TEACHSOC: NY Times

[Sarah Murray]

That front page article today had me howling!  One student of mine told me she was missing the first 6 classes of the semester (in a weekly course!) because she was traveling (not for business, school, family emergency -- pleasure), and I said perhaps to take a semester off.  Well, all her other profs were accommodating her needs, so I was left to decide to give her just about 1/2 my entire course a month early (it was my first time teaching so, you guessed it, I did).  Another student this semester asked me to make copies for him of a page in the book, because his used copy was missing a page.  The list goes on and on... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---