tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7343305107930146671..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: More meanness from Horrible Meanie Prof.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50620183828790020072012-12-21T00:41:16.406-05:002012-12-21T00:41:16.406-05:00I see what you did there.I see what you did there.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34226094334010130982012-12-20T21:21:02.785-05:002012-12-20T21:21:02.785-05:00That's no fiction. It happened at the place w...That's no fiction. It happened at the place where I used to teach.<br /><br />A certain department head had resigned under mysterious circumstances. Over the following months, the truth began to surface. It turned out she had fabricated her credentials. She was convicted of fraud and sentenced to a short jail sentence. From what I later heard, she went to university and dropped out but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52031812062516214342012-12-20T20:41:27.628-05:002012-12-20T20:41:27.628-05:00What I asked was for the office to confirm that th...What I asked was for the office to confirm that they had, in fact, issued the forms given to me by the student, saying "I certify that John Q. Prevaricator was entitled to miss school on Such-and-Such a date, due to being treated by me" signed by the treating doc. I in no way asked them for private info, just to verify that forms given to me by the student were issued by them. They Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2493741643224851462012-12-20T20:00:52.957-05:002012-12-20T20:00:52.957-05:00The student will forge a diploma for mom and dad t...The student will forge a diploma for mom and dad then lie on his resume. What's the problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-831078470935812522012-12-20T17:09:03.474-05:002012-12-20T17:09:03.474-05:00Medical professionals are covered by privacy laws ...<i>Medical professionals are covered by privacy laws and regulations even stricter than those that apply to academia, and any medical office that would release a patient's name to you would find itself in very big trouble.</i><br /><br />I would assume that a medical office <i>of the university</i> that filled out forms to excuse a student from classes <i>at that university</i> would confirm AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19684087873469723952012-12-20T15:20:23.539-05:002012-12-20T15:20:23.539-05:00Like Cassandra, I tend to focus on participation r...Like Cassandra, I tend to focus on participation rather than attendance, but I do generally have a cut-off number of classes that a student can miss, beyond which they cannot pass the course. <br /><br />But I did want to comment on one other aspect of your story.<br /><br />You "contacted the medical office listed on the excuse form" and they wouldn't confirm that a patient with Defunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86666195668176853312012-12-20T13:54:38.557-05:002012-12-20T13:54:38.557-05:00signed, Epstein's mother..signed, Epstein's mother..Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60896536719415163242012-12-20T11:15:55.948-05:002012-12-20T11:15:55.948-05:00Adorable. I remember that from fifth grade.Adorable. I remember that from fifth grade.Vampire Accountanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144354173991287613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24110064408906461542012-12-20T10:50:25.749-05:002012-12-20T10:50:25.749-05:00This is one of the reasons why I don't use pre...This is one of the reasons why I don't use presence or absence alone as a component of the course grade (I do count participation, which is extremely hard to accomplish while absent). It helps that my university's rules pretty much require this approach. But I realize there's an argument for the other approach, especially in some sorts of classes (e.g. foreign language). Either wayContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23267020793099454592012-12-20T08:37:57.171-05:002012-12-20T08:37:57.171-05:00A former colleague of mine once said to me he some...A former colleague of mine once said to me he sometimes had students who tried to excuse their absences by submitting notes from their parents. Those notes were on scraps of looseleaf paper and, remarkably, the handwriting of those parents closely matched those of the students in question.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com