In the chatter after class, a student lamented that they needed to start on their final project and that they “only had 3 days to work on it” because they were going out of town for the Easter holiday. Another student commiserated that they were in the same situation. Note that this project is worth 20% of their grade and is due next week. I wish I had not heard them.
I wonder if they would say to their boss, “Hey, I haven’t started on that work you gave me weeks ago, but I’ll pull something together in the next day or two.” It doesn’t ring of quality or even respect.
If you are going to slack off or cram on a project, don’t say it in front of the person to whom you are submitting it, as it taints the whole impression of the final product. Even if it turns out “ok,” I’ll be biased knowing that it could have been much better if they had dedicated reasonable time and effort. Bragging about doing something at the last minute isn’t a stellar strategy.
