There are only 6 weeks left in the semester so time is of the essence. It is critical that you arrive at your individual meeting with me prepared to have a productive conversation about things you have DONE (not thought about) in order to make progress.
• This means you must use time management skills and plan to print your work BEFORE the day of our meeting, not 30 minutes before. It is no longer an excuse that you couldn't get the printers to work, one of them was out of ink, or there were a lot of people printing in the lab. As you know by now, there are always unexpected things going on in the printing lab. It is your job to anticipate this and plan around it. Even if that means you get things printed somewhere else or print in the middle of the night. Solving this problem is YOUR responsibility.
• Last week I asked each one of you to identify three projects you will work on the rest of the semester. Each week I want to see significant work progress for each of the three projects. No excuses. "See work" means printouts done to the correct size and trimmed down so they are as accurate as possible. If I can't see the work, it does not exist.
• Do not wait for me to tell you everything. It is your job to figure it out. If you want to run an idea past me, send me an email. Do not wait until the next appointment and use this as an excuse for not doing anything.
• During our conversations each week, we will identify and agree on the things I will expect to see the following week. You will make a written list and photocopy it for me at the end of our meeting. When we meet the next time, I will be checking off what you have against that list.
• If you are working on a project that is a series of three things, you must have full size printouts of all three items, or we will not include any of that work in our conversation.
• Each week I will give you a grade based on all of the above. This will figure prominently in your final grade.
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