Miscommunication
I got this in my inbox today:
Sorry Jessica,
Missing a final exam is a serious matter. At university level it would result in an automatic grade of "F" for the course.
I have not been that draconian with you but I am afraid there is no way for you to make it up.
This situation seems to have been epidemic this semester. You were not the only person to have missed the exam but I'm afraid I cannot make an exception. I will have to factor the absence into your final results.
Please take this as lesson learned - at the very least. And do not let it happen to you again!
Sincerely,
XXXXXX
Missing a final exam is a serious matter. At university level it would result in an automatic grade of "F" for the course.
I have not been that draconian with you but I am afraid there is no way for you to make it up.
This situation seems to have been epidemic this semester. You were not the only person to have missed the exam but I'm afraid I cannot make an exception. I will have to factor the absence into your final results.
Please take this as lesson learned - at the very least. And do not let it happen to you again!
Sincerely,
XXXXXX
(I protect the innocent.)
So I don't really know what to do with that. I do claim some responsibility because it was no one's fault but my own there was a miscommunication, but at the same time, I think he should realize that it was simply a miscommunication and not in any way intentional. I realize that he can't make an exception for just me, and I'm not asking him to; I think that if other students simply had a miscommunication, then why should they be penalized for that? I think that taking my grade from an A (I think the highest grade in the class) to a C is a little extreme, especially as a lesson. "Do not let it happen to you again" - that really bothers me. It implies that I let it happen the first time. The only way I could let it happen would have been if I knew what time it really was and I knew what time I thought it was and chose to go to the time I thought it was anyway, realizing that I would miss it.
Well that certainly puts a damper on the end of the year. I guess that's that.
P.S. If I am ever a teacher, I will never do that to my students.
posted by Jess @ 9:52 PM
1 Comments:
Thats just plain out jerky. He didn't even write that nicely ... Jerk.
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