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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I found out that my professor dropped me from class because I missed a Zoom meeting. The only class I needed to graduate. Why did I miss the meeting? Because I was in labor for 32 hours. FML
Today, I received an email from my professor asking me not to jump ahead on assignments as it makes the other students look bad. FML
Today, I tried to explain to my professor why I’d missed two classes. Even with a doctor’s note explaining my very serious health issues, she rolled her eyes and huffed, "Maybe if you’re ‘oh so sick,’ you should just drop out!” Gee, sorry for trying to improve my life through adversity. 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, I've been making extremely good progress in my online class. Or at least… I was, until the deadline to complete it was suddenly pushed a whole month forward, causing me to be "behind." Then my teacher had the nerve to email me, telling me I needed to catch up. FML
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, and for the past two weeks, my teacher hasn't taken a class, saying that she doesn't want to teach a class as loud as ours. When she does teach, it's near impossible to hear her over the yelling of other students. I checked the syllabus for an exam and it has two topics that she didn't cover. The exam is in two days. FML
Today, I left my grandmother's burial to take a midterm. Earlier I e-mailed the professor to ask permission to take it later, and she flat out said "no." I left my grieving family, and traveled hours back to school. I went to class, only to discover that the prof decided to move the exam date. FML
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
Today, I overslept and missed both of my morning classes. I was supposed to lead an instructional discussion in my communications class that was worth a lot of points. Now my grade has dropped from an A to an F. FML
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pygmalion_fml 4
I've encountered similar situations before. Your professor can't drop you from the class, or penalize your grade, for an excused absence. Speak with someone higher up, such as the Dean. Professors can't rewrite the rules.
iplayrugby18 11
Your professor will care when you bring it to the dean's attention that a professor is going against him/her. The professor has the right to do what they want especially if it's stated in the syllabus but if you have permission from the dean...dean trumps professor.
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amy397123 0
You were excused by the dean, your teacher is a douchebag. Not an FML.
danielleFML 0
That's exactly why it's an FML.
Josher47 0
That's exactly why it isn't. Deans > professors. It doesn't matter if the professor cares.
Pointy130 0
Yeah, even if the professor says nay, the dean says f*** you, shes in.
nonotme 0
The FML is the hassle OP will have to go through in getting the dean to interfere. Even if this does go in her favor, she's going to have a hard time for the rest of the class. It's kind of like a job where you haven't done anything bad enough to be fired, but you pissed off the manager somehow; they start to look for reasons to fire you. 2 minutes late one day? Gone. It might end up the same way, if the teacher really is this big of a douche. She'll start nitpicking the **** out of OP's assignments and make it much more difficult to pass the class. So, coming from a college student who has been there, OP, FYL.
birds_fml 7
Maybe if the OP hadn't been skipping class so much, this one excused absence would be okay. It's like if you get 3 sick days at your job, and use all 3 to go out with your friends, and then one day you really ARE sick but you've used up all your sick days on stupid stuff. Too bad, so sad. Maybe when you have to retake this course, you'll think twice before skipping class. YDI
Pandasaur 0
How do you know she was skipping classes? Her sick days very well could been used for... I don't know, sickness. Maybe she had some other kind of emergency. There's no way of really knowing since the FML doesn't mention it, but in the mean time, try to avoid saying that someone deserves something based on an assumption.
blalien 0
Hah, I've been in college for six years and I've never had a professor who took attendance. Yay physics.
kronos09 0
well maybe you shouldn't have skipped so many classes to begin with.
2345_fml 0
Go talk to the dean about what the teacher is doing. If that teacher doesnt want to be fired she will change her mind. My older brother had this same thing happen where the teacher didnt care what the dean said but quickly changed her mind when the dead called her into his office. The Dean's best interest will always be the students and not the teachers.
GreenHacker 0
She obviously kept skipping classes. Stop ditching class. YDI
pygmalion_fml 4
I've encountered similar situations before. Your professor can't drop you from the class, or penalize your grade, for an excused absence. Speak with someone higher up, such as the Dean. Professors can't rewrite the rules.
BioRocks 0
At many schools, profs can do administrative drops, meaning they can drop a student without the student's agreement. If you miss too many classes, the prof can do an administrative drop. Depending on the Dean, complaints may or may not help. Some Deans instantly take the students' side, some instantly take the faculty's side, and a few actually get all the information before making a decision.
blland 0
so what do you reckon? prof drops student, dean puts student record back on? prof sees student back on, immediately drops student again? the prof has to stop at some point and think "why isn't it working"
Captain_Jello 0
I say get that bitch fired if she tries to drop you
wyld3fyr3 3
yeah, because we all know dropping someone is "totally illegal", we dont know any of the other factors here, how many times has he missed class before, does he even have a chance of passing?
2345_fml 0
The OP already got the Dean's approval so he/she will take the student's side. College doesnt have mandatory attendance like middle school and high school. They dont care how much you go to class or not.
Stiggy626 25
Yeah that's actually illegal if you're excused
iplayrugby18 11
Your professor will care when you bring it to the dean's attention that a professor is going against him/her. The professor has the right to do what they want especially if it's stated in the syllabus but if you have permission from the dean...dean trumps professor.
Playdate 0
Welcome to the world of academics . . . most of them (there are always the anomalies) believe that the world revolves around them . . . if you havent found a way around them yet, I suggest you do and soon!!
xoxcinderellaxox 0
ydi.... its impossible for your professor to drop you with one absence. im sure you have had a number of absences which eventually led to her decision.
timtam24 0
"FIELD EXPERIENCE" "EMAILED HER TWO WEEKS AGO" maybe you should read it again.
antiprettysin 0
If the OP's been completing field experience all semester for her major, then it's reasonable to think she would have talked to her professor and gotten cleared BEFORE the semester was halfway through. Although she got permission from her dean and let her know about this absence, if the OP had been missing classes throughout the semester that weren't excused, then they totally deserve it.
k_dubbs 0
This does imply that you've missed several other classes previous to this, so it is understandable that the professor would be running out of patience at this point. Yes, this absence may be excused, but what about the others? Just saying...
wellinever 5
Agreed. This absence may be excusable, but what about all the others that got you into this mess? Do you want the Dean to examine those too? YDI.
I_Wanna_Lol 0
That's sh!tty. Talk to the Dean or someone, because that's just stupid.
natalie1215 0
You can't be dropped from the class if you were excused by the dean, but why were you absent the other times? Were those excused?
Kyeno 0
Ydi, just have sex with her.
Monkeybuttorama 0
YDI for complaining about your prof. being pissed at how many classes you missed prior to the excused. I'd be booting you from my class too. you obviously don't want to be there, give your seat to someone who does.