Funny you should ask. My final this week was at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. In
spite of about a zillion warnings and mentions beyond the usual website
announcement and syllabus statement - I had one student who showed up at
7:30 p.m. While I was delighted that it was only one student, I still
had him to deal with. I offered to let him take the final but with a 10
point grade reduction (effectively one full letter grade).
Sign me,
Kindhearted Hauserman (yeah, you always knew this to be true)

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Miller, Carol J
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:27 PM
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Subject: Re: students missing finals

What would you do in the following situation?

A colleague of mine put 8:45 p.m. in his syllabus as the final exam time
although the University schedule clearly required it to be given that
same day at 8:45 a.m.  When I was here last night, one student was
waiting for the final and no one else showed up.  What should that
professor do?

Carol Miller 

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Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 10:51 AM
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Subject: Re: students missing finals

This is an easy one for me--I do not let students make up exams ever,
for any reason.  This policy is in my syllabus and I discuss it the
first day of class.  But even my colleagues who permit make up exams for
some reasons do not permit make up exams of the final.  More to your
point, no one I know would let a student make up a final which the
student missed merely because of "writing it down wrong," oversleeping,
or other types of student irresponsibility.  Just say no!
Laura Ginger


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From:   Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of
Susan Rogers
Sent:   Thu 5/12/2005 9:43 AM
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Subject:        students missing finals

I seem to have an epidemic this year of students missing the final, and
wanting to make it up.  In all but one case, the only excuse is: I wrote
it down wrong.

This means they didn't read the syllabus very carefully, missed several
in-class announcements, didn't double check the official schedule etc.

I'm just wondering what others do in this situation.  One of my
colleagues
said she refused to give the student a make-up, but that student was
flunking the class anyway.

I have to say, I'm getting a bit fed-up with their level of
irresponsibility!