Cynthia ([info]pinkwigs) wrote,
@ 2009-03-28 11:19:00
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AGGGGGHHHHHH


In one of my classes, our final project is to fully reconstruct a rodent's skeleton from an owl pellet. I have removed almost all of my bones from the fur, and after work I'm supposed to go work on it with a friend. So I packed it all up, and as I'm about to put it in a bag, I DROP the container and all of the bones go FLYING, most of them shattering on impact.

There goes 8% of my final grade.. but it should be okay, right? I am currently sitting at a 99% and this project really only is worth the 8. Do you guys think I should just not hand it in and accept a zero? I have asked to purchase a replacement pellet but the only day I'll be able to get that is Monday, and the project is due on Wednesday.

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[info]terrified
2009-03-29 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Never, ever, ever just don't hand it in and accept a zero. Talk to the prof and tell them what happened. Even if you hand in the broken bones, you'll probably get some marks.

Why do I say this? Because I had one class where I was sitting in the high 90s and I didn't hand in the last assignment. I did reasonably well on the final, and when I went to get my final mark? INC (Incomplete). AAAAHHHHRRGG! I eventually got it all sorted out, but 5 minutes at the time would've saved me hours of waiting in lines to get it sorted out later.

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[info]pinkwigs
2009-03-30 05:41 pm UTC (link)
..Thank you so much for leaving this comment. I actually ended up talking to a person who was in the class last semester and she ended up with INC too, because she didn't do the pellet, though I have a feeling she was also failing the course at the time. How did you get everything sorted out?

Seriously, thank you for warning me about this.

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[info]terrified
2009-03-31 03:39 pm UTC (link)
This was all at the University of Saskatchewan, in case you are curious. :) It was a computer class with a huge design project that was supposed to be 50% of the mark, a final that was 40% and ten assignments that were worth 10%. I knew we were doing really well with the project so late in the class when time was short and there was a lot of pressure. The last assignment was huge and was going to take up a lot of time, so I just thought "It's only worth 1% of my final mark... I'd rather just skip it, and spend the time on other, more important things."

So then you know about the incomplete. So the first thing I did was contact the assistant/marker. He just told me that if I had handed in *anything*, he would've checked it and marked it as complete, even if he gave me a zero. So then I had to talk to a student counselor. They made an appointment with the Registrar's office. After I met with them, I had to get a paper signed by my professor and by the department dean. And because they are such busy people, it took *forever* to track them down. But in the end, it was all sorted out and I got credit for the class.

Oh, and I'm guessing you're wondering who I am that I'm reading your journal. *blush* Well, actually, it's [info]ellorgast's fault. I'm a huge fan of EGL style, but I've found no one around here who I can share with. And one day I ran across some pictures of someone in the style who looked amazing. And then I found out they were from Lethbridge! And while that's still pretty far away, my grandmother used to live there and I would visit when I was younger, so it was like there was someone else Lolita in the prairies! So I friended her. And through her, I found your livejournal.

I hope that's ok! I've been a lurker for a while, but when I saw your post about not handing in that assignment, I just had to say something. So... umm... Hello from Saskatchewan!

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