Case 8: Job Candidates
Class Absence Excuse Discussion, ECE400, Spring 2012
A course consists in one lecture per week, for a total of 15 weeks. Student A asks to be excused from 1 of these 15 weeks because of a job interview. Student B asks to be excused from 6 of these 15 weeks because he has 6 job interviews. Student C asks to be excused from 10 of these 15 weeks because he has 10 job interviews. Student D asks to be excused from 14 of these 15 weeks because he has 14 job interviews.
- Shicheng Guo, Response
- Student A, I would allow as long as the instructor is notified at least a day before, as interviews are usually scheduled at least a day in advance. Students B, C, and D I would be very skeptical of, but I would allow if they could bring solid proof that they had an interview at the exact same time as class. Seeing as this class is the same time and same day of every week, the probability that an interview be scheduled at the exact time for so many weeks in a row is just not plausible.
- Artyom Melanich, Response
- I would accept it once. For the others I would do some kind of extra credit opportunity for missing a lecture, so I make sure they spend that hour doing the class work. To the students who are planning to miss more that 5 lectures I would suggest to reschedule their interviews and plan in advance, announce in the policy that this class has zero tolerance of the excuses like job interviews.
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