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02/16/2005: "No more guilt"
I will never, ever feel guilty for skipping class again.
Yesterday, during my morning class, I was more-than-slightly feeling the effects of whatever's debilitating my body. All I could think about was going home and getting back in bed to hide from the symptoms that my dad and sister both felt before launching into a week-long flu-like illness. I seem to have caught something from them from two states away.
I almost hung in there for my afternoon class. Almost. It was a huge internal debate, but as my morning class ended, I decided that it wasn't worth waiting through the two-hour gap between classes to sit through a class where the professor emails all the powerpoint slides and notes he uses.
Today, I was talking with a group of classmates, and one of them said they hoped the professor for our afternoon class would actually show up today.
That's right; the professor for the class that I almost sacrificed hours of sleep for did not bother showing up. I would have been so angry if I had actually waited around.
Today he showed up, and he said that he just "forgot" about class. This is the second time he's "forgotten" class. I go to a private law school where tuition is $27,000 a year; professors should NOT just be "forgetting" about class. If they want to email us hours in advance so we know not to waste our time coming in, I'm all for that! This "forgetting" thing, however, is not okay.
Next time, there will not be any internal debate and there will not be any guilt. Okay, maybe there will be some, but it will be short and sweet and it'll be when I'm home in bed. Feeling guilty is just fine when I'm in bed.
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In general, unless there's some attendance policy that will screw you, don't ever feel guilty for missing class when you're sick. If students only skipped when they were sick I'd be happy. Plus you need to take of yourself.Cheeky Prof, Thursday, February 17th