James Kowalski

All adult students have one challenge or another at some point during the time you have them in your course. Financial, personal, medical and family problems can rear its ugly head at any point. I try and see how each student is acting in class on a daily bases. Any change in their attitude or demeanor that lasted more than a couple days, I would meet with them to talk about the problem. Letting the student know that they are not alone sometimes helps. I try not to become their therapist but tell them they can vent to me. This… >>>

Let me start with a little background. I teach Computers and Networking at a technology school. Our curriculum is all electronic based and is structured in a day by day format with lectures, labs and assignments spelled out. There is submittal, due and late dates assigned to lab and assignments. These show up in a calendar on the students laptops. The dates are also verbally announced when they are becoming due. Any assignment handed in after the due date has 10 points deducted up to 30points (3days) after which a 0 is given. This rule is clearly addressed at the… >>>