> Subject: RE: Rescue me
> From: "Hetzel, Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I never cease to be amazed by the requests that students bring to me. I
> had one student who took a course with me in the summer, failed the
> course because he only came to class about 25% of the time and didn't
> complete any assignments, never responsed to my requests for extra help,
> and then came to see me 3 weeks after grades were turned in expecting me
> to take his late assignments so I could turn his F into a higher letter
> grade. The part that shocked me was that he was genuinely
> surprised--and then angered--when I would not accept his late work.
Rod (and maybe some others),
This one is up your theological alley.
An athlete came to me last year after the final with a 72% and wanted to
know what extra work he could do for a "B."
When I denied his request (as I always do), the next day he came back to
my office and told me he had prayed to God to soften my heart.
My response was: "So you asked God to get me to change the rules
and help you get something you didn't earn. Is that right?"
God was not reintroduced in his subsequent pleas for a break.
Happy finals,
Jim G
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