Mark Twain
Call me Ishmael.
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Teaching 84 college freshmen each semester at a university that is more known for its party atmosphere than its educational programs has presented quite a few challenges:
1). Asking the 18 year old female students to please not come to class in a bikini top.
2). Requiring the male students to empty the rum out of their coke bottles before attending workshop.
3). Making sure that the amount of sexting that takes place in class is kept at a minimum.
However, I was more shocked today by an email from a student than by any of these other things. The student sent me a boarding pass for a flight to Iowa for his Grandmother's funeral. He had already passed the allowed number of absences in the class, and knew he would fail unless he had some really valid reason. So after looking at his ticket I became suspicious and started looking into it until I found this site where he made it.
So I used the same site and made a ticket of my own for him:
1). Asking the 18 year old female students to please not come to class in a bikini top.
2). Requiring the male students to empty the rum out of their coke bottles before attending workshop.
3). Making sure that the amount of sexting that takes place in class is kept at a minimum.
However, I was more shocked today by an email from a student than by any of these other things. The student sent me a boarding pass for a flight to Iowa for his Grandmother's funeral. He had already passed the allowed number of absences in the class, and knew he would fail unless he had some really valid reason. So after looking at his ticket I became suspicious and started looking into it until I found this site where he made it.
So I used the same site and made a ticket of my own for him:
