I actually HAVE missed giving an exam :-). Even worse, it was for a
colleague who was out of town, and not for myself. He had asked me the
day before if I could do it, and I agreed because his classroom was
right across from mine and right after my own class got out. Even so, I
was so afraid that I was going to forget that I left a huge note on the
floor right inside my door saying "don't forget to give X's exam". Well,
the janitors picked up the note overnight, and it wasn't until about 30
minutes after my class ended that day, while talking to students in my
office about class, that I realized that I had forgotten. After yelling
out a very loud expletive :-), I ran down the hall to see if his class
was still there (they were not). This was before email was so common, so
I got the roster from the registrar and called each and every student,
apologizing profusely and telling them that I would give the exam on
Friday (it was a MWF class, and I had missed W). Some of them were happy
to have the extra time to study, but others were really mad and weren't
shy about telling me so. To add insult to injury, Friday turned out to
be an ice storm day (in February in Austin; this happens about once a
year or every other year, so of course it had to be this day!) and
classes were canceled. I called my colleague, who was in New York, and
he was actually relieved, because instead of a writing a lecture for
Monday when he got back in town Sunday night, he could just give the
exam. The students, however, were not as forgiving. I got dirty looks
from a handful of business and economics majors until they graduated. On
the bright side, no colleagues ever ask me to give their exams when they
are out of town! :-)
Cheers,
Traci
Pollak, Edward wrote:
I've never missed an exam but that is the theme of a recurring
nightmare that I have. When I was younger, the nightmare centered on
missing an exam I was supposed to take. It now centers on missing an
exam I'm supposed to give. When the shift occurred, I deemed it a
major indicator of a changed self-image & stage of life.
As for favorite drinks: as a near total teetotaler I can't relate. I
learned in college that I don't get drunk. I go right from sober to
sick. I blame a lack of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase.
Ed
/Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
http://home.comcast.net/~epollak <http://home.comcast.net/%7Eepollak>
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Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and
herpetoculturist...... in approximate order of importance./
/ /
Subject: RE: PLEASE NOTE : NEW FEATURE
From: "Shearon, Tim" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:12:52 -0600
X-Message-Number: 11
Carol
Umm. I misread the finals schedule. I woke to a knock at my door (we
lived 3 houses off campus). It was my dean- I made it over to the
final at 8:45 (it started at 8!). I just told the class to skip every
third test item and we turned it into a 2 hour final. The dean, on our
way over, said, "You need to stop by my office when the final's over."
The students were very understanding- but I felt horrible.
I went to the dean's office afterward- the guy had a reputation as
having no sense of humor and I had never been one of his favorites. It
didn't look good at all. I sat down and he told me the story of having
gone home one Friday afternoon with his best friend on the faculty.
They were sitting on his porch drinking beer when his wife drove up
and told him to get back to campus - he'd forgotten an exam! I didn't
feel good but did feel better- and he and I were pretty close after that.
Tim
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