April 09, 2007

Another reason it's hard to be a prof...

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Ouch.

As a practical matter, the students in Wyoming typically are accepting of their grades and take personal responsibility. I literally track them down to let them know they can take make-up exams rather than taking zeros when they miss an exam. I HATE assigning a grade based on attendance. University is important, but not the real world. We can afford to give make-ups if life happens and a student misses class/exams too much.

You attend class and make any kind of effort, you shouldn't fail in a fair class.

Just my take.

Posted by Mike at April 9, 2007 09:24 PM