I used to be pretty punitive about people showing up on time to things. In a business context, which is the discipline that I teach in, yes, there are differences. It was out of that in a conversation with a student many years ago that I recognized my own cultural incompetence. And she really, it was a great conversation because she could kind of cold me to count from the family that she is from,. This is just not part of that culture.
David Clark discusses arbitrary limits in our classes on episode 443 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I am not deadline free, but I have gone to total flexibility for deadlines.
-David Clark
I am a big believer in structure with flexibility.
-David Clark
I have flexibility within my deadlines.
-David Clark
Humans work well with structure.
-David Clark