tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post8521888377437003430..comments2023-10-21T03:28:00.596-04:00Comments on Mad Minerva 2.0: Nerd News: The Student Who Wasn't There -- the Problem of AbsenteeismMad Minervahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01649780647476573087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10585025.post-27027634602571249352010-03-31T09:41:33.555-04:002010-03-31T09:41:33.555-04:00Good attitude, Minerva. If you are grown up enough...Good attitude, Minerva. If you are grown up enough to skip class you are grown up enough to accept consequences. That's what I told my students when I taught history (long ago...).<br /><br />Lord knows, I accepted consequences when I was a student. never forget the arrogant TA who gave us a pop quiz on day one and assured as that we'd learn all that stuff. Since I got everything right, I felt I had a license to skip. Imagine my surprise when the mid-term consisted of one question asking for a compare and contrast of two terms I'd never heard of before ... The "B" I got on that test was one of the proudest moments I had in calling up any reasonably connected knowledge!<br /><br />But even that didn't compare to me walking into a class on the last day to find out when the exam was only to find that people were already handing in the 100% take-home exam. I thought I was hosed until the prof. said that anyone not turning it in could do so in two days. At the break, I went up to him and asked for a copy of the take-home exam. He looked at me and asked, "Are you in my class?" It was a small class. And I aced that sucker.<br /><br />Sorry Minerva, I know--bad student! But the man used the term "guilt" or a variation about a dozen times the first class in relation to America in Vietnam and I figured I didn't need my summer term filled with that.<br /><br />Good times. Gooood times.Brian J. Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03949518866034572156noreply@blogger.com