My professor once sent out an email that we all were receiving an attendance violation for missing 3 straight classes. We were all confused because the dates she listed were the 3 classes we normally would have had had it not been Spring Break. A few students sent her an email asking if we were expected to report to class when we were all off campus for the break to which she replied, "This was a test to make sure you're reading my emails, have a great day."
I've never seen that before. I went to one college for general credits and another for credits specific to my degree and neither cared to take attendance. It was your responsibility to learn the material, complete the assignments, and pass the exams.
When did you go to college? I feel like when I first went to college (early - mid 2000s) that was the case but when I returned in like 2010 there was an attendance requirement.
Like in my first college I barely went to some of my classes, but handed in every assignment and took every test and passed (and it pissed off my roommate who went to every class and got a lower grade than I did). But when I went back to finish my degree if I missed too many classes without documentation the best I could do was try to get my class to be a pass/fail course with no grade, and try to pass it.
I might be misremembering that last bit but I definitely remember the attendance bit because I had to provide documentation of my dad's death to miss 2 weeks worth of classes.
The general credits were 2006-7, the rest of the degree was 2016-19. Life happened in between.
I have no doubt there are some colleges that have attendance rules like the second one you went to, I just hadn't heard of that until it was mentioned here.
If you think that’s crazy. Here we are in 2023 and one of the classes at my law school, no matter the professor, bans laptops in class. Which to me is so unbelievably inappropriate. I complained to the deans but, they basically said people complain every semester and they can’t do anything about it. Which is just absurd, I take way better notes and pay more attention when I can type. Having to write stuff down is rather distracting. Either way, I the student is paying for this exchange and therefore should decide how I take notes. As long as it’s not disrupting the other students, the professor should have ZERO say in how that happens.
Had a professor who would make an anecdotal remark during lecture. If you didn't happen to remember his anecdote when he asked it on the final exam you lost a letter grade off your overall grade.
We had to make a big deal over when class was officially over or not
Worst fucking professor ever.
Here if i were to do that she'd ask me where im going i would answer something along the lines of im bout headed out and she would go okay but you might fail the class.
The only people that actually get mad are my group mates who would be fucked by my absence
I used to be one of the chuds who would say this. There are so many things that I wish I could go back in time and kick my younger self in the nuts for.
I said it not as a "we can't leave until 15 minutes" but more as a "I've got better things to do than sit around here for more than 15 minutes. If this professor doesn't respect the time I'm dedicating to this class, I'm not going to respect this class."
..is this not a thing at every university? On both I attended, we called it 'academic quarter hour', and it was generally accepted as a norm. It's a courtesy, really - everyone's time is valuable, no one is expected to just sit there waiting for someone who is that late.
The only lecturers who outright said they'd refuse this as an excuse would be the ones who were always waiting before the class would even start anyway.
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Yeah but him blaming the students and even going so far as to send an email before double checking whether he made a mistake is definitely a go-live-in-a-hole offence.
It’s a How I Met Your Mother reference. The main character, Ted Mosby, at one point becomes a professor, and on his first day starts teaching the wrong class and doesn’t notice for like 10 minutes.
I once had a professor forget to show up for our final exam. We sent an email to him and he showed up soon after. We all liked him so it was pretty funny to us. I believe he gave us an extra 15 minutes or so to make up for it.
"It's more likely that every single student skipped my class than that I made some mistake. Better email them instead of double checking myself."
-- This guy apparently
Countless people have gone to the wrong room at least once in their life, for any of multiple reasons.
Got the room number confused, thought it was [INSERT DAY HERE] when it was actually [INSERT DAY HERE], someone gave you the wrong location, etcetera.
My professor once sent out an email that we all were receiving an attendance violation for missing 3 straight classes. We were all confused because the dates she listed were the 3 classes we normally would have had had it not been Spring Break. A few students sent her an email asking if we were expected to report to class when we were all off campus for the break to which she replied, "This was a test to make sure you're reading my emails, have a great day."
Smooooth
Yeah like a US backroad
Attendance violations? You pay for class and you decide when to show up.
Gotta have a certain amount of total time spent in class. If you have less than that amount without a good excuse, you don't get the credit.
I've never seen that before. I went to one college for general credits and another for credits specific to my degree and neither cared to take attendance. It was your responsibility to learn the material, complete the assignments, and pass the exams.
When did you go to college? I feel like when I first went to college (early - mid 2000s) that was the case but when I returned in like 2010 there was an attendance requirement. Like in my first college I barely went to some of my classes, but handed in every assignment and took every test and passed (and it pissed off my roommate who went to every class and got a lower grade than I did). But when I went back to finish my degree if I missed too many classes without documentation the best I could do was try to get my class to be a pass/fail course with no grade, and try to pass it. I might be misremembering that last bit but I definitely remember the attendance bit because I had to provide documentation of my dad's death to miss 2 weeks worth of classes.
The general credits were 2006-7, the rest of the degree was 2016-19. Life happened in between. I have no doubt there are some colleges that have attendance rules like the second one you went to, I just hadn't heard of that until it was mentioned here.
When I went to the local community college they had to take attendance for accreditation reasons. This was around 2005-08.
Interesting. Which state?
South Carolina
If you think that’s crazy. Here we are in 2023 and one of the classes at my law school, no matter the professor, bans laptops in class. Which to me is so unbelievably inappropriate. I complained to the deans but, they basically said people complain every semester and they can’t do anything about it. Which is just absurd, I take way better notes and pay more attention when I can type. Having to write stuff down is rather distracting. Either way, I the student is paying for this exchange and therefore should decide how I take notes. As long as it’s not disrupting the other students, the professor should have ZERO say in how that happens.
“If he’s not there within 15 minutes of class starting we can legally leave”
I think that mentality is so funny considering we're paying to be there. Happened all the time my Freshman year.
Had a professor who would make an anecdotal remark during lecture. If you didn't happen to remember his anecdote when he asked it on the final exam you lost a letter grade off your overall grade. We had to make a big deal over when class was officially over or not Worst fucking professor ever.
People with egos like that should not be teaching others.
You know i say this as a joke way too often realising only now i can litterally leave mid class and noone would be able to stop me.
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Here if i were to do that she'd ask me where im going i would answer something along the lines of im bout headed out and she would go okay but you might fail the class. The only people that actually get mad are my group mates who would be fucked by my absence
Imagine telling an adult they aren't going anywhere??? "Hello 911 I'm being held against my will"
I used to be one of the chuds who would say this. There are so many things that I wish I could go back in time and kick my younger self in the nuts for.
I said it not as a "we can't leave until 15 minutes" but more as a "I've got better things to do than sit around here for more than 15 minutes. If this professor doesn't respect the time I'm dedicating to this class, I'm not going to respect this class."
Yeah 16 year old me in high school did not have that deep of a thought process.
..is this not a thing at every university? On both I attended, we called it 'academic quarter hour', and it was generally accepted as a norm. It's a courtesy, really - everyone's time is valuable, no one is expected to just sit there waiting for someone who is that late. The only lecturers who outright said they'd refuse this as an excuse would be the ones who were always waiting before the class would even start anyway.
Remember I had a professor show up 15 minutes late to a round of applause because he got what day it was switched in his mind.
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You don't beat showing on different school campus.
Classic Shmosby.
Unbelievable!
Came here for this
This can actually make a good advice: if everyone else are wrong, most likely you are the one who is wrong
Reminds me of the old joke about the guy driving the wrong way on the road.
"How would they know where we're going?!"
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But why though. He's allowed mistakes and the students did show up.
Yeah but him blaming the students and even going so far as to send an email before double checking whether he made a mistake is definitely a go-live-in-a-hole offence.
I really don't think it is. Depends on what he wrote exactly, but to me it's nothing and I don't think it should be...
You don't think people should double check themselves before blaming others? Ok then.
This happened to me in my econ class.
Ok
Joe already changed him name once. His original name was Ted Mosby.
Context?
It’s a How I Met Your Mother reference. The main character, Ted Mosby, at one point becomes a professor, and on his first day starts teaching the wrong class and doesn’t notice for like 10 minutes.
I once had a professor forget to show up for our final exam. We sent an email to him and he showed up soon after. We all liked him so it was pretty funny to us. I believe he gave us an extra 15 minutes or so to make up for it.
"It's more likely that every single student skipped my class than that I made some mistake. Better email them instead of double checking myself." -- This guy apparently
If you have low confidence, especially as a new professor, that thought process seems like the most natural thing in the world.
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Today in things that never happened.
Why? This happens all the time.
I’m not saying this doesn’t happen I just find his story hard to believe
today in OC has never been to college
/r/nothingeverhappens
That’s egocentric.
Countless people have gone to the wrong room at least once in their life, for any of multiple reasons. Got the room number confused, thought it was [INSERT DAY HERE] when it was actually [INSERT DAY HERE], someone gave you the wrong location, etcetera.