Swimming in Paper

[Matterhorn Fan]

How about transportation for two (2) from MCO to my apartment, lovely couch and aero-bed accomodations for two (2) in my living room, and I'll give you the phone number of a cast member whom you can beg to sign you in some day?

You must not be allergic to dust.

Or maybe you'd just rather go to Paris?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

How about transportation for two (2) from MCO to my apartment, lovely couch and aero-bed accomodations for two (2) in my living room, and I'll give you the phone number of a cast member whom you can beg to sign you in some day?

Hell, you need to sign up with Expedia - that's a pretty good deal.

Random person in Missouri:
"Hey, look here honey...we can stay in this person's house and sleep on their Aerobed for FREE! Yeah, we'd have to do some minor house cleaning and organizing, but still, you can't beat that....don't worry, we'll get the kids to do the filing.....hey Tiger, Princess! We're going to DisneyWorld!"

Or maybe you'd just rather go to Paris?

Heh. Yeah.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Or maybe you'd just rather go to Paris?

Alright, I'll cut you a deal. We go to Paris, you do the filing, and we'll call it even.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Alright, I'll cut you a deal. We go to Paris, you do the filing, and we'll call it even.

Deal. But I might put off the filing for a while longer. Surely a bit more dust can't make the job any worse than it currently is.

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

So....Why do you need to keep this stuff? Shouldn't this be returned to the student, or held by the school itself? Are these duplicate records for your benefit? I think you may just need to invest in a larger shredder.

Someone somewhere decided that we can't just throw it away.

Yes, it should be returned to the student, but they way the academic calendar is here, stuff ends up coming in during the last few days, and by the time I can grade it all, classes are over and students have disappeared.

No, they're not duplicates for my benefit. They're the originals. But the students don't want 'em--it's on their computers. I'd love to trash 'em all, but occasionally someone comes back wanting their stuff. One came in today (probably 2-3 per semester do that).

Strangely, my department does not have any shredder. There's not even a recycle bin (ok, there are recycle bins, but they're just blue trash cans--nothing gets recycled). I guess I'll tear the now-trashable stuff in half and throw the left half away one week and the right half the next or something. *shrug*

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Someone somewhere decided that we can't just throw it away.

You must change this policy

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Yes, it should be returned to the student, but they way the academic calendar is here, stuff ends up coming in during the last few days, and by the time I can grade it all, classes are over and students have disappeared.

Tell your students you will destroy any uncalimed papers - if they will be out of town, let them give you a stamped self-addressed envelope if they want their "orioginals" back.

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

No, they're not duplicates for my benefit. They're the originals. But the students don't want 'em--it's on their computers.

If they have a copy on their computers, yours is a duplicate - though I suspoect your copy might be marked up and graded making it a unique original

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

I'd love to trash 'em all, but occasionally someone comes back wanting their stuff. One came in today (probably 2-3 per semester do that).

And if you didn't have it? Sad perhaps for the the student seeking it, but maybe they'll be more responsible next time around. Honestly, I can't envision march harm to the student for your failure to provide this storage and retrieval service.

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Strangely, my department does not have any shredder. *shrug*

With privacy laws coming into effect, I'm surprised - you are far more at risk from not shredding personal information, that not providing requested records back to the students.

I'd wash my hands of the mess