Writer's Presence: "A Modest Proposal" Jonathan Swift. (Pg. 831)
If you have not submitted an essay to me, please do so now. As of class today (10-09-2014), all papers received electronically or in person will be late. 10 points automatically get deducted for late papers, and 10 points get deducted for every day after. No papers are accepted after a week past their due dates.
Thank you to all who turned in electronic and paper submissions.
I have begun tallying up midterm grades. I think a few of you will be quite pleased to see your hard work paying off. Those of you who have been missing class, not making up your work, and not turning in papers (on time or at all) may be incredibly surprised and disappointed with your midterm grades. I grade as fair as humanly possible. If you do the work, you get the points. If you fall asleep in class, text/play on your phone, chat with your buddies, don't participate in class, and/or don't do the assigned work/readings, this will affect your participation points. Some of you may have done well on your papers, turned in full rough drafts on time, but you still notice that your grade isn't where you think it should be. This is due to absences, lateness, or non-participation.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me or come by my office.
**If you have had extenuating circumstances that have prevented you from being in class (death, severe injury, severe illness of immediate family member or your own severe illness or injury), please take proper documentation to the Office of Academic Affairs to get these absences excused. Even with excused absences, you'll still need to make up the work to prevent any zeros from occuring on your total points. Feel free to also email me if you know you won't be in class, and we can work together to give you makeup assignments.**
REMINDER: Get your topic approved for essay 3 before OCT 14TH!!
