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me_irl (lemmy.today)
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[–] 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They suspect. I’m a teacher, and I can promise you that of the five or so students who have crazy technical issues every year, four of them are making them up. I just can’t tell you which ones (at least not with enough certainty to make an accusations).

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I suspect with high confidence, though, which is worse in terms of the reputation that earns you with me than the alternative "hey I messed up, can you grant me access and extend the deadline by a week?". Highly prefer honesty over bullshit.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    That’s fair. I would also prefer they just tell the truth, but I don’t hold flimsy excuses against students (I teach adult immigrants the local language, so they’re generally pretty internally motivated and they have a lot more responsibility for their education than students in most other situations). Actively coming to me and requesting an extension would likely be a net positive, reputation-wise, tbh.

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