Well, we are 1-1/2 weeks away from finals and I have had a last
midterm and paper due in each of my classes this week. Here is
the absentee count:
1.) Sister broke her ankle yesterday and is having surgery today
to have it set. No one else in the family could accompany her. {I required
a note from the doctor attesting to this}
2.) Mother is seriously ill and student has to take her to see
doctor in Los angeles (about 130 miles away). {She also must bring
a note from the doctor in LA}
3. Sprained ankle at soccer practice yesterday--official university
team practice. Could not get scheduled for X-rays until today, gee,
exactly at the same time as the exam. {note from doctor}.
4. When I noted that a particular student's latest lab report was
missing she claimed she had handed it in. When asked to please print
out a copy because I _knew_ she still had it on disk, she agreed; 3 days
later (she couldn't figure out which diskette she had it on and kept
bringing in the wrong diskette to school--after all she has 5 of them
and can't remember exactly what is on each one!) she handed in the
paper. Funny thing about it though, the figures, which would not have
been saved on her diskette file, but were simply a handout I provided
to attach to the manuscript, were attached. Now where did she get that
from if supposedly _I_ lost the original copy of the paper that _she_
most definitely handed in.
5. Student was too befuddled by the assignment to complete it on
time. (her 19 classmates were not)
6. Student is calling from Boston to tell me she has a 'family
situation' and will be back next week. This was a voice mail. No further
specification.
No dead grandmothers (yet)
7. Teacher (me) is considering a mental health day off tomorrow ;-)
annette
Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Department of Psychology E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
University of San Diego Voice: (619) 260-4006
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
"Education is one of the few things a person
is willing to pay for and not get."
-- W. L. Bryan
