[Uw-ruby] HW deadline suggestion

[Ryan Davis]

On Nov 12, 2007, at 18:24 , Richard Leickly wrote:

> Here is a suggestion for the Ruby HW:
>
> In Russ Moul's UW Extension Java class (last year), HW was assigned on
> Wed but due 9 days later on the Fri of the following week.  This may
> sound kind of nuts; but it actually worked out well for this reason:
> Students would work on their assignments (which were very hard),  
> then on
> the following Wed, Russ would spend part of the class answering
> questions, explaining stuff, etc.  Students who had worked on the
> assignment; but were stuck could get unstuck.  Students who had done  
> no
> work before then probably didn't understand what was being talked  
> about,
> so gained little. No, he didn't give the answer away.
>
> I propose this model for our Ruby class.  That would make HW 6 due at
> midnight Nov 16.  (And yes, if you must know, I am stuck on HW 6.)

OK. I've pondered and I like it. I'm going to accept this model for  
all homework from here on out, including week 6. It will not be  
retroactive for weeks 2-5. So, to summarize:

Week 2-3 is due 11/13
Week 4-5 is due 11/20 (yes, tuesday of thanksgiving week)
Week 6   is due 11/16
Week 7   is due 11/30 (since we don't have class on the 21st)