Re: Dear Other Professor Dudes
- From: Tony Lima <tonylima2@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:01:44 GMT
On 29 Nov 2005 18:34:24 -0800, "McMahone"
<mmcmahone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>A question. Do you have the impression that students have gotten more
>irresponsible in recent years? That almost seems impossible given some
>of what I remember as a student, but I find some of my recent students
>amazing.
>
>There's a student in one of my classes who has been to class about 5 of
>25 times. She calls yesterday and leaves a message on my voicemail.
>Wants to know what she needs to do to catch up for the semester so she
>can pass. She's about 170 points short of making even a D, and that's
>with one test left to go. I haven't even bothered to respond. In all
>honesty, if she walked by me on campus, I don't know that I'd know who
>she is.
>
>The amazing thing to me is that she's not the only one. Students not
>really bothering is certainly part of the long history of college.
>What amazes me lately is the number of students who don't bother, but
>seem to expect me to allow them to make up significant ground with a
>few well-chosen extra credits.
>
>Is this a broad phenomenon, or a local thing?
It's quite common at the medium-sized state college where I
teach. Students miss most of the classes, fail two midterms
then want to know if I give extra credit. (If they'd
bothered to attend class they'd know the answer.) They're
stunned when I tell them I don't. I generally fail upwards
of 15 percent in my principles courses. - Tony
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