Editor,
Most classes have the rule stating that if a student misses more than three classes they will be dropped. In some cases, that rule states that after missing more than three classes your grade will be dropped five points with every absence.
Why is that not the case with professors?
Since the start of this semester, I have not had a full week of classes. This is absolutely ridiculous because I only have classes Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Now, I love my classes being canceled as much as the next person. I love getting an email that allows me an extra hour of sleep. But when a professor (or worse, a graduate student) misses class without notice, it is wrong.
If we are expected to do something, then it is only fair that the people who are being paid to be here are following their own expectations as well.
I’m glad to know that I am just throwing my tuition money down the drain. I’m paying for classes that repeatedly get canceled, and I am paying for instructors that never actually show up to class.
Michelle Kuechmann
UNM student
