Originally posted by Pin Wizard
I think that teacher is an idiot!!
It's YOUR responsibility to get notes, assignments, etc. And I've even had professors say don't bother them, make friends with a classmate and get it from them.
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Originally posted by erinch
thank you for having this thread, because it gives me an opportunity to vent about my DS's stupid situation.
2 weeks ago, he had surgery, and missed a total of 6 days of school. He's a HS Junior, and staggered back still on Vicodan so he didn't miss more. His Independent Living teacher let him make up 3 "labs" (think glorified Home Ec), but gave him a 0 on 2 since "it's a lab based class and you can't make it up by writing papers." 2 of the "made up" labs involved researching varieties of field greens, and describing how he would assemble a salad.
He missed 5 points on the salad lab because he did not state "I would core the lettuce." (My answer: you should have said "don't you know salad comes in bags?)
Even losing points on the lab, he maxed out 2 tests, and has 107 out of 100 points due to bonus points. But with the 2 zeros, his grade drops to 89%. This counts for GPA, honor society, and everything else.
Since his talking to her got nowhere, I proposed to go talk with her. At that point, both he and my DH maxed out. The teacher is a parishioner at the church where DH is pastor, and she heavily supports the church with all kinds of "home ec" things--coordinating meals, making banners, designing the greens at Christmas. To lose her membership would be devastating.
I'm worried because DS has severe asthma, and is undoubtedly going to miss more school when the sick season starts. He maintains an honor average and usually misses more than 20 days a year due to illness. He is protected by disability laws, and I could invoke his section 504 and force her to give him alternate makeup work, but then she might leave the church.
He tried to talk with her, and her solution was that he should not have had surgery during the school year. (It was unavoidable.) My best solution is that he oughtta drop the class, but he's too stubborn to do so (only non-academic class and cute girls in his group.) Aaaargh! Thank you for letting me vent! We're a small town and I can't say a word to anyone here.
Oh, sorry about the rolling eyes. It's just that I know myself and I have to put out feelers to see who in class actually is serious about classes and would take decent notes. Thankfully, they're pretty easy to pick out and have always been helpful by letting me borrow notes.Originally posted by DemonLlama
Some professors (me included) have twenty students absent each day among their five course sections. Should they give the lecture over to each one that comes by and asks "Did I miss anything important?" (All professors' favorite question, by the way.)
Expecting students to share notes and fill each other in is part of collaborative learning, an essential compenent in the educational philosophy of our society. This teacher has decided to unfairly punish students for absences, and punish any other student who might be reasonable enough to want to help a student catch up on her learning. I agree with Pin Wizard -- he is an idiot. (I just didn't quite take too kindly to the rolling eyes about the audacity of instructors to expect college adults to network and share information.
Either way, I hope your son doesn't get stuck with a vindictive teacher all year now!
I wouldn't be able to keep my nose out of it.....I'd call the principal and ask why the girl still had detention. Granted she's not your child but it doesn't hurt to stand up for your child's friends.
I'd tell my DH to get real. My family comes first. So if she quits the church because of this all that does is show the other members how petty she is in her work life. Teachers here are not allowed to give zeros on work from excused days......what they can do is assign alternative work.
ITA!
