Poor Dean's Homework 2013 Turnout

[Siri]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

I don't know. It seems that way: there was no reward for doing it, it wasn't mandatory, it wasn't advertised. The time frame was all wrong, etc.

Maybe, this whole thread just rubs me the wrong way. I teach and hear excuses about not getting homework done. Some of the posts here reminded me of my students.

The difference between these posts and "the dog ate my homework" is that the latter is trying to avoid consequences. For ourselves at least, and I think most others, we're more than willing to own our decision. I can wish our priorities were different (like we didn't have to move for the 13th time), but I think the decision that led to us not finishing was correct for us in this case. We're trying to increase our bandwidth overall, which will hopefully change the outcome next time, but I don't regret it this time.

I'm happy to "blame" myself for it if you wish--I don't feel there's any fault in the rational decision to enrich and inspire in other ways more befitting of our circumstances. I saw this thread as the community endeavoring change the circumstances that led up to many teams' similar decisions.