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im here to ask for your help. Im currently doing a degree in audio engineering and need to submit a MAX/MSP patch as one of my final assignments. Unfortunately my moms been in a really bad way recently id ive been looking after her for the past couple of months and as a result have no idea what im doing with max/msp. I really love my course and am desperate that i dont fail but my university wont give me any extra time...because its my moms problems not mine!

Anyway i was hoping someone could sell me a patch in secret so that i can pass my course. I know its not ideal but i feel ive got no choice. I can be anything but it needs to have notes in it so that i can understand it and explain what ive done to my lecturer.

im here to ask for your help. Im currently doing a degree in audio engineering and need to submit a MAX/MSP patch as one of my final assignments. Unfortunately my moms been in a really bad way recently id ive been looking after her for the past couple of months and as a result have no idea what im doing with max/msp. I really love my course and am desperate that i dont fail but my university wont give me any extra time...because its my moms problems not mine! 

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If you're mum's been in a bad way then surely that classes as extenuating circumstances? Have you spoken to your course leader?

How about you pay all of us $300 to not send a copy of this thread to your teacher? ;-) Of course, your teacher is probably already reading this forum (oops).

Honestly, though--oh wait, we're not talking about honesty--you need to talk to your instructor. Most instructors are willing to give an incomplete or some such mark for extenuating circumstances if they are, in fact, valid circumstances.

How about you pay all of us $300 to not send a copy of this thread to your teacher? ;-)  Of course, your teacher is probably already reading this forum (oops).

Honestly, though--oh wait, we're not talking about honesty--you need to talk to your instructor.  Most instructors are willing to give an incomplete or some such mark for extenuating circumstances if they are, in fact, valid circumstances.


As much as I like Brian's idea ($ to keep my mouth shut:-) I would add my advice to talk to your lecturer. That's the serious response.

That said, in my teaching experience it can be amazing how fast students start running up with extenuating circumstances, extension requests, etc. It's not long before every teacher feels the need to draw the line and say enough is enough, a deadline is a deadline.

Let me put it this way: you've got a much better chance of getting an extension from your teacher if you've got a history of being prompt and reliable with your work. If you've been neglecting assignments all term (which, I'm afraid, it sounds like)... your prospects are not so good.

I realize that caring for an ill parent is demanding--I've been through it. It's tough whenever it comes in your life. Try to get advice at your school for how to effectively deal with the situation. They won't come up with something as quick and easy as paying someone to do your work for you, but if the school is any good they ought to help find a solution that has you achieve the qualification that the degree you want implies.

Good luck, and my very sincere wishes for your mother's health.

but seriously though, if your instructor doesn't understand, then you could easily take that to the dean. As embarrasing as it may be for your mom to write you a note or contact the school, its much better then the alternative of cheating/lieing/failing.

but seriously though, if your instructor doesn't understand, then you could easily take that to the dean.  As embarrasing as it may be for your mom to write you a note or contact the school, its much better then the alternative of cheating/lieing/failing.


its not cheating, its the momentum of the adult world, baby.

Quote: jamez wrote on Tue, 24 April 2007 07:17

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> its not cheating, its the momentum of the adult world, baby.

It's not "momentum". People have been lying since Cain said "Gee, I dunno where Abel done got to." There has been some upturn in dissimilation quotas since 21 Jan 2001, but not that much.

I, personally, would not be totally comfortable about job-hunting with a diploma that says "successfully completed Max/MSP course" if I didn't actually have the skill. It may be good enough if you want to be, say, Attorney General or director of FEMA, but for most jobs it's not such a good idea. Hence the multitude of suggestions for buying time rather than a patch.

Quote: jamez wrote on Tue, 24 April 2007 07:17
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> its not cheating, its the momentum of the adult world, baby.
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I, personally, would not be totally comfortable about job-hunting with a diploma that says "successfully completed Max/MSP course" if I didn't actually have the skill. It may be good enough if you want to be, say, Attorney General or director of FEMA, but for most jobs it's not such a good idea. Hence the multitude of suggestions for buying time rather than a patch. 

I think the patch should loop audio to a basic drum beat, so that you hear what you just played in but the next time round. A kind of Loop The Looper.

yeah its cheating/lieing, saying you made something that you didn't. And its not a good idea in any light, because you won't learn a valuable skill that way, your just copping out regardless of the circumstances. It would be unjust for you school to not allow you to do an incomplete or the like, and I don't think they would. I get the impression you just want to take the easy way out and pay nerds to do your homework for you.

yeah its cheating/lieing, saying you made something that you didn't.  And its not a good idea in any light, because you won't learn a valuable skill that way, your just copping out regardless of the circumstances.  It would be unjust for you school to not allow you to do an incomplete or the like, and I don't think they would.  I get the impression you just want to take the easy way out and pay nerds to do your homework for you.


$300 for a max patch...please help