Another semester ends

Another semester has ended and the perennial woes circulate among professors and instructors. "Why can't students follow (simple) directions?" "Why are they asking for extra credit on the last day of class?" "Who was that student (re: student who managed to miss all classes since the first week until the last but still showed up on the last day to turn in work or take the final)?"

I keep a few ideas in mind to keep things in perspective and to avoid unnecessary angst:

1. Students earn grades; professors do not "give" grades.

2. Students have what they need to do as well as they can from the first day because the syllabus and assignment instructions were complete and thorough.

3. Not all students can do as well as they think they can, at least, perhaps, not at this point in their lives.

4. I cannot control what administrators may do, but I am a conscientious grader. A pravda vítězí (And truth prevails).