Mydropbox.com is the devil

Risktaker17 · Post by **Risktaker17** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:23 am

For all of our students on CC I'm sure most have heard of this site. I just worked 8 straight hours to finish English stuff. Finishing by midnight is the dumbest thing ever. I HATE MY DROPBOX!

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:54 am

I haven't, but I'd hate it to. It's 12:54 here, and I'm still have hw to do.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:51 am

I haven't heard about that site, what does it do?

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:19 am

MeDeFe wrote:I haven't heard about that site, what does it do?

Apparently so you don't have any excuse if your printer doesn't work, you have to 'drop' your essays and such there to hand it in and they go to your teachers email or something. Unfortunately there is a time limit - if you hand it in past midnight you're fucked.

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:10 pm

unriggable wrote:
MeDeFe wrote:I haven't heard about that site, what does it do?
Apparently so you don't have any excuse if your printer doesn't work, you have to 'drop' your essays and such there to hand it in and they go to your teachers email or something. Unfortunately there is a time limit - if you hand it in past midnight you're fucked.

Oooh! I'd never heard of this, but I like the sound of it!! But what does the "f*ck" entail? Is it up to the teacher's discretion?

jm_jazzman · Post by **jm_jazzman** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:34 pm

I must be missing something... why would teachers bother to set that up instead of just letting students e-mail their stuff in directly?

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:53 pm

Because it provides a centralised folder with all the class essays in. They can be printed as a group, you have an automatic check of who has and who hasn't handed something in. They're also all in one place and can then be run through plagiarism searches and the like to check if any portions of the essay have been handed in before, are on google, have been handed in to the site at another uni etc. etc.

We use the same thing here, but its submit.ac.uk... Its a good system

jm_jazzman · Post by **jm_jazzman** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:06 pm

Ah, well thank you.

It sounds like a good idea for teachers and a whole lot of "not fun" for students.

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:07 pm

jm_jazzman wrote:Ah, well thank you.

It sounds like a good idea for teachers and a whole lot of "not fun" for students.

I found it useful as a student too. Saved the bus ride into uni on a friday just to hand in an essay. This way you can write it and submit it straight away and forget.

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:09 pm

jm_jazzman wrote:Ah, well thank you.

It sounds like a good idea for teachers and a whole lot of "not fun" for students.

actually I wouldn't mind for most of it, as long as it followed the "has to be turned in by the start of the period thing." In fact, I think it could be better, just that for my lifestyle, I need the hours after midnight, as I procrastinate that much. Stupid distractions.

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:11 pm

Fircoal wrote:
jm_jazzman wrote:Ah, well thank you.

It sounds like a good idea for teachers and a whole lot of "not fun" for students.
actually I wouldn't mind for most of it, as long as it followed the "has to be turned in by the start of the period thing." In fact, I think it could be better, just that for my lifestyle, I need the hours after midnight, as I procrastinate that much. Stupid distractions.

Shouldn't you have been writing it last night then?

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:12 pm

if they gave out college credit for all the times i should have done something earlier than i actually did do it, i would have graduated in less than 2 semesters.

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:15 pm

got tonkaed wrote:if they gave out college credit for all the times i should have done something earlier than i actually did do it, i would have graduated in less than 2 semesters.

Oh yeh. My degree lived off of the night before with eight red bulls. But if I had to submit at 12pm it would the the night before that.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:15 pm

Guiscard wrote:
got tonkaed wrote:if they gave out college credit for all the times i should have done something earlier than i actually did do it, i would have graduated in less than 2 semesters.
Oh yeh. My degree lived off of the night before with eight red bulls. But if I had to submit at 12pm it would the the night before that.

this is true, you do kinda just play by whatever the rules end up being. or at least you learn to.

Fircoal · Post by **Fircoal** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:17 pm

Guiscard wrote:
Fircoal wrote:
jm_jazzman wrote:Ah, well thank you.

It sounds like a good idea for teachers and a whole lot of "not fun" for students.
actually I wouldn't mind for most of it, as long as it followed the "has to be turned in by the start of the period thing." In fact, I think it could be better, just that for my lifestyle, I need the hours after midnight, as I procrastinate that much. Stupid distractions.
Shouldn't you have been writing it last night then?

I was.