Chapter 38 of 44
Coursework
Classes, deadlines, and academic obligation. Written for tutors, seminar leaders, and the group chat you have let down.
21 verses
- 1 I've been up all night with the thing that's due first Plausible
- 2 I've been ill all week and I'm three lectures behind Plausible
- 3 My laptop died mid-way and the library machines are all taken Plausible
- 4 The reading list has a book the library doesn't have Plausible
- 5 I've been put in a group and the group has stopped replying Unverifiable
- 6 The presentation is tomorrow and my part depends on somebody else's part Unverifiable
- 7 I've got a deadline at midnight and the portal has been down since two Plausible
- 8 I submitted it and the portal says nothing was submitted Concerning
- 9 The exam schedule has me in two rooms at once Unverifiable
- 10 I've been given an extension that expires before the extension I asked for Concerning
- 11 My grade came back and it's for a paper I didn't write Not reassuring
- 12 I've been enrolled in a class I never chose Concerning
- 13 There's a seminar I've been attending for a month that isn't mine Please take the day
- 14 My student number has stopped matching my name in the system Not reassuring
- 15 I've been asked to see somebody about something and they wouldn't say what Concerning
- 16 The library has recalled a book I need for tomorrow Unverifiable
- 17 I've lost a week of notes and I don't know where they went Concerning
- 18 My placement has been moved and nobody told the placement Unverifiable
- 19 The course has changed the assessment weighting after the assessment Concerning
- 20 I've been reading the wrong text all semester Concerning
- 21 Somebody has been signing me in to a lecture I don't attend Please take the day
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