Today, I drove to my college campus for my 8 a.m. class, parked, walked the mile and a half to my classroom, just to find out class had been cancelled. The prof didn't send an email because she couldn't remember her password. I paid $1200 to be taught by this woman, who has a doctorate. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I drove 3 hours to get to a class, just to have the professor leave a note on the classroom door saying that she wasn't coming. FML
Today, I spent an excruciating hour walking to campus with a broken leg, only to find my professor had left a note on the door saying class was canceled. FML
Today, I had to go meet my professor at 12. I wound up showing up almost an hour late. Why? Because she doesn't teach at the campus I registered at. I wound up having to visit TWO different campuses before I reached the right one. FML
Today, for the first time this semester, I was able to get parking in time for my Wednesday class. The professor was sick and class was cancelled. FML
Today, I woke up at 7, got to college by 7:40 to receive an email that my 8:00 a.m. class got cancelled. I stayed there until 12:00 p.m. for my second class, to then find out that the cancelled class was the one at 12:00, not 8:00. FML
Today, my college English teacher told me if I wanted an explanation for my grade I would have to schedule a conference to come to her office. It's an online class. I took an online class because I can't come in. FML
Today, after attending lectures for months, studying for weeks, and spending hours writing a 15-page research paper, I was informed that due to technological issues during registration, I was not enrolled in the class. FML
Today, I started at a new college. I bought my textbooks and went to my first class only to find out that they changed my schedule without telling me. I'd already opened the book. I could not get $200 back. FML
Today, my professor cancelled class so I turned off my alarm. When I woke up, I checked my email again. There was no email from my professor. It was a dream. FML
Today, I received an email from my professor informing me that if I missed another class, I'd be dropped from the course. I have field experience to complete tomorrow as part of my major. I emailed her two weeks ago to let her know, and we're excused by the dean. She doesn't care. FML
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Tyrez 32
Just because you have a degree doesn't mean you are any smarter.
Emmaray 16
I'm sorry, OP. It's frustrating when professors don't make a way communicate things like that. Especially for an early morning class! Hopefully she'll learn from this experience and write down her email password, or make the password "password"... or something. Haha.
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Comments (64)
aliciabaird1269 11
Wow! Some professors really make that student loan feel useful don't they :/
Hildy93 21
Aaaaaaand welcome to America
allforfun 23
I had a math prof, also with a Ph.D., who counted on their fingers while doing calculations during class. College is a joke
phenomanand 9
why are you parking so far away from your classes?
drrobotnik1 18
because colleges never spend any of their billion dollar endowments building things that are actually useful to students, like parking lots, they spend it all on statues and fountains and other garbage.
originalunicorn 20
there are ways to reset passwords, she should have let her students know.
SkillUpSkillet 11
As someone who works as a tech support for these instructors, this is totally accurate. I wouldn't trust half the instructors I speak with to flip my burger.
fettslaab 16
I do not believe that your teacher really forgot her password, nor more than I believe in such a slight relationship between a person's education and his, her, or its ability to deal with the world and its intricate practicalities. Where I live, 'professors' pull these stunts all the time. I've never heard of any of them advising their students of a cancelled class, nor to my knowledge do they ever apologize, nor indeed acknowledge any truancy. The reason is simple. While they are allowed to fail to make it to the classroom due to acts of God, they are bound by contract to do their best, always, to get there. Casual and capricious cancellations are not allowed. Sending out messages to advise students that a class will not be held comes down to leaving proof of breach of contract for the ever-eager department whip. As for students sticking their necks out and complaining... it can't work that way here, and there are no, but n o squeaky wheels. whistle-blowers, ni nada de eso.
rene22 18
How big is your campus that you had to walk a mile and a half to the classroom?
bad_boyfriend 10
As someone who works in higher ed. That is pretty standard. PhDs know a lot...about one topic. They are pretty much clueless about everything outside that topic.
fantasyworld 39
A person can be smart in one area but dumb in another.