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Remember the insanity that was last quarter?
Some of y'all know that last quarter just about drove me insane at my "Day job". Well, the fall out has started with the poor students and their grades.
Total number not graduating so far because of my class and have talked (or had their guidance counselor talk) to me so far: 3
I hate being the bad guy, but these kids need to be held accountable for their actions. You can miss 3 days according to our policy in a quarter long class. The latest conversation is about someone who missed 8. And you know that the school is looking at me and telling me that they need to graduate so what am I going to do to make that happen. Ummm... nothing. The kid had their chance. They had their warnings (tons of them). Time to grow up and learn about the real world.
No diploma for you.
Re: Remember the insanity that was last quarter?
It sucks to be the bad guy, but good for you for sticking by your guns. I think it's probably the best lesson kids can learn- sometimes your actions have consequences, and so you have to take responsibility for them.
Too bad it means you'll probably have more meetings and angry parents on you before the year ends.
Fortunately, the policy is the policy and that's what I'll follow. If the admins want to go against what the school board has in place then so be it. I'm just trying to follow the rules and not lose my job.
If a kid didn't get credit because of grades, I do everything online and have records of what a kid did for me and when as well as when they actually "logged in to class". Since I started doing that, I haven't had a problem with the parent arguments because I have rock solid evidence to back me up.
It disappoints me that the admins will just graduate a kid because they should be graduated and not because someone earned it.
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware; joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. -Henry Miller
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I actually teach both, so you aren't going crazy. The college level is a whole other vent. I had a student not show up for over a month. My department's syllabus says that they fail for missing more than 2 (unexcused) classes. I can't imagine not going to a class that I was paying for knowing that it meant I wouldn't get the credit and would be wasting my money.
At least they make doing grades easier for me. And I don't have to deal with parents complaining about how their child can do no wrong and therefore the problem is me.
haha I went to one class at NU three times. First day, midterm and final
Passed with an A too :P
This! I admire you for maintaining your standards and sticking to the policy requirements. At some point you have to learn how to deal with the consequences of your actions. It's a tough lesson to teach but a valuable one. I hope, some day, these kids will appreciate why you had to give them a failing grade.
Unfortunately, with all the pressure on schools these days, this seems to be more of the norm than the exception. We just keep lowering the bar so our schools "look" better instead of actually being better.
So sad.