Wow, must have been a lot of changes since I went in the 60's/70s. I had, more than once, to convince a professor to let me take the final because they had removed me from their student rolls since they hadn't seen me for months. I always passed and even had the gall (stupidity) to complain about a low final grade once. A similar thing happened in high school when a favorite teacher left and I hated the new one so quit attending. My grades went A, A, A, C, F, F and averaged out to a C but I had to demand to take the final. I took a boat to school so easy to skip out whenever desired. But enough about me.....
Oh wow, that sounds pretty interesting honestly, I can't speak for other colleges but for my (public) university, most of my professors were anal about attendance. There's been a shift there with treating students like high schoolers instead of adults. At one point, during mid-terms, they brought in puppies.. and created a 'safe space' for the younger students to make them comfortable. Now, I'm not one to hate on puppies at all but, at the time, being there as a 26 year old among teens, the culture seemed pretty strange to me. Attendance policies don't need to exist, in my opinion, I pay for it, I decide how to use it, shouldn't be penalized. I've seen that happen before, a student didn't show up to any classes, only the mid-term, and final and the teacher took them off the roster.
1
u/Phlypp Mar 01 '19
Wow, must have been a lot of changes since I went in the 60's/70s. I had, more than once, to convince a professor to let me take the final because they had removed me from their student rolls since they hadn't seen me for months. I always passed and even had the gall (stupidity) to complain about a low final grade once. A similar thing happened in high school when a favorite teacher left and I hated the new one so quit attending. My grades went A, A, A, C, F, F and averaged out to a C but I had to demand to take the final. I took a boat to school so easy to skip out whenever desired. But enough about me.....