I took a class in statistics - twice. The first time the school had no tutors avaliable and I flunked that class- I accept that I flunked the class and that I would have to take the class over. Math is not my strong point and I accept that fact. The second time I took the class I worked with a tutor and turned in the homework each day during class. Two weeks after the class was ended, I got a call from the teacher wanting to know where my homework was - I thought he was joking ! I did not have copies of the homework - I turned it in, and I did not have a back up disk because I had worked with the tutor in the math lab and did not bring disks to the math lab. I am now stuck with a bill for over $1500.00 and a bad grade - even though I did the work!!! The school refuses to work with me on the matter - and has turned the bill over to collections. Is there a way I can sue the professor for causing this much headache in my life ?
2007-08-07 19:23:26 · 6 answers · asked by Ann T 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
sorry if the question sounds "fishy" - but it is not. I am a single mom who had to pay for sitters each night of class, and who had to pay for the tutor, and who had to get into debt for this class twice. So the school can charge me for a class - their "product", but if the product is faulty or not satisfactory due to the incompetence of the instructor, there is no recourse ? I have 4 years of college, I only have one semester I need to knock out and I am done with my BA, but now I don't trust the school or the instructor(and he is the only instructor, it is a small private college) due to the fact that I actually did the assignments and turned them in and yes- I do expect a professor to notify a student if they are missing almost all of that students assignments, especially when I had already taken the class from him one semester prior and was trying to work with him so that I would not have to take it again!
2007-08-07 19:50:28 · update #1
You could, however you could end up losing. You could end up having to pay the court & attorney fees too.
It's your own fault you didn't make copies either on a thumb drive, disk or printed out 2 copies of all your work. From now on, I suggest you back up your work onto disks or make additional copies to avoid this in the future.
In high school, my English teacher my senior year tried this stunt with my homework. He tried it early on, which ended up being to my benefit. I made 3 copies of all my homework, turning in one copy. I kept one copy at home & another with the Counselor assigned to us. This teacher used to wait until Fridays to tell me I hadn't turned in my homework for the week (I knew I had since I had copies to prove it). I always came to his class Friday mornings with my back up copies. At first, he tried refusing the copies. I told him they were acceptable per my Counselor & the school principal. That angered him, to which he tried to find other ways to make me flunk his class. He even went so far as to accuse me of cheating on the tests, having me retake them after school, alone with him sitting next to me for intimidation. It rankled him BIG time when I received an A in his class every semester & the end of the year.
Bottom line, make the backup copies to avoid this. Make payment arrangements on the money owed so it doesn't affect your credit too poorly.
Also, have a talk with the Dean of students or another person to find out why this professor waited so long to notify you about missing homework. This professor may have a penchant for doing this to students at random. You might want to file a complaint about him as well.
2007-08-07 19:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by Belle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-21 04:29:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there isn't, but look on the bright side. You learned a valuable lesson, always back up your work. Also, what professor takes the time out of his busy day to call a student and ask for their homework? Sounds like a fishy question to me.
2007-08-07 19:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, it is your responsibility to keep copies of your work to ensure that things like this don't happen. Since my students started turning in work by email, I've accidentally deleted papers more than once, but luckily the students have been able to just send me another copy.f
2007-08-07 20:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by neniaf 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of anything like that happening. Go to the administration and department heads if there is any foul play.
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2007-08-10 01:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋