It's completely valid and correct. If you missed too much class time, then you don't have the expertise to meet the requirements of the course. Sorry dude, but unfortunate circumstances don't make you smarter; class does.

exactly. It does not matter why you missed it, you still missed it. It sucks, but it is the way it is. Still FYL

what a dick, u should got to the dean and see if u cant get that sorted out

In a way, I agree with part of what 10 is saying. The professor has invested time in the class, so it should just cut through the bs paperwork and not fail the poster, especially if it knew them well enough to see the poster in hospital. I was once vehemently sick on the day of a test, and my professor didn't even require an excuse from the dean or the student health center.

64, Read the OP, it isn't the prof's class rules he's talking about, its the schools policy, which means that professor is REQUIRED through his contract with the university to drop him from the class. If the professor does anything else, his job as a professor is in jeopardy

#65: That's not always true. With difficult classes, or classes where certain material is presented during lecture that can't be obtained outside of lecture, then you will probably have difficulty mastering the material if you miss too much class time. But usually, lecture is the least important aspect of a class. If you do the required reading, complete the required assignments, and study, then it's absolutely possible to master the subject without going to lecture on a regular basis. If through his assignments and his exams, the OP can prove that he knows the material, then the fact that he missed class time is completely irrelevant. Or would you argue that, even if he got perfect scores on every assignment and every exam, he still couldn't possibly have the knowledge required to pass?

10- The professor isn't that much distraught if ONE student misses time. It was life-threatening. How is this the OP's fault? Douche bags. This is a FYL. Sorry, that sucks.

I failed every class except for two last semester because of illness. FML too. It sucks, you should be able to go appeal it to someone or something... that prof is a douche. I'm sorry, but there's no reason why reasonable accommodations can't be made because of a life-threatening illness.

I'm appalled by the amount of dickwads commenting here. At least in my Uni, some conditions of absence do not count towards absence limits. One of those conditions, unsurprisingly, is health-related issues. Also, in those cases, the professor is required to extend deadlines or make extra exams for you. Only if you fail on those exams or homeworks, s/he is allowed to fail you.

@64: "You could not turn an assignment in and still get an A if the professor thinks you deserve it but You could also get a perfect score on everything and still get an F..." Where the hell do you go to school? As far as I've been told from FIRST grade all the way until now, you get the grade you EARN! A prof CAN NOT fail you if you have perfect scores on all of your tests and turned in the homework, you get an A for that because you EARNED it by doing the work that was required of you to get it. Of course the grading scale and the portions of the grade are determined by either the prof or the department, like I have 2 classes that have labs as the biggest portion of the grade because I MUST know how to write programs for microchips properly in real life. If you get failed in a class by a prof when your grade average in the class is clearly what is required to get an A, then you need to see the department chair, possibly the dean or the chancellor. #33: I know many profs like you. Big ups to that, you guys make college life much more bearable. OP: This is extremely ****** up. However, to see that department chair or the dean of students solves nothing as neither of them control the policies of the college. You have to schedule an appointment with your college chancellor to get that overridden, or get the paperwork from the registrar if you can, if not, go to the chancellor. To everyone else who would suggest seeing the department chair or dean of students: Neither of them have the authority to override institution policy, only the chancellor can do so.