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Well after I had a disagreement with the folks right before Christmas I got grounded from getting online from home. That changed this past Friday. So, with restrictions, I'm back online there at home. But I'm not there now. As a matter of fact, I started my second semester here at NKU. Have classes 3x/week. I'm on an hour break before 2 more classes between 10am and noon. Wish me luck!

BTW my first class is over for the day and that teacher is real strict about absences, even when they're caused by car trouble! He expects us to bring receipts for car repairs with us the first day we come back!

therock1811 wrote:Well after I had a disagreement with the folks right before Christmas I got grounded from getting online from home. That changed this past Friday. So, with restrictions, I'm back online there at home. But I'm not there now. As a matter of fact, I started my second semester here at NKU. Have classes 3x/week. I'm on an hour break before 2 more classes between 10am and noon. Wish me luck!

BTW my first class is over for the day and that teacher is real strict about absences, even when they're caused by car trouble! He expects us to bring receipts for car repairs with us the first day we come back!

Good luck Jeremy. I took classes at UC's Clermont campus years ago. I was surprised also at how strict prof's were about absences. One would give you an F for a test/exam if you missed. Even for a family emergency. She said she had been taken advantage of so much when she began teaching - students using funerals, family crisis - that she had no choice but to impose that rule. My mom was due to have an angiogram and possibly angioplasty once. I had to take 2 classes off. I remember this teacher saying - it's a good thing I didn't plan a test for these dates. She did believe me - sometimes when you're older, that helps - but I remember walking away thinking, this isn't fair!!! I would have been given an F. Flat out, if I missed a test.

Hope things continue to work out at home too.

Mary

Yeah I was shocked! I didn't see anyone that had that kind of problem first semester...but I took 2 days off in November, one for illness and the other for an appointment and both of my professors didn't request notes or anything. This guy does...in fact he practically demands it.

Miss Mary, that is the problem, teachers don't trust the students. It makes me so upset. I pay over a thousand dollars just for the chance to learn from these supposed sages, and they make absolutely no accomodations.

Point : If professors don't trust students, they should have some way of kicking them out of the college. Colleges should not admit people they don't trust.

It gives me the willies to think that while I make straight A's, and when I'm not in class from 8 in the morning till 8 at night on most days I'm studying, that for a simple thing like my eye surgery, a professor would give me an F. If that happened to me (thank god I was able to move the surgery a day forward..), I would wonder if there was legal action I could take...

Sorry to hijack your thread rock, good luck with classes

Kevin - I agree, a good majority of college students care about their studies and grades. These are the very students were that way in HS and their good study habits continue in college. Unfortunately, the students that blow off class or sleep thru class, are the ones that ruin for the others. That is the way this Prof explained it to me. She said if she made special consideration for one student, then they all would expect it. So she made that one rule - you miss on a test day, you receive a 0% - and stood by it. Other than that she was a very good teacher. Not a hand holding type (ie Kindergarten type) but one that demonstrated a no-nonsense attitude toward learning.

Not sure if I agree with it or not. I would think for a true family emergency - death/funeral, illness - it would be uncaring not to allow time off for such instances.

Mary

kevin wrote:Miss Mary, that is the problem, teachers don't trust the students. It makes me so upset. I pay over a thousand dollars just for the chance to learn from these supposed sages, and they make absolutely no accomodations.

Point : If professors don't trust students, they should have some way of kicking them out of the college. Colleges should not admit people they don't trust.

It gives me the willies to think that while I make straight A's, and when I'm not in class from 8 in the morning till 8 at night on most days I'm studying, that for a simple thing like my eye surgery, a professor would give me an F. If that happened to me (thank god I was able to move the surgery a day forward..), I would wonder if there was legal action I could take...

Sorry to hijack your thread rock, good luck with classes

You didn't hijack it. You have valid points. They have an honor code here. If students lie, cheat, or otherwise violate the code, they usually fail. Fail too many classes and you get kicked out. I would point out that if you have medical reasons, some professors will require notes. But no professor should say that if you have car trouble, you have to bring service receipts.

Welcome BACK, Jeremy!!!! (((((HUGS)))))

GREAT to see you back, Bro!!

Eric

Welcome back, Jeremy! At my university, it depends on the teacher. All the instructors I have had have medium policies on attendance. Basically, unless it was a final exam, you would be able to make up the quiz or test (or possibly arrange for taking it before the rest of the class) if you had a valid excuse, including car trouble, family emergency, etc.