On lateness, good pedagogy, and accommodations
Here is one thing we need to say out loud as faculty: it is almost impossible NOT to miscalculate how long it will take to do any given task of research or thinking or writing. For this (and probably other) reason(s), academics are notoriously terrible at meeting deadlines. And we ought to allow our students to have some growing pains in this regard as well. In twenty years as a faculty member, I’ve tried every form of lateness policy I…
