tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post2654715975013722231..comments2024-01-15T12:17:49.418+02:00Comments on Midlife Singlemum: The Chutzpa Of Closing A College Course In Israel Rachel Selbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-63398918515559070682015-11-05T08:58:47.705+02:002015-11-05T08:58:47.705+02:00Guess what - I was asked by the college to give st...Guess what - I was asked by the college to give students who had almmost finished anther extension. So I'm still working on this course until the end of December! Ugh!Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-57878489015478929942015-10-18T23:00:18.265+03:002015-10-18T23:00:18.265+03:00Good for you. There are alwYs excuses and valid re...Good for you. There are alwYs excuses and valid reasons for not getting something completed but there has to be a limit. In English Universities there are no exceptions unless there is what's called a "special consideration". Undergraduates generally are single and child-free so partying or broken printers and unsaved work. I reminded all students I'd accept none of these excuses for late work and that they could email themselves their work every time they worked in it thus ensuring it was never lost. I offered a prize for the best excuse for not handing in a dissertation on time.<br /><br />Re language, I think us Brits seem to expect everyone to speak our language. I don't agree with this and try and learn languages where I can. I do think we should learn key languages and cultures from the day we start school and make the world a friendlier place. XxLifewithKatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128468078776052456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-19257346672692329312015-10-18T21:03:58.030+03:002015-10-18T21:03:58.030+03:00I understand the national concern for Irish but it...I understand the national concern for Irish but it doesn't affect your ability to do most jobs. That's where it becomes unfair on those who are not good at languages. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-34378939454044607952015-10-18T20:19:25.842+03:002015-10-18T20:19:25.842+03:00Glad you "got away with it", but I also ...Glad you "got away with it", but I also think that a deadline should be a deadline.. On the language issue, when I first moved to Ireland, I found that some jobs would be closed to me unless I had an Irish qualification, but I'm afraid I never got around to learning the language properly.Looking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-59663374499768312092015-10-17T19:38:29.306+03:002015-10-17T19:38:29.306+03:00You can get exemptions if there is a diagnosed rea...You can get exemptions if there is a diagnosed reason. I have students who get longer exam times, permission to do exams on the computer with online dictionaries, those who don't have to write anything but have the questions read to them and they dictate their answers, and those who do lower level courses. Rachel Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13113411205306116614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-692517788030253147.post-77019104702244827222015-10-17T16:01:30.798+03:002015-10-17T16:01:30.798+03:00Good. For. You. Deadlines are there for a reason a...Good. For. You. Deadlines are there for a reason and you've been generous enough to allow some extensions. Students, no matter their age and family circumstance, won't always think of the circumstances of the course giver and exam marker, will they?! It sounds like a change of mind-set is required? You certainly got that ball rolling! You have a very interesting job I think.<br /><br />On the language issue it would be nice if English speaking countries, like Ireland, started teaching a foreign language from an early age. We have made some changes to ensure that second and particularly third level students include a foreign language. I don't entirely agree with it though as they have mostly lumped it in with qualifications in the IT/Tech industry. Yes, those skills can be required there but a lot of students with IT/tech wired brains (think along the autism spectrum, dyslexia etc) do not have the same language abilities. xxjazzygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069218745940412457noreply@blogger.com