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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks for all the insight everyone.

Regarding lecture notes...yes they are posted online.

To answer the person above, he has taken AP Chemistry and regular physics.  He did exceptionally well in physics and scored a 4 on the AP Chem exam (not high enough to get credit at this school).  I was also also thinking the same thing -- that he was at some advantage having just taken those courses with the last couple of years.  That said, I also do worry this is enforcing bad habits.  Hopefully next semester he will realize he needs to be present.

I don't know exactly what happens in the tutorial classes.  I believe these are smaller classes with the TA.

Finally, in terms of the professors, I do know he likes both of them, but the physics professor has an accent and he has a hard time understanding him.  [b]He is also hearing impaired, so that doesn't help matters either.[/b]

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You probably know this, but if this is documented, he can get accommodations, such as an amplification system.

I think he's probably fine, for now.

My husband is a professor (humanities) and every semester there are a couple students in his 100-level classes who barely come to class and only show up for exams. They also turn in papers. He says sit's clear they are doing the reading and grasping the material well enough to get Bs or B-s. [/quote]

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