignment constitutes a part of the final exam. "

Tests - does not specifically address a test that is assigned before hand that will be during dead week. Only says they cannot tell you during dead week that there will be a test during dead week.

Papers - Cannot be assigned during dead week and must be on the syllabus to be due during dead week.

Quizzes - May not be assigned during dead week. To me this says they can tell you about them the last week of classes and give you as many quizzes during dead week as they want. So long as they don't make you first aware of it during dead week.

HW - must be on syllabus to be due during dead week

Projects - doesn't say they can't be assigned and due during dead week.

Nothing can be due during exam week unless it is part of your exam grade.

But to me, those rules are very open to interpretation. If the prof assigns something else that is basically the equivalent of HW, but it doesn't count as your HW grade . . . is it considered HW and therefore subject to the rule? Could be argued either way.

4/25/2006 8:01:54 AM

Two words: teacher evaluation

4/25/2006 8:11:03 AM

we all are pretty fucking complacent about this stuff.

they absolutely violate the policy, and we just take it laying down, saying things like "oh well", "get used to it", "stop complaining"

we all suck.

4/25/2006 10:27:25 AM

what exactly are the 4 econ 205 assignments?

4/25/2006 11:44:59 AM

Undergraduate makes more sense now.

4/25/2006 1:15:46 PM

This will be my first dead week at ncsu without pop quizzes, tests, and projects assigned & due during dead week and I’m a graduating senior. Very few professors follow the dead week rules, and most professors have some room for subjective grading so not complaining & just sucking it up is the way to go. I was annoyed the first few times, but after 4 years of it you really get used it to it and its no big deal any more.

4/25/2006 1:17:32 PM

yeah teacher evaluations are a good way to make your teacher look like shit

4/25/2006 3:31:48 PM

they can always do evaluations before they assign new stuff. i had one professor who had the only party of the semester the day of evaluations. food, music, and a couple of fun oriented slightly academic presentations. but she was already a really nice professor, so i dont think the party was just to get a better evaluation.

4/25/2006 4:03:27 PM