I just had an email from a student who cannot take the final exam because she is in her brother's wedding party on the next day. However, she has a solid A+ in the course (which, I will grant, is highly exceptional), and feels that she knows the material and would like to be excused. She feels that this is a sufficiently compelling excuse to satisfy my usual exam policy (I let students miss one exam if they have a documented, compelling excuse). She included a copy of the wedding invitation as her documentation.
I am serious here, folks. Being in a wedding? She JUST found out about the wedding? She waited until one week before the scheduled time for the final exam to email me? She failed to note that the usual exam policy excludes the final exam. I responded back by email that that just will not do. I explained that being in the wedding party is not a compelling excuse and listed examples: serious illness (documented); death of an immediate family member (documented); major transportation failure (documented), etc. She has failed to respond back. I wonder if she'll come to class for the exam? I'm still flabbergasted. Have times changed? Am I missing something? Am I getting too old for this profession? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492 tay...@sandiego.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44722 or send a blank email to leave-44722-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
