<p>I'm having a very nerve wracking, anxious time right now. </p>
<p>I just sent in my final paper for a class, and I realized that the due late was for earlier this morning instead of at midnight!! I could have sworn my prof said by the end of the day on Sunday!! (it was set up weird online, and they had explained it, and they may or may not have changed the actual coding of it online. But perhaps I got it wrong!) </p>
<p>This professor has generally been very laid-back. Their motto has always been like "if you submit it before I sit down to grade it, I normally won't mind or even notice." They've been lax with other people before, and I've NEVER had a problem with anything before. I've turned everything in early, gone above-and-beyond, and have a really high grade in the class right now. </p>
<p>I sent them a quick, polite email apologizing for my tardiness and explaining how I made an honest mistake of thinking they said a different time. I'm hoping since they never do work on weekends that they'll apply the "it's not late to me" standard and give me grace. </p>
<p>But what if they don't?? I've been doing very well in school (3.9 overall GPA and, before this, on my way to 4.0ing all my classes this semester) and I feel like my entire academic career is dying and flashing before my eyes!! </p>
<p>I have an exam tomorrow morning, so how can I possibly calm down enough to focus?! This is tearing me apart! </p>
<p>I am going to point out what I see as the positives here: you noticed that you made a mistake and sent them an email. Just think if you hadn’t noticed at all? You have very high grades in all of your classes this semester. There are people where if this does have a negative out come could really hurt them in the class. One paper is not going to kill your “entire academic career”. I have a good feeling this will work out ok for you. You need to cut yourself some slack.</p>
<p>Now-this is the mom in me coming out…there is nothing more you can do about it right at this very moment. You have an exam in the morning. Let this paper go. Finish studying for the exam or if you have done that already-go to bed. Get a good nights sleep. You don’t want this situation affecting more than one thing. (I say these things because my student sounds very much like you).</p>
<p>Hope you will follow up on your professor’s response. :-)</p>
<p>what do you really think is going to happen, opori? Do you think you’ll be expelled? Thrown in jail? Hit the national news? Front page of the Enquirer?
It’s a late paper, for crying out loud, and you sent a quick apology and you give us no indication you’ve ever been late in this class before. Follow Nellie’s advice and just take a deep breath.
There are people in Boston crying over the death/injury of innocent men, women, children from what appears to be a terrorist attack. Get a little bigger perspective.</p>
<p>This is a lesson easy to learn from. Just be more careful about reading and meeting deadlines.</p>