Very interesting story Marc. I think you can sometimes tell from non-verbal cues if a student is not telling you the truth also. I had this one girl come to me and say that her mother was in the hospital for 2 weeks and that she could not get any documentation about this to me. The interesting part was that the whole time she was explaining this "emergency" story to me she was trembling, shaking, and eye contact was not neutral. All non-verbal signs of someone lying.
PH --- "G. Marc Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com
