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By d1r7yd33d - 30/08/2016 12:51 - United States

Today, after years of perfect attendance, and straight A's, I got marked absent, and subsequently was failed for a huge test that dropped my grade. I was sitting right in front of the teacher. FML
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but if you were in the class, then wouldn't you have taken the test and turned it in? this makes no sense.

That really sucks is their any way you can prove that you were actually there?

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That really sucks is their any way you can prove that you were actually there?

i assume you handed your test in and it has your name and the date on it, wouldn't that be proof enough that you were present?

but if you were in the class, then wouldn't you have taken the test and turned it in? this makes no sense.

Huh? How could you have failed the test if you were present, and thus took the said test? Unless you did nothing but only sat in front of your teacher and didn't take the test?

That was my librarian's name when I was in elementary.

Okay, as someone who knows someone this happened to- and was in the same class- There's two main ways this could happen. One: Teacher has a grudge against OP, knows OP is there, throws away OP's test when they get it, and when asked about the fail, uses the false absence as justification. Two: Teacher forgets to check off OP as attending and loses OP's test. Teacher honestly thinks OP wasn't there. It's alarming how often teachers lose tests and assignments- I once had to redo ~30 work book pages in 3 hours because the teacher had forgotten to mark mine down. It even more alarming how often a teacher will try to sabotage a student, either by pretending it's to help or outright lying.

I had a CPR teacher who constantly marked me absent even when I showed up to every class. My folks had to get involved it got so serious. I hope things work out for you op

Y'know, with today's technology, if you have a smart phone with either Google or iOS, you can prove you were there with it's tracking facility.... go higher, threaten with whatever action you could possibly take.... then demand some compensation for your trouble.