Monster

It's official: I made a student cry in class today.

I explained to the class, as I prepared to hand back their last essay, that not doing what an instructor asks of you not only automatically fails you on an assignment, but it is also a sign of disrespect, as if what the instructor is asking you to do is not worth your time.

She is very sweet and a great writer, but she was one of the students who did not do what was asked of her--the basics of the assignment. She stayed after and started crying and told me she didn't mean to disrespect me. I gave her a revision option.

Ugh. I feel like a bit of a monster, but at least she will probably not ever do that to any future instructors!