They think if they ask, they'll receive.

My students' exam is scheduled for 3:15 this afternoon. At around 11:00 this morning, a student came to my office and asked if she could take her exam at a later date. She wasn't sick. Her grandmother hadn't died last night or this morning. Nothing. She just wanted extra time to study. Needless to say, I denied that request.

And, of course, she asked me the chapters that the exam--in 4 hours--was going to be covering. I do not see this going well for her.

Who's surprised? Part II.

As predicted before the semester started, one of the lazy students who had e-mailed me two months ago, came to today's exam 50 minutes late. (It's a one-hour exam.) I told him that he would have to reschedule to take the exam at another time. After doing so, he asked, "What chapters does the exam cover?"

Useful, considering he thought he was taking the exam today.