How much more can I bend over?

So I tell the students in my 730pm class, last monday, that there isn't going to be an oral exam(thinking they will be happy) and that I am going the base the grade off of their participation and attendance. They weren't very happy so what do I do? I give them a 5 page assignment. What else do I do? I tell them that they can take it home (it's an exam mind you). What ELSE do I do? I tell them that it is due on Friday, before you take the written portion of the exam. What do you think happens? Friday comes and only one person turns in the 5 page oral assignment. I politely give this person +10 on it and tell the rest of the students to give it to me on Monday and it will get -10 right away due to it being late. They moaned and groaned and were eventually over it. I had mentally made a note that still none of them were going to have the 5 page-take home-for two days or more-oral exam ready and I was just going to end up grading them on participation and attendance anyway and that I was going to wait until Monday just to see if anyone would actually have it ready. Well these people are so predictable. Knowing I had spent my ONLY day off, Sunday, grading exams, papers, homework, and quizes from other classes, I go into class on Monday hoping to be able to close all the grades. Yup, none, not one had it ready. As a matter of fact, when I walked into the room they all had their papers on the desk basically copying from each other.

There are no words for how I felt at that moment...I think if I had a gun and could have killed them all and got away with it, would have been too good for them.

<3 Profesora Lotus

PS. I spent like 30 minute yelling at them. Afterwards they responded with the typical Dominican response...Teacher, you need two beers!