Rules are meant to be broken

By hospitalflunky - 28/03/2009 06:35 - United States

Today, I got an email from a professor saying he was going to fail me for missing the allotted absences, which is school policy. I pointed out I was in the hospital for two weeks with a life threatening illness and that he even came to visit me. He told me, "Rules are rules." FML
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theatregrl2 0

I've had similar issues (I miss a lot of class due to illness as well). Go to the dean of students or if your school has a Student Disability Center or something. Rules may be rules but you cannot penalize a student for something that's beyond their control, it's illegal.

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UrLifeDoesntSuck 0

Have you tried talking to the dean of students? If anything, you could try to get the class marked as incomplete or dropped (or stricken from the record entirely).

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BeccaTheAwesome 0

#33, I sure hope you end up being my professor. And to the OP: You're professor is a douche. Talk to your dean about it. You shouldn't be punished for something out of your control.

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Shadic 0

#43 - Shut up. The fact that he even had a life-threatening disease is enough of an FML - And it's incredibly hard to deal with while you're in school. And he has to deal with the illness on top of having to go and fix his life because some dickwad of a professor doesn't feel like putting anything other than an F on his grade.

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frozen_heart 0

#33, you are awesome :) I say go to the department chair, then the dean, then if you have to, the dean of students (make sure you escalate it properly or else it will come back to bite you in the ass). And yes, this happens, some people just don't give a shit. It sucks. FYL for sure, I hope you resolve this.

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gfindians11 0

I don't think its really an FML because as he said rules are rules and he obviously did care about you.

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SmoothTalker 0

#10 is prob. the dick professor himself

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notyouraverage 0

you should have been smart enough to drop the class if your in college or just go talk to an adviser if its highschool and im sure they could help you. shit happens, not that much of an fml.

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cthulhu1138 1

Are there any regulations requiring him to fail you if you miss class too many times? If yes, your professor's hands are tied and you'll have to go to the department chair or dean to get everything sorted out. Bureaucracy at its finest. If not, the professor is being an asshole and I'd advise complaining to the department chair or other superior.

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zebendyone 0

Pretty much every school lets you miss classes for either medical reasons or death in the family. You can fight for that. Very easily.

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MukyDaCookie 0

Ah man I feel you completly. When my parents were going through some problems, i missed alot of class time talking to child support and social services representatives. All of my teachers knew where I was, but one, who I had a history with docked me marks and gave me the homework I missed, but didn't let me hand it in. Some teachers just power trip. I have a theory that the teachers that were the bottom of the pecking order in this earlier years are the harshest towards students which remind them of the "popular" kids of thier time

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