Subject: Class Attendance
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Fri Apr 07 2000 - 07:56:59 EDT
"Quick Answer"
A physics professor was very strict about
attendance, and despised tardiness. Every
student caught arriving to class late (especially
those interrupting his lecture) was quickly
reprimanded in front of the whole class. Students
were quick to comment on the professor's genetics.
Well, one day a student entered through the front
doors of the lecture hall, while the prof was writing
notes on the chalkboard. The professor caught the
student out of the corner of his eye (this acute sense
of peripheral vision, further supported the rumors of
his evolution), and turned to face the student. He
demanded, "What do you think you're doing?"
Being a science student, one naturally thinks quickly,
so the student snapped up and replied, "I came down
from the back to get a better look at the board."
The prof smiled.
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"Attendance"
Back in those days, it was required that in order for
a student to receive credit for a particular course, a
card (listing of his/her courses) had to be signed by
the instructor/lecturer. It was, at the time, policy that
students attend their courses. But depending on the
size of the class, it was often quite possible to receive
credit, even after not attending the class regularly.
Not so, with this physics professor...if he didn't
recognize you, you would have to repeat the course
(& attend!).
On one occasion, a student handed his card to be
signed. The professor looked at the name, then at
the student, and said, "I've never seen you in my
class," and handed back the card. Now being a
science student, he naturally thought quickly, and
proceeded to the end of the line. When he was at
the front again, he handed his card to the prof. The
prof looked at the name, then at the student, and
said, "You look familiar. OK." and signed the card.
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