Should I just always accept the L?
I came across this post on Twitter, and it made me reflect on my requests/late submissions. This semester, for example, I sort of lacked in a class, and I understood the late submissions policy, which never incited me to request for an extension. Also... because I had a small fear that my professors would think I'm a bad student. Now, it's not a class I don't perform well in, in fact, my professor always seemed to enjoy reading my work. Towards the end of the semester, I finally decided to really take a look at my grades, and I figured I might as well attempt to make up for however many credits my professor would be willing to grant me. He said yes. So then, it has me thinking, what is the general consensus for professors granting extensions? Obviously, for serious matters, I believe more often than not, they are granted, but like in my case, would the professors rather the student at least attempt to request an extension, or should we just leave things be? I honestly would not have went for it, had he not shot a gentle dagger when bringing up grading to the class, but I just thought professors wouldn't usually tolerate requests if there wasn't anything seriously preventing the student from completing the assignment.