The vocabulary homework should be postponed as not everyone has access to a computer, and several people, including myself, have short amounts of computer time. The reflection blog takes up a good chunk of the allotted time as I have to read the story via a flash drive on the computer. Besides the 95% computer homework we get in English, several members of this class also have other computer homework. Wednesday we do not have a reflection blog for homework, therefore the computer time can be spread between today and Wednesday. Spreading the homework load between two class periods can ease the burden on people who do not have access to a computer as well as people with limited computer time. To make sure that the quality of the vocabulary homework is high and something to be proud of, the extra time will give no excuses to the students as that is the only homework on Wednesday. Even with sports and other homework, having an extra two days on the vocab allows more planning on the student's part. If a computer is needed at school, then they can get a PACE pass and work on it at school. With the extra time, the vocabulary homework should have a higher grade as well as have a higher rate of completeness amongst the class.
... (later on in class)
Okay now we do not have vocabulary this class! Which is good, as I really do not have time to work on any more homework as I am not going to be in class Friday because I will be in Rolla visiting Missouri S & T. I was invited to attend an engineering lock-in. Which is awesome, but I'm missing an AP Chem test as well as a Pre-Calc quiz. Therefore postponing the vocabulary homework until Wednesday is a relief as I can spend that extra 15 minutes studying for one of my tests or working on Edline. Thank you to Abby for having a well structured argument that convinced Mr. Langley to postpone the vocab homework.
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