February 13, 2004

Excuses, Excuses: Students' Sad, Endless Stories

By RACHEL BREM

I noticed it midway through my first quarter as a teacher, after a few assignments had come due. Every time I had to talk to my students about deadlines, I found myself fighting the weirdest combination of fear and disgust. Just the sight of a student heading toward me on deadline day set off a wave of something like nerves, which started in my gut and ended with an involuntary wince. Couldn't figure it out.

I started to clue in when Claire approached me after a biology class. She was

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