One of the students on my first year "Mathematics for Economists" module has handed in relatively few of the weekly assignments, attended roughly half of the lectures and (mandatory) support classes - and those he did attend he was usually late for, sauntering in after we'd started (on one occasion, 50 minutes late for a 55 minute lecture) with a big grin on his face, as if it was all a big joke.
He once asked for a deadline extension on the grounds that he'd been ill - normally not a problem if some sort of doctor's note is provided, but such was conspicuously absent in this case. He explained (unable to keep a straight face) that he'd had 'flu a couple of days earlier "like you did earlier in the term" - I'd had to cancel a couple of lectures back in January because I'd been languishing at home with proper 'flu, drifting in and out of consciousness with aching limbs and a high temperature. I suggested to him that if this were true then we wouldn't be having this conversation because he'd still be lying at home, semiconscious. He admitted that perhaps he hadn't been that ill after all, now that he thought about it, but could he have another couple of days anyway? He couldn't, as it happened.
I'm rather looking forward to marking his exam script.
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Date: 2009-06-05 12:57 pm (UTC)He once asked for a deadline extension on the grounds that he'd been ill - normally not a problem if some sort of doctor's note is provided, but such was conspicuously absent in this case. He explained (unable to keep a straight face) that he'd had 'flu a couple of days earlier "like you did earlier in the term" - I'd had to cancel a couple of lectures back in January because I'd been languishing at home with proper 'flu, drifting in and out of consciousness with aching limbs and a high temperature. I suggested to him that if this were true then we wouldn't be having this conversation because he'd still be lying at home, semiconscious. He admitted that perhaps he hadn't been that ill after all, now that he thought about it, but could he have another couple of days anyway? He couldn't, as it happened.
I'm rather looking forward to marking his exam script.