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There's no bug. But there's a mirror and that student has turned into a bug.
That time I was reincarnated as a bug and got spooked by my own reflection.
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That time I was reincarnated as a bug and got spooked by my own reflection.
modern manga titles be like
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This may have worked. I once excused a student for being late because the geese were being aggressive.
who cares about collage attendance?
in my uni no one cared, of you're late, it's just a bit rude, of you don't show up, no one cares.
what matters are the graded assignments and exams. if a student aces those but never stepped in a lecture hall, does that matter?
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Totally Kafkaesque.
Kafkaesque as shit
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The specific wording of the note is a direct reference to Kafka's metamorphosis! So depending on the class and year, teacher should be proud.
I really really should have noticed that, thank you that makes this so much better.
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who cares about collage attendance?
in my uni no one cared, of you're late, it's just a bit rude, of you don't show up, no one cares.
what matters are the graded assignments and exams. if a student aces those but never stepped in a lecture hall, does that matter?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]If you can pass my class without attending lecture, why wouldn't you just ask to test out of the class???
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I’m newly a teacher (of adults), and I accept literally any excuse anyone gives me. I suspect that I’ll change that as time goes on, but I don’t even really get excuses.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I'll generally accept it if you send any excuse prior to the lecture unless it's becoming a habit - in those rare cases I'll happily work with them to try and figure out a solution. 80% of the time it's family medical appointments or childcare scheduling issues (and my gosh I am so happy to accommodate people dealing with that) and the rare cases it's not we can usually find a way to make up for what they've missed. I've got a couple colleagues that only accept excuses with a doctor's note, and the best thing I can say about them is that they're
retiring soonincredibly passionate about teaching.(none of this applies to freshman courses, though. We've learned that being really strict about attendance for freshman year boosts passing rates by like 30%, it's just crazy.)
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This may have worked. I once excused a student for being late because the geese were being aggressive.
I accepted "I'm sorry, it was just too nice a day to spend it sitting in a basement with no windows" once because man, they had a point.
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There's no bug. But there's a mirror and that student has turned into a bug.
OP is Gregor Samsa
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who cares about collage attendance?
in my uni no one cared, of you're late, it's just a bit rude, of you don't show up, no one cares.
what matters are the graded assignments and exams. if a student aces those but never stepped in a lecture hall, does that matter?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]One of my biggest pet peeves in college was professors who took attendance. Bitch, I'm paying you to be here, if I don't want to come to class, that's on me. It was usually when they knew that most people could skip every class and still pass.
I even once had a class in a lecture hall with at least 100 students, where the teacher took attendance using some stupid "clicker" thing that we had to buy at the school bookstore. Ridiculous. Pisses me off just thinking about it.
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Hey, the were honest. I'd let it fly
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If you can pass my class without attending lecture, why wouldn't you just ask to test out of the class???
I scream, into the uncaring void.wrote on last edited by [email protected]Because following at home and teaching yourself the material throughout the semester is different from knowing it all already.
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Because following at home and teaching yourself the material throughout the semester is different from knowing it all already.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Okay setting aside that I've never ever seen someone try that and actually succeed, why would someone shell out for a college lecture if they're going to do that anyways? My syllabus is good, but it's not all that useful for independent study time. (You also can't replicate lab or seminar time on your own, so I'm just not sure what you're basing this on.)
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One of my biggest pet peeves in college was professors who took attendance. Bitch, I'm paying you to be here, if I don't want to come to class, that's on me. It was usually when they knew that most people could skip every class and still pass.
I even once had a class in a lecture hall with at least 100 students, where the teacher took attendance using some stupid "clicker" thing that we had to buy at the school bookstore. Ridiculous. Pisses me off just thinking about it.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]While it's good that you are disciplined enough that you can succeed without it, many students benefit greatly from a rigid structure more in line with the educational environment they experienced up to that point. After freshman year, attendance requirements are usually greatly relaxed since people have gotten into the swing of things (like not having to ask to to go to the bathroom anymore, god what even is the public school system). Personally I don't care if you show up or not, you'll learn something important either way and if someone uninterested isn't there it means I have more time for the other students.
Also I can 100% promise that clicker thing was a contractual obligation from the publisher and not the instructor's idea. Those things are fuckin' awful to support on the instructor's side, and goddamn Pearson managed to tie using their shitfucking software (including those goddamn clickers) to the state and federal grants unis rely on for funding. Fuck pearson.
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This may have worked. I once excused a student for being late because the geese were being aggressive.
Damn cobra chickens getting all hissy and angry just because I don’t have bread for them. Entitled bastards.
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Okay setting aside that I've never ever seen someone try that and actually succeed, why would someone shell out for a college lecture if they're going to do that anyways? My syllabus is good, but it's not all that useful for independent study time. (You also can't replicate lab or seminar time on your own, so I'm just not sure what you're basing this on.)
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Some classes don't require labs. A handful of people that I've seen will only show up for quizzes and exams and still pass the class. Why they do it? No clue.
In particular, the classes I've seen this happen usually provide a semester-long list of what textbook chapters will be covered in which weeks. If the textbook is thorough enough and the course adheres to the text, it's doable.
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Some classes don't require labs. A handful of people that I've seen will only show up for quizzes and exams and still pass the class. Why they do it? No clue.
In particular, the classes I've seen this happen usually provide a semester-long list of what textbook chapters will be covered in which weeks. If the textbook is thorough enough and the course adheres to the text, it's doable.
You know, I've had students attempt this every quarter and I've still never seen it actually work. It might be a reflection of how teaching has had to shift as a result of the changes brought on by AI + the pandemic, though. I started professing only a little bit before then, so I never really saw the era where you could get away with such strict adherence to the textbook.
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You have some bug jousting reference you wanna let the class in on?
I'd like to think they are Gregor Samsa in denial and about to come to the conclusion that they are the bug.
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You know, I've had students attempt this every quarter and I've still never seen it actually work. It might be a reflection of how teaching has had to shift as a result of the changes brought on by AI + the pandemic, though. I started professing only a little bit before then, so I never really saw the era where you could get away with such strict adherence to the textbook.
Hi, I have been to lectures fewer than 10 times throughout my entire master's. No AI, no textbooks, just lecture slides and doing the (ungraded) weekly assignments.
It probably wasn't a smart idea (incl. for my social life), but it also wasn't hard to do.
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There's no bug. But there's a mirror and that student has turned into a bug.
Kafkaesque
