Attendance Policy

I'm not a strict teacher, but do I teach adults and I expect them to act as such. If a student can not come to a class every now and then, I'll understand. Life gets in the way. My official policy is that in order to get credit for the course, you must attend 80% of my classes. I think that's pretty fair and most students have no problem with that.

One guy, however, does. He's the same "in-the-closest" student that I wrote about earlier. The thing that really bothers me about this guy is that he personally campaigned to get a specific class opened. He showed up everyday, all by himself, begging me to open a class for him. He even convinced a few friends to join the class. Once there were enough people in there to be able to have a meaningful discussion, I opened it. He showed up for three classes and I have not seen him again. I can safely say that he will not get credit for the class.

Now that students are heading back to school, most of my classes aren't full, but I can assure you that I will not open another class during winter/summer break just becuase some dude wants it.