G. Marc Turner
Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:33:34 -0700
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]