Wednesday, April 26, 2017

end of semester e-mails are always the best, from Wombat of the Copier

Dear Professor whose once weekly class I’ve already missed 5 times,

     I would like an excuse for today because I have a cold.  I will e-mail you to make an appointment
to go over what I missed when I’m feeling better.

-Student who has attended 7 out of 13 classes

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Dear Student who has attended 7 out of 13 classes,

     I don’t think I understand what you mean by “I would like an excuse for today”. You get 2 drops, and after that grades of 0 will be counted.  My office hours are XYZ.  Feel better.

-WotC
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3 comments:

  1. EC1April 27, 2017 at 4:42:00 AM CDT

    At a part-time gig, I once had a student make up an anonymous account to ask for something similar.

    I was a bit puzzled as to what would happen if I did agree to the request. Not actually puzzled enough to agree, though.

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  2. Madame LibrarianApril 27, 2017 at 1:07:00 PM CDT

    Oh yes. I had so many sick students. The clever ones saved their dropped participation grade for when they needed it. The others did not.

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  3. Contingent CassandraApril 28, 2017 at 11:53:00 AM CDT

    'Tis the season for cutting and pasting from the syllabus into emails (and being very glad the syllabus is as long and comprehensive as it is).

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