Rip Pasacreta wrote > Sorry, but I don't believe in reinforcing procrastination. > None of us do, Rip. But as others have mentioned, there are occasionally valid excuses that are difficult to verify. But more than that, I think that we often fail to realize the import of grades on a student's life. One act of noblesse oblige (or should that be professe oblige <g>) may be trivial to us but of momentous import to the student. Given that fact, I prefer to err on the side of generosity and understanding even if it means I occasionally get scammed. And with the policy of delaying make-ups, I think the likelihood of being scammed is much reduced, As others have said, it is exceedingly rare for a student taking such a make-up perform better than his/her history would predict. Heck, even if I let them take the exam right away they usually do poorly. I feel bad about that but at least my conscience is clear...... I went the extra mile for them and they failed to take advantage of it. Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator, Holocaust and Genocide Studies http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/holocaust/ Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cogito ergo spud: I think therefore I yam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shameless self promotion: The Mill Creek Bluegrass Band performs every Tuesday night at Dugal's Inn, Mortonville, 8 miles west of West Chester, PA. Call 610- 486-0953 for directions. http://hometown.aol.com/eip1/millcreek.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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