def uploadTextFile(self):
    files = filedialog.askopenfilenames(
        initialdir=os.getcwd(),
        title="Choose Text files",
        filetypes=(("Text Files", "*.txt"),)
    )
    try:
        for tf in files:
            if tf == "":
                self.textUploadVar.set("")
                return
            tf = open(tf)  # or tf = open(tf, 'r')

            # copy file over to tcl locations
            shutil.copy(tf.name, os.getcwd() + os.path.join("\\studentlists"))
            tf.close()
    except:
        self.studentListLabel.configure(style="Red.TLabel")
        self.textUploadVar.set("An Error Occurred")
        return

    if len(files) == 1:
        # Generate an animation for the result
        self.studentListLabel.configure(style="Green.TLabel")
        self.textUploadVar.set("Copied " + files[0][files[0].rfind("/") + 1:len(files[0])])
    elif len(files) > 1:
        self.studentListLabel.configure(style="Green.TLabel")
        self.textUploadVar.set("Copied " + str(len(files)) + " Files")
    elif len(files) == 0:
        self.studentListLabel.configure(style="TLabel")
        self.textUploadVar.set("")