Friends,

I am wondering how all of you handle the issue of students leaving for a break before the end of their class.
It is an unexcused absence as I understand it.
Now, if it was just a lecture, I would say, "Fine.  Get the notes from someone."

However, students in the Fri 2-4pm lab are asking to take a lab practical early as they HAVE to catch the bus at 3pm.
Taking it early, means there has to be a seat open in another section for them, and we do have some open seats.
While we would like to be understanding of this, we also feel that the students take advantage of this and are learning that the bus schedule rules their lives instead of the class schedule.
We are also considering whether this means we should offer other students the open seats in this last lab to have more study time.

Comments?
PS We also run into these requests when the final exam is scheduled on the last day.
They know this before they have to purchase their tickets.


Dr. Jennifer Withington
Asst. Professor of Biology
SUNY Oneonta
116 Science I
Oneonta, NY  13820
607-436-3421