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In reply to the discussion: Don't You Know Who I Am? - Professor to students who missed his lecture [View all]closeupready
(29,503 posts)37. You'd be surprised -
I knew someone who attended classes at a college for free, all because the professor knew the individual, knew what an eager student he was, and enjoyed having appreciative students like him in class.
Not suggesting that this is commonplace, and I doubt you could do it at Harvard, but pointing it out to say, professors enjoy human respect just like their students do. But somehow, many students today think they have no time for classes while attending college.
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Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
OP
LOL. I feel ya, man. Ask me all about skipped classes and failing grades
TwilightGardener
Jan 2013
#1
You know a year or two of living at home and going to a Community College
Drahthaardogs
Jan 2013
#33
I rarely missed classes also. Returned to college as an adult - watched how the young
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
#9
wow - we would be dropped if we missed too many classes - Happened to me in 1979 and
sammytko
Jan 2013
#22
If he only could've boiled it down to 140 characters & Twittered it out to them...
Bucky
Jan 2013
#23
Common problem: Too many people don't know the difference between "could" and "did". nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#30
I have graduate students who miss two meetings of a class from time to time
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#36