[Rant] Some professors are jerks...

Because you're spilling all that stuff about UH being a "POS university" only when you're upset that a professor won't listen to your demands. You would defend UH whenever you graduate from there with a 4.0 or with a 2.5, but you would defend it if ONE PROFESSOR would have let you slide on getting a bad grade for something you forgot to turn in.

Admit it, man. You made a mistake. You forgot to turn in the assignment.

 

Up to 24 hours late (-30%) should be standard.

What difference does it make if he accepts it and counts it late? It's not like they're going to grade the paper the same day, week...even months...seriously.

To him, it's one less paper he has to grade.

 

If it is a professor, he probably is not even doing the grading. I have never had a prof that grades anything themselves. Most Profs, at least at my school only lecture, they do no grading or even have office hours

 

I think if you called before the deadline and let him know you needed an extension would have given you a better chance (if he was willing to grant leniency.)

Calling after the fact, but right after the deadline is more suspect.

Sorry for your loss anyways. For the 100 times your prof has heard the story, one of them is bound to be true like in your case. You just have to chalk it up to circumstance and bad luck sometimes and move on.

As for the idea that most professors inherently enjoy power trips, etc, I think it's natural and easy to rail against 'authority figures' like them, police, whatever. I'd just say every field has it's fair share of a-holes. It's just some have more power to exercise their idiocy.

 

Was that directed at my post?

 

Eco profs do the grading themselves. The classes usually consist of 30-55 kids so they aren't provided with TA's at UH

 

From what I've read, he has said this.

I think Hamza, much like myself, is pissed at the complete black and white nature of the idea itself. There is no leniency, no wiggle room; there is nothing but absolutism. "Sorry, kid. Your uncle should have died some other time."

This line of thinking takes the humanity out of the situation.

And that s**t ain't right.

 

But it is how most of the world works. It's better he learn this now, when the price is small, than later when it might actually hurt him.

 

Don't give me that. I've never had a school or an employer give me any grief regarding grades and/or assignments when I've had a death in the family. I spoke with whomever I needed to speak with, given them the necessary information to prove my situation, and never had a problem.

A death is not a 'lesson learned.'

 

Argue with him. Maybe standing up to him was the real test.

 

Exactly

What lesson is he learning from this?? Last time I checked, family matters take precedent a completely worthless econ class.

 

There's a huge difference between going up to your boss and saying "Hey, I need to reschedule that meeting with our client because my Uncle died" and going up to your boss and saying "Hey, sorry I completely missed that meeting with the client and didn't call you to let you know, but my Uncle died". Option A will get you little slack. Option B will get you fired.

I really do sympathize for the loss of your Uncle, but you kinda dropped the ball big-time on this one. If the prof cuts you any slack, I would be very surprised.

 

Wow, that sucks man. Last semester when I dislocated my clavicle and I didn't have much movement in my right hand I was behind several homework assignments in every class. I had four classes last semester all were engineering classes and every single professor gave me the opportunity to catch up. It took me 2 weeks to catch up, but they gave me the opportunity to do so (I remember like 15 homework assignments piled up). I remember even one of my professors gave me the option of taking an exam on a different day without me asking. I feel pretty darn blessed.

I'm sorry that your prof is being an ass. I always assumed professors would understand these circumstances if you can show proof.

 

I slept through a test in college once. The prof was kind enough to let me make it up, but no matter what score I made the highest he would give me was the lowest grade made in class.

I thought it was more than fair as I wasn't expecting any leniency.

If you can't get an extension, see if you and the prof can come up with some sort of compromise where you at least get some points out of it... whether its like the example above, asking him to grade the paper and then cut the grade in half, etc. Anything helps.

 

the world isnt as black n white or to the letter as this prof n some of u here makes it to be. leniency exists in the real world especially when theres a good reason for it.

 

Can't ask for an extension after the due date passes. Your situation is not unique and the consequences are not that dire. I'm getting just a whiff of A-student entitlement, as if you've lost sight of what it took to earn all those grades: extra effort, initiative, planning, focus and sacrifice, and just assumed that any less favorable is someone else's fault. A death in the family is sad, but it happens to everyone and people have done better while going through much worse.

Either go through the appeals process just to learn the bureaucracy and what you can get away with, or accept the zero and try to preserve a relationship with prof in case you want a reference later for internships or whatevs.

 

maybe in your shi*ty major, come to the engineering school and i dare you to say its like high school part 2. Please GTFO UH asap, we need less douche bags like you.

 

You just lost whatever sympathy I may have had for you.