There’s a few things teachers do to facilitate our experiences:
- All teachers encourage you to stop working if you hit the time limit, especially if completing the homework means sacrificing sleep. You will never get penalized for writing “time.”
- There is a system called “assignment relief” wherein if you have 3 or more major assignments (tests, papers, presentations, labs) due on the same day, you can request to push them to a following date so that you have no more than 2.
- Teachers are very nice with granting extensions. If it’s too late to get an extension, then there is also the “24-hour-pass,” which allows you to submit an assignment 24 hours after its due date, no questions asked (teachers are required to accept it).
- On the course experience surveys that you fill out at the end of each term, one of the required questions is “How frequently are you able to finish the homework within the allotted time.” This feedback is given directly to the teacher, their department chair, and the Dean of Academics, so it does get followed up on.
Overall, I haven’t had too many problems with homework; it usually takes me as long as they expect or slightly less. This is consistent whether it’s with a veteran teacher or someone who’s only been teaching at Lawrenceville for a year or two.