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On the attendance policy:
Let's face it. Much of the student body finds your class boring and detestable. Worse, you're not even terribly well informed in your topics. So to solve the mass exodus of the minds from your vicinity you've opted to put in place an attendance policy. You see, testing on lectures makes too much sense, and you don't want to lose face to those "cool kids" who sit up front and expect to get by with weekly quizzes and book outlines. Extra credit for attendance doesn't do much to get the kids back into the classroom for you either does it? It's because your general education class (which you have been selected to teach for two reasons: 1) You're the bottom of the barrel for your department, 2) You're sadistic) is in fact so easy that even the generally lower end portion of the students are passing your hastily-made-while-drunk exams with flying colors. You could make the class more challenging/enjoyable/interesting, but why bother when you can just fail people who don't want to listen to you drone on and on about your I-have-no-idea-why-this-HASN'T-been-published-yet theories for hours on end? The sick excuse? No dice with you sir. With your keen observational skills and solid gut instincts you know that whatever student has the balls to gives you that excuse has a big ol' "F" comin' to him. "My bicycle broke and I do my own repairs so I have no receipts!", oh not that one again, get bent you collegiate trickster! You know that when it comes to life, rock-hard loyalty and the newest palm pilot with sound alerts will get your students farther than will the capability of intelligent discourse or accurate knowledge. So kudos to you for staying on the vanguard. If only all teachers could see the wisdom of failing students based on whether or not they were physically present for your lecture series.
Sincerely,
A Fifth Year Senior
Let's face it. Much of the student body finds your class boring and detestable. Worse, you're not even terribly well informed in your topics. So to solve the mass exodus of the minds from your vicinity you've opted to put in place an attendance policy. You see, testing on lectures makes too much sense, and you don't want to lose face to those "cool kids" who sit up front and expect to get by with weekly quizzes and book outlines. Extra credit for attendance doesn't do much to get the kids back into the classroom for you either does it? It's because your general education class (which you have been selected to teach for two reasons: 1) You're the bottom of the barrel for your department, 2) You're sadistic) is in fact so easy that even the generally lower end portion of the students are passing your hastily-made-while-drunk exams with flying colors. You could make the class more challenging/enjoyable/interesting, but why bother when you can just fail people who don't want to listen to you drone on and on about your I-have-no-idea-why-this-HASN'T-been-published-yet theories for hours on end? The sick excuse? No dice with you sir. With your keen observational skills and solid gut instincts you know that whatever student has the balls to gives you that excuse has a big ol' "F" comin' to him. "My bicycle broke and I do my own repairs so I have no receipts!", oh not that one again, get bent you collegiate trickster! You know that when it comes to life, rock-hard loyalty and the newest palm pilot with sound alerts will get your students farther than will the capability of intelligent discourse or accurate knowledge. So kudos to you for staying on the vanguard. If only all teachers could see the wisdom of failing students based on whether or not they were physically present for your lecture series.
Sincerely,
A Fifth Year Senior