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Just turned it in.

20 fraking pages on 6 questions... this after an 18 page paper... I'd have rather written a 40 page paper because then I could actually go into some stuff in depth. (that and my paper was really solid, and the thesis could have easily been extended)

How is the 18 page paper worth 50% of the grade, but the 20 page final is worth 25%?

I never liked take home finals, i was usually busy enough that time of year and would rather just have a normal final. Of course i was also an extreme procrastionator.

Apparently you have a Rave/Rant relationship with take home tests.

lukethedrifter wrote:Apparently you have a Rave/Rant relationship with take home tests.

Yeah, I think they're a great format since you have to go deeper on each question, but I was just frustrated because my last week and a half went like this: Get up at 6:30, prep lunch, feed cat, clean litter, shower, go to work, stay late at work, working on the final to miss traffic. Leave work at 7pm, get home around 7:30 or so and spend 45 minutes making and eating dinner, with a few minutes relax time. Get to library around 8:30pm. Leave library at 2am, get to bed by 2:30.

Every night on weeknights, and my weekends are always packed with stuff.

It was mostly that.

That reminds me. I gave a take-home final to a class this semester, and gave the students two weeks to work on it.

The day before the exam is due, I get an e-mail from a student--she didn't know it was a take-home exam.