Reply #28: from the other side..... [View All]

[ucmike]

i was taking finals in my senior year and ended up with two scheduled for the same time period. one had been scheduled in advance so i went to the professor who scheduled second and explained and asked how he wanted to handle it and that i was able to accomodate his schedule.

he told me that sometimes in life things don't work out and that as an adult it was my problem to solve. i thought he was joking and asked when i could take his exam. he looked at me and told me that if i wasn't at his scheduled exam i would fail the course. there was no negotiating, he didn't do makeup exams. i went to the head of my dept who told me that that professor was a real pain in the ass and to pleeeeeease try to work it out with the other teacher before he'd get involved. fortunately, the teacher who scheduled his exam first allowed me to take his exam early and avoid the conflict.