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I have a student who took the first exam of the semester, but didn't take the second or third exam and didn't hand in the term paper. He attended class at the beginning, missed a bunch, attended for a couple weeks, and then missed a bunch again. He e-mailed me to make up one of the exams and then never did.
Apparently he has tons of doctors' notes because something is wrong with his chest, but he hasn't come in to show any of them to me. (I don't think he's lying; he just hasn't given me any of them.) I feel bad because he's a nice kid, and he e-mailed me to ask what he can do about his grade because he doesn't want to fail--but one of my TAs knows him and saw him doing a dance routine with his frat at Greek Week.
I can't give him a "No Work" because he handed in his first exam, and I feel like he's missing too much to get an "Incomplete." That would be almost a whole semester's worth of work to make up. So should I just give him an F and call it a day?
If he doesn't turn in the term paper or does poorly on the exam, fail him. Grades are a reflection of a student's understanding of course concepts. If he doesn't understand anything, then his grade will reflect it.
Alternatively, you can use the justification that if you see doctor's notes, you will just put all of the weight on the final. If he passed the final, then he should pass the course then. This way, there's more motivation behind what you're doing. I think if he failed the final and you explained it like that, there's very little he could come back at you and say.
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i want bone for the neutrality, but i'm afraid it will look wedding-y. i kinda have a feeling what yall are going to pick
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I am tempted to buy some :dro ol2:
But really, when would you EVER splurge like that again? Highly likely not ever...so why not, if you guys can afford it...see it differently...you can buy less of whatever it is with a GWP/deal/whatever..and then put what you would've spent for makeup/clothing/shoes anyway into a separate savings for that to just create that illusion that in the end, it's not really that bad. Maybe that would help or something?
About my DBF - I have no freaking idea. I think he's stuck on the fact that I spent anyway and because I do spend, I ended up wasting money. Even though I am returning
I'm on the same boat - also 26 and DBF is 28, but it's so hard like you said, seeing friends with lavish vacations, houses, etc...I also do realize that their parents probably paid for 90% of their things AND school so they got a really nice cushiony start.
Personally, I wish I started out differently with my finances. Once I had paid off my student loans, it was like OMG, I have all this extra money to spend! And I was putting money away, but not putting ENOUGH away. When I figured that out, it seemed too late and went into saving overdrive.
And I'm going to be in student loan debt AGAIN because I'm going back to get my Masters. Heck, I'm even 2 years behind you and red in doing that, even though it's usually what's required with at least a 4 year working experience before I go for my MBA. So on top of that, 90% chance not working for that period of time, plus needing to save up for a wedding, a house, honeymoon, it just seems like we'd have to postpone A LOT of things.
For my DBF, he was never taught about good finances and his family has been in financial trouble because of a couple of wrong moves. He has a lot of stuff, but, he doesn't seem to have put his feet in quicksand or anything yet. He also gives allowances to his three younger sisters, that's $300 right there that could be going into savings, but I understand his kind heart. There are things that he does that I don't understand such as allocating a high Christmas present budget to his family. I get that's something he wants to do, but he's always gifting them things randomly, isn't that enough, can't he pare down that budget? My family doesn't do Christmas, so that's a nice chunk for me saved. I just get annoyed because he then gets annoyed at me when I try to talk to him about finances because he's "doing all he can," but wants to live comfortably. On the flip side, he thinks I have it nice because I no longer have debt, etc...and he used to get mad because I was able to save more than he could, monthly and he makes 3 times as much as I did! So WTF, where's all the money going?
I just want to be able to make up the gains that we lost compared to others and not let that happen too late in life. I just don't think reality has hit him yet, but he says I'm the one not being reasonable. Sigh. All this seems like it would be easier once we're in the same city. Sorry for the long tirade.
i think dbf works his reverse psychology on me. i.e. when i was wedding dress shopping, he told me i could buy anything i wanted. that in turn made me not want to spend that much.
you guys will be fine - just work your magic on him and slowly he will come to. it is annoying when people around you have parents who spoil them. i've gotten really annoyed with a friend once because he was bragging about how much he saved last year (which is awesome, really, but do you really need to brag about it?) and i'm thinking, he didn't have to pay rent for half the year after he moved home. i can't exactly commute from my parents' place like he can!
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I think what makes it even more frustrating is that even though I'm going to start a life with my DBF a few more years down the road, he's not overly concerned and makes more than enough to pay off his student loans easily, but it's getting done sooo slowly. . . .
reminds me - i'm starting to look at where to go for my honeymoon!!! any suggestions ladies? everything is astronomically expensive. when a night's stay costs $2k it kinda makes the $10 i save here or there seem useless.
I'm really happy now, but I kick myself that it took me so long to figure everything out. I feel so far behind everyone else. I keep telling myself that I need to go to work every day for the rest of my life and really enjoy it--which I will--but it doesn't do much to make me feel better in the moment.
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I just want to be able to make up the gains that we lost compared to others and not let that happen too late in life. I just don't think reality has hit him yet, but he says I'm the one not being reasonable. Sigh. All this seems like it would be easier once we're in the same city. Sorry for the long tirade.
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i want bone for the neutrality, but i'm afraid it will look wedding-y. i kinda have a feeling what yall are going to pick : teehee:
I am tempted to buy some
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also, i'm thankful we don't have student loans. the parents pay for school. and during my time, when you study, you just study, no work. i guess it is becoming more common now to have working students.