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  • Finals Week *headdesk*

    It's Finals Week. One big, steaming pile of "A lack of preparation/planning on your part does NOT constitute an emergency on my part". And that goes for faculty and students.

    1) Proctoring
    Why, why, why oh WHY can't you show up to your damn final at the scheduled time? WHY? The final exam schedule is out in January. As soon as you know when it is, ask off work. Not hard. And yet, our office is dealing with a rash of 'business travel', 'job emergency', 'pet sickness' excuses. So, they have to schedule a time with my boss or me to take their test in the office. My schedule this week is very erratic due to my own finals and graduating and getting ready for family to visit. So, dealing with requests like, "Can you stay here until 9pm so 'soandso' can take their final?" Um, no. Sorry.

    2) Can of what?
    Speaking of proctoring, a professor just came in here to let her student take a final on the computer (it's a MIS class). She asked me about a note on the window. I gave a look and went to ask my boss about it. She meant the "Quiet Testing in Progress" signs that we put up and everyone ignores. Once I figured that out, I said, "Sorry, I'll get them" and I vaguely heard "Sorry don't hold a can of beans". Um, what? Alright then, next time I won't be polite. Because you a) didn't schedule this exam ahead of time, b) didn't check to see if I would be staying here the whole time..and I'm not. I leave at 5. Sorry. Ooops, nevermind.

    And then there's all the "Aaahh, I've got to find Professor X!!! I need their office number and office hours!!!" Okay, numbers, e-mails, that stuff I can help you with, because I have a handy dandy directory with that info on it. But I don't keep a file with all the faculty office hours. Why? Because our office is home to around 50 professors. Besides all of that information is on your SYLLABUS, you know, the pretty piece of paper you got on the first day of class? You're supposed to keep that.

    Also finishing up faculty evals. They were done last week, and now we're getting the packets back - filing the handwritten responses, putting away the folders and pencils, etc. I just happened to glance at one of the comments, it said, "Thing you liked least about this class: That we were graded on attendance and participation points, that brought my grade down for no reason." No reason other than....you didn't bother to show up for class? Oh, you poor baby. How unfair.

    *sigh* The future of American business, ladies and gentleman.

    Oh! Last one....last week one of the faculty says "Keep Wednesday from 11-2 free". I say I have a final at 1, and she says, "Oh, you can make it" In the back of my mind I'm thinking, Hey, professor's taking me to dinner! I ask about it today, she was sorta inviting me to a faculty end-of-semester dinner as a seat filler....except now all the seats are filled. No free dinner for me.
    "Even arms dealers need groceries." ~ Ziva David, NCIS

    Tony: "Everyone's counting on you, just do what you do best."
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    Jezz, I was able to keep a better track of my finals in high school than these guys. And that was with the full time job.

    I know this may be suckie, but I don’t think that colleges should be graded on a lot of classes on attendance and am so so on participation points. If the student knows what the teacher is teaching and can prove it via tests, and/or required class work why do they need to be there? And a lot of college classes are just for the piece of paper that’s needed so that it looks good on a resume. I’m sure plenty of people here can comment on suckie managers with business degrees that cant do a thing because they have no actual job experience.

    Anything requiring a high mental practice and very little to no people interaction I’d say would need the attendance. Such as doctors, chemist, scientists, lawyers (are they really people?).

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    • #3
      Quoth AdminAssistant View Post
      And then there's all the "Aaahh, I've got to find Professor X!!!
      Have you asked Phoenix or Wolverine?

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      • #4
        on the other hand their are some classes that are hands on and attendance should be required . . .
        examples:
        art technique . . .you need to watch and then let the teacher watch you
        science where experiments you aren't able to do in the lab take place (too volitale or expensive to do on your own)
        cooking . . .you have to actually prep the food in front of the teacher
        Auto Mechanics
        Building - homes, offices, etc

        I agree that some classes you learn more from the book . . .or all the professor does is read the book to you . . .those I understand the frustration of being graded on being in class. Just wanted to make sure the other side of the topic was noted.

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        • #5
          ooops I forget the main reason to reply . . .

          AdminAssit - hugs, hang in there, may your brain retain everything you need

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