Greetings:

If a student does not attend the final exam, the grade is zero.  Period!
No excuses are allowed.

Sincerely,
Professor David S. Kistler
State University of New York @ Potsdam

> 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!
>