As a graduate student I taught an Expository Writing class. I made it very simple for my students. I gave them a full list of the assignments for the class and then I made a very simple statement: I will not accept any late assignments. Not one. Period. No excuses.
Frankly, life can get in the way. There are unexpected events. Big things happen. But I don’t care. If you want to write you’ll need to do the work.
“But what if…”
Do the work. Stop fighting with me.
Actually, I do care. I’m very sympathetic. And yet, I won’t accept any late assignments. With that in mind, you’d better plan ahead. Do your best work and always get things done early. And, should life get in the way and you miss an assignment, your other good work will carry you through. It’s really all up to you.
Frankly, there are very few life events that rise to the level of true, unavoidable emergency. Most students don’t have significant issues that prevent them from doing the work. They just don’t do the work. They rebel against the compulsory assignment.
Rebel against something else.
Do you want to be here? Then stop fighting and do the work.
So what about you, Bucky? Are you ready to do the work and become a better writer. If the answer is yes, become your own hard ass instructor.
Do the work. Do not allow yourself to fail.
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“Will not except”?
Fixed!