Ethan's Extra Credit Page

Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here...

There is no Extra Credit in this class.

Period.

So why do students always ask for extra credit ??

I have had students ask me at the end of the term
to write 10 page research papers on any topic of
my choosing -- which might be something like:

"Distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination polyhedra of oxygen as elucidated using Fourier-transformed magnetic resonance spectroscopy"

 -- just to get a few more points in my class.

The same students blew off an easy lab worth 20 points to finish a psychology 101 term paper on "why students procrastinate"; or didn't study for an exam because they were too busy shopping that day; or skipped 3 lectures to go surfing because the tide was really up that week, or... 

... you get the picture.

INVEST your time in what is required NOW and you will
not come crawling to your teacher for extra credit at the
end of the term like Snoopy in the picture above...  

PLAN your weekly homework schedule and WRITE DOWN all assignments and due dates so you don't fall behind. Party after all the weekly assignments are done.

This is college not high-school.

There are no extra credit assignments in this class.

Study hard for the final and get your credit learning what
you are supposed to learn from this course.

It only gets harder in the real world -- do you think your boss will accept your quarterly fiscal report to the shareholders a week late?

-Dr. Ethan