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Oom Mao Mao said, (37 days ago)
Did I tell you about the student who asked me yesterday if she could just 'skip' the final because her mother is having surgery?
Granted, she's my best student out of three sections, with an average over 100, but 'skip' 30% of her total grade?
Gall. Unmitigated gall.
oimoi said, (37 days ago)
Oom Mao Mao: It is because of stuff of that ilk that I hate it when students talk to me. I feel like covering my ears and screaming LALALA.
H55: I love that idea.
Oom Mao Mao said, (37 days ago)
If it were, I'd be happy to give her an incomplete and let her make up the exam at a convenient time.
She did not indicate that it was. No one gets to skate out of 30% of the grade. That's ridiculous.
oimoi said, (37 days ago)
Maybe universities should start Grow The Fuck Up departments, to which instructors can refer their freshmen. I think it would streamline our duties, and I'd be less angry about being paid less than a pittance for a job that requires way too much dealing with bullshit.
reardensteel said, (37 days ago)
@oimoi: rather than have a Grow The Fuck Up Department, I think it might be more reasonable to require incoming students to take a placement exam in the subject. those that pass can attend school. those that fail should be required to engage in some sort of remediation - perhaps having to get a job and live on their own for a year. not only will it have the effect of making students whine less, it will likely raise GPAs.
ABoyNamedArt said, (37 days ago)
Or, perhaps there should be an increased emphasis on life-skills counseling, even at the high-school level? I mean, what with our educational system being more about scores and averages than actual learning, there's gotta be kids who are making their way up the ladder without being functional outside the classroom. Or am I just giving people the benefit of the doubt here?
oimoi said, (37 days ago)
That reminds me, how often do you have people whining that they don't have time to do all the work you assign because they HAVE A FULL TIME JOB?
Corey Hart said, (37 days ago)
To be honest, I've had to put some of my homework in triage due to my full schedule, but I don't whine about it. That's just annoying!
Oom Mao Mao said, (37 days ago)
oimoi: No, but I'd be more lenient to those that DID have a job. I have one student that I know that works close to full time, and she's flaked a little bit, but she's hustling, trying to get ahead. And she does A work.
I have no sympathy for the golf visor wearing crew that doesn't work a lick. None.
I had one student complain that she drove home too late on Sunday from Mommy's.
Boo. Hoo.
le_sacre said, (37 days ago)
have you taught your students "flocci non facio"? might come in handy when facing such excuses.
fuznotfuz said, (37 days ago)
I want to open Grow The Fuck Up University, with areas such as the School of It's Not Fucking All About You, and the Division of That Is the MOST Ridiculous Excuse EVER.
dic, dicis, dicemus, dixerunt BLAH