Some professors have stated on the first day of class that they simply won't accept late work, unless it is an extreme emergency that directly makes the student incapable of turning in or doing an assignment. Giving you the zero in your situation is not unusual in my eyes.
Really sorry for your lost. As for the grade, there's probably not a lot that you can do. As Phillyrocket said, it was a no tolerance policy to be fair to all students. I have friends who are college professors, and every semester they teach a course, they have students coming to them with all kinds of excuses. You obviously have a very legitimate situation, but as a professor they just don't have the time and energy to verify every single one of them. So, to be fair to all students, sometimes they have to act like jerks. How would you feel if someone on your class cheated to an A with made up emergencies? You can appeal your case to higher levels, but they seldom interfere in these types of situations, especially if your professor has made the policies of the class very clear beforehand. Talk to your professor some more, and then you can try to appeal to higher levels, and if you still can't get it, learn the lesson and move on.
<br> You're absolutely right. I don't believe in that whole "in the real world you are held accountable regardless" mentality. There are certain situations in life that take precedence over work/school. You're in a pretty ****ty situation if your place of employment doesn't reasonably help you out when these occurrences happen. <br> I'm going to do everything I possibly can to fight this. I believe I deserve that right. Hopefully something comes out of it. I can't wait to transfer out of this POS university. No doubt I will probably have to deal with people like this elsewhere. It'll likely be even more so at better schools where professors tend to be a bit more egotistical. Yet at least i'll be getting a good education. Seriously, screw UH.
OP: this is irrelevant, but what subject does he teach? Man I don't remember that part, but he did look like he buys clothes from there lol. He's a bit on the heavy side back then, not sure about now, but at that age I doubt he can really slim down unless it's from illness.
Sorry for your loss, but I agree with the professor. Rules are made for a reason. The profs probably here these excuses almost weekly. If they made an exception for you, then another student later down the line can use you as an example. Then the prof would be cited for impartiality. In the real world you show up to work every damn day unless you physically cannot. Also why would you go about calling your professor on the phone? You didn't even bother to show him the respect of visiting his office hours and explaining the situation. He is probably there thinking you are on vacation somewhere and just calling an excuse in. If you can't follow simple rules at UH, how would you ever have the discipline to make it to any other more esteemed university where all your classmates don't make mistakes like this? It has nothing to do with UH, and everything to do about you and your lack of excellence and dedication to the craft. Anyways, sorry for your loss. Maybe a lesson learnt will be something positive to come out of this.
Professors generally have office hours for 1 scheduled hour every week. I imagine that 1 hour was probably not the very next day. Calling him was the correct thing to do.
Deal with it, I know it sucks but that's part of the college experience.. I've had similar things happen and I know how it feels but you'll get over it eventually.
<br> Uh, what. This isn't necessarily true. I mean I had 3 other professors who were lenient and willing to give me extra time to turn in work if need be. However, I turned everything in on time to them. I've been working since I was 17 dude. When deaths occur in the family people get time off. I've seen it happening... <br> I went about calling him on the phone because like I said in an earlier post, he had taken the week off to go to Washington for meetings. I love how you slam me for something without reading my other posts in the thread where I explained that part of the situation. Dude had taken time off of his job to take care of his other job. Hmmm, I guess that's contradictory to your "this is how things happen in the real world" bit. <br> Sorry, no offense but your third paragraph is complete bull****. I don't think losing track of something because of a death in the family is a "mistake" by any stretch. I expect to make it to an esteemed university the same way I did right out of high school. Not everyone who goes to UH or any local university goes there because they failed to get into anywhere better. Going to UH made the most sense for me straight out of high school because of family circumstances. Of course it has nothing to do with UH. I claimed as much myself. Also, what rule exactly is it that I did not follow? I'm a bit lost on that one. I was just mentioning that if i'm going to get screwed over I might as well be attending a university where I actually learn something. As far as my lack of dedication and excellence to my craft well.... that same lack of effort has gotten me a great GPA thus far. Until I get a B because of this crap that is.
Most teachers are have self-esteem issues. The reason they're teaching is to feel like they're better than people, that they need to the noobs how to do things right. Teaching gives them authority over people to make them feel valuable. And by teaching, I mean hammer buckets of knowledge into student's brains with a sledgehammer and if they don't understand it, that's their fault.
I think it would be very rare to find a company that gives you time off for an uncle's death. While they may excuse you to attend the funeral, it is on your own time (vacation or unpaid).
Sorry for your loss bro, any college professor would've done the same thing, all college professors are jerks, I've had the same problem last year where my mom got into car accident and I couldn't turn in my paper in time, I told my professor that my mom was in serious condition and I had to stay overnight at the hospital and still didn't give an extension.
To be honest, I'm not sure why you're so upset. It's not the professor's prerogative to give you an extension. Sure, the circumstances of his leave matching the death of your uncle and the due date of the paper did certainly bring about this problem. But **** happens. When it happens to me, I just suck it up and try to make it up in other ways. In the end we all prioritize our time, dedication, and actions. If you disregarded school work as a result your uncle's death, you obviously prioritize mourning over school. I'm not saying that's the wrong decision. But you have to live with the consequences. Of course, I am of the belief that extending time for papers, tests, or deadlines in workplace is not a right. But rather something your employer/professor gives you at their own discretion. So that's where I stand on the issue. As far as professors go, I've had a lot of harsh professors, anal-retentive professors, and professors I just flat out hate. But never did I truly felt one was unfair to me.
Ever heard of bereavement leave? Unless your boss is a major a-hole, I doubt he is going to pull out the 'forget' card when someone in your family just died regardless of what is going on at work. He/she will try to accomodate you and work around your situation.
LOL, teachers decide to get into the profession because they have self-esteem issues. Got it. Thanks for that profound life lesson. How old are you?
It sucks but ultimately it's still your responsibility. Had you emailed him several days before, you might have had a legit gripe for him not granting an extension. wait...this isnt the guy who forgot to wear a tie is it?
