my friend went home with my roomate this past week and i was sick thursday so both of us didn't go to biology..the teacher gave a test back and told everyone to make corrections and they can get half the points back. Well we found this out and she sent and email saying she has a death in the family and she DIDNT...shes letting her do corrections under those circumstances bc its understandable..i said i was sick and she said sorry you cant make them up..what should I do?
I really want to go toher and be like nobody died!
but thats wrong?
2007-11-17 05:05:54 · 9 answers · asked by asdfgh 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
tell the teacher. thats sooo not fair!
2007-11-17 05:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Students coming to us with excuses for missing work is the bane of professors' existences. We absolutely hate that part of the job. Everyone has a different way of handling it. In general though, for sickness we want to see documents. We should ask for documents when somebody claims death in the family but that is touchy -- there is the feeling that such a demand is a bit brutal at a tough time in someone's life. Now, do we know that people thus abuse the system by lying? Yeah, sure we do, which is part of why we hate this. If a student came up to me and made the, unsupported, statement that another student was lying about a death in the family would I go out on a limb to pursue the issue? Probably, very likely, not. Too much pain for too little gain. Unfair? Yup. Life is unfair.
The best you might hope for is to approach the instructor again, politely, in a non-confrontational manner, and ask whether it would be in any way possible for you to do additional work to make up in part for work missed on account of your illness. This sometimes works. As an ernest you could at the same time submit your test with the corrections making it clear that you are doing this only to indicate that you are not attempting to avoid work but rather to do well. This might still gain you nothing but I'd tend to react well to that. Even if I said "no" I'd note it in the back of my head and at the end of the term might well give the student a break if she needed one on her grade.
Good luck.
2007-11-17 13:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by CanProf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all I'm glad that you relize that it would be wrong to act like nobody died that would be really disrespectful.
Next time you see her go up to her and ask again if you can take the test as a makeup. If she says yes, be sure to study extra hard to do it right you don't wan't to fail it. But, if she says no then all you have to do is ask her if there is another way to make it up. For example do a research report on the topic of the test.
Just try these steps and and you'll be on your way to success. Don't even worry about what she will say besides you have plenty of ways to come up with a backup plan.
2007-11-17 13:17:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to your instructor - maybe you can get to take the test if you explain what happened. I don't mind throwing someone else under the bus if it means getting my college education - you should be proud that you have enough integrity to be honest about your circumstances. Your friend is no friend.
If your instructor won't let you take the test again - you were sick after all - you could try going to to the department head to see if you can get an exception.
Make sure you check with ALL of your instructors on their policy regarding being out during tests due to illness. They should have all that stuff in the syllabus for each class.
2007-11-17 13:10:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In todays world, its every man for himself, she can't just leave you hanging like that, its not fair, obviously she's not a good friend, I would rat her out. If not telling the teacher or professor means failing, then you know what you should do....tell someone.
Its not worth losing education for. And chances are after you graduate you wont be in contact with this "friend" anyore anyway.
2007-11-17 13:25:38 · answer #5 · answered by Normal? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you tell the truth, your friend will make you miserable, but yet your friend has left you hanging anyway. It's hard to rat someone out and I don't think I could. Your friend should have enough moral standards to be honest.
2007-11-17 13:10:19 · answer #6 · answered by LeAnne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not wrong. It's the truth. Your "friend" is a liar and she needs to be taught that telling a lie to get special treatment is wrong.
2007-11-17 13:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Just Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teacher is abusing you.
seriously, get angry, get pissed off at the teacher and tell others how serious this is.
2007-11-17 13:27:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
M Y O B
2007-11-17 13:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by vanessa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋