I have to tell a story that happened to another professor here last spring.
Shortly before the 2nd exam, he received a phone call from a student. The
student was very apologetic and said that his brother had been in an
accident the previous day. He had driven to the hospital (about 150 miles
away) since he was the closest family member. He understood that there was
a no makeup policy, but was trying to see if under these circumstances he
could take the exam later. The professor, who knew the student had already
missed several days of the class, was hesitant. The student said he would
do his best to make it in time for the exam. End of the phone call.
About 2 minutes later the professor's phone rang. It was a professor from
the another department on campus who had just heard a student on his cell
phone outside her office... yes, the student made the excuse up and was
calling on his cell phone outside of another professor's office on campus.
That being said... I actually tend to trust students unless I have a good
reason not to.
- Marc
At 07:25 PM 9/26/2001 -0700, Payam Heidary wrote:
>I wanted to get some of your ideas and opinions on
>taking student excuses from their face value. In other
>
G. Marc Turner, MEd, Net+
Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
Department of Psychology
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos, TX 78666
phone: (512)245-2526
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
