Every semester I hand out syllabi to each of my classes - every student. And, every semester, I end up frustrated by the number of students who spend time to look up my email address and send me an email when they could just look at the syllabus. And, that's not even including the number of students that miss due dates for major assignments!
Believe it or not, but teachers generally hate giving bad grades - especially when a few minutes spent reading a syllabus could have saved a student the heartache of failing an assignment or even a course. I know you've all heard it countless times, but I'll say it once more for good measure -
READ YOUR SYLLABUS!
A syllabus is your contract with the Instructor. By staying in the class, you're agreeing to abide by the rules of the class - all of which should be in your syllabus. Syllabi also include a lot of information - due dates for assignments, contact information and office hours of your Instructor, assigned readings and homework for the week, etc.
It's amazing how much harm not reading a syllabus can do to a student's grades. :(
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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