So You Want an Extension on that Paper! How and When

Notes from a teacher

photo: Tim Gouw for Unsplash

The anxiety level in students has ramped up to ugly these past couple of years. As a post-secondary teacher, I’ve experienced all manifestations of this, from the seemingly inevitable course-dropping — mysterious and at end of term, with no earlier word or question from the learner. And the most worrisome manifestation — that of a student…