I figure more than a few of you are good liars, so here goes...
I'm a senior graduating in May. Two years ago I took a class where the professor told us our final paper was due "when it was done" and when pressed for a more precise deadline, he said: "I still get papers from two years ago."
Well, I took that somewhat literally. I wrote 90% of the paper two years ago but never ended up finishing it. Until now.
I emailed my prof with the paper and reminded him of what he had told us two years ago, and he said he'd be happy to grade it and change my grade (from F to whatever), only he was recently chided by an Associate Dean for doing the same thing I asked him. So he said I have to ask the Associate Dean, and if the AD okays it, then he'll grade my paper. He added: "You should have some good story to tell him why you were late. Good luck!"
So, what story do I tell him? Do I throw the prof completely under the bus and say "Hey, he made it sound like it shouldn't be a problem. Why should I suffer?"? Do I go with the sympathy angle, that I'm a second-semester senior currently taking an additional courseload (6 classes instead of 4 or 5), and that if I get a grade in the course, I can drop one I have this semester? Or do I just outright lie and make up a reason why I could submit it that semester or in the six months following (where changing the grade is less onerous a process)?
I'm a senior graduating in May. Two years ago I took a class where the professor told us our final paper was due "when it was done" and when pressed for a more precise deadline, he said: "I still get papers from two years ago."
Well, I took that somewhat literally. I wrote 90% of the paper two years ago but never ended up finishing it. Until now.
I emailed my prof with the paper and reminded him of what he had told us two years ago, and he said he'd be happy to grade it and change my grade (from F to whatever), only he was recently chided by an Associate Dean for doing the same thing I asked him. So he said I have to ask the Associate Dean, and if the AD okays it, then he'll grade my paper. He added: "You should have some good story to tell him why you were late. Good luck!"
So, what story do I tell him? Do I throw the prof completely under the bus and say "Hey, he made it sound like it shouldn't be a problem. Why should I suffer?"? Do I go with the sympathy angle, that I'm a second-semester senior currently taking an additional courseload (6 classes instead of 4 or 5), and that if I get a grade in the course, I can drop one I have this semester? Or do I just outright lie and make up a reason why I could submit it that semester or in the six months following (where changing the grade is less onerous a process)?
