open letter to people starting college this fall.

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7. But then we tell them

No question is a stupid question. What’s wrong with asking how many they can miss? If you have a rule about it, tell them. Otherwise, they should be able to miss everyone of those classes and either get an A or and F according to what work they turn in. I’m
Tired of professors acting like this. I PAY $65,000+ per year for my daughter to attend a private university. We get no financial aid. I’m making sacrifices. The school would not exist without patents paying tuition. There are so many factors rolled into why kids miss class or why they don’t participate. Maybe it’s a mental health issue. Maybe they actually were so overwhelmed that they forgot. My daughter tried to find a counselor last fall as she was having a hard time being isolated with the pandemic. All the counselors in close proximity to campus were no longer taking new patients! They were fully booked. It’s awful. She actually got a D in one of her classes and this is a student who’s never made a C before. I was just happy we made it through without dropping out.