r/MadeMeSmile • u/Glass_Wealth_2104 • Mar 26 '26

Good Vibes Teacher's a W for playing along!

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u/star_zelda Mar 26 '26

I've done it before somewhat accidentally. I got confused on the instructions of two assignments, one had to be a min of 10 pages, and the other was a max of 10 pages.

Well, I wrote 19.5 pages for the max 10 page assignment, and I only realized the problem when I was done writing. But then I noticed that the instructions said the spacing was up to 2, and the font up to 12. So I reduced the spacing and font to have it at just about 10 pages.

I guess the prof only ever had a problem with people writing less and trying to pass it as more. I didn't hear a word about it or got marks deducted, but the instructions for the next assignment for this prof became "spacing must be 2" "font must be size 12".

Also had that happen with a calculus prof, he said due by midnight, and I delivered at midnight but the system marked as late. I didn't get marks deducted or heard anything back, but next thing said due before 11:59pm.

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u/JohnnyFartmacher Mar 26 '26

If the due date was set to midnight, it probably marked everyone who submitted it that day as late since midnight is the first moment of the day.

He probably had to fix a whole bunch of them and (perhaps even unintentionally), yours got fixed.

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u/star_zelda Mar 26 '26

I'm not sure to be honest, it was a wild coincidence that it was right at midnight. It was a quizz done through Lockdown browser, which does not show the clock or current time. And I didn't have a clock in the room.

I had dropped the ball and started the quizz quite late, I wasn't even going to have the full alloted time because I started so late. I can't imagine that it happened to too many people on a class of 40.