Teaching - another e-mail

As I was writing the previous post, another goodie came in..

In essence it said: I need to turn something in to you ASAP, but I wasn't paying attention when you told us what it was. Please respond ASAP.

I Read that as:
I didn't think you were serious when you assigned those summaries. I also didn't think you were serious when you said in class what the assignments were or that there is a hard deadline of TODAY to get them in. I figured out that you were serious when you gave the grade update in class last time, but I didn't bother to read the blackboard in the classroom and write down the article that needs to be summarized. I also didn't do the reading before class, so now I'm figuring out that I have to do this or risk getting a grade that will keep me out of the Law Enforcement program, the school I want to drink at next year, or at a minimum out of trouble with mom and dad so I can keep drinking with my high school friends.

Please respond immediately or risk my whine about how you weren't available to answer my questions and I'll complain to the dean.