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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dear Professor,

If you would accord college students the courtesy of allowing them to take sick leave when they have COVID, that would be great.

Mom of kid at Top 10 school, whose kid contracted COVID first week of school, and FOLLOWING SCHOOL POLICY, kid emailed professor to say she would miss the class, only for one of 5 professors to drop kid from class enrollment because she missed a class in the first week.

That is a jerk move.[/quote]

That's infuriating. I just heard from my kid at a not top 10 school that professors are requiring doctor's notes to excuse COVID absences. It's crazy that after so many professors refused to work in person even after vaccines, they are now punishing students for doing the right thing to avoid spreading COVID. 
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I'm pretty sure the profs who chose to work remotely are not the same ones who are penalizing students for missing class. You do realize profs are not some monolithic group, right?  First, I'd confirm that your DC's story is accurate.  Second, I'd check in on that--it could have been a mistake and she could be re-enrolled.  There are a lot of kids who register for more classes than they will actually take so they can adjust their schedules and that first week or so is chaotic.  Almost all schools also have an add-drop deadline so a prof wouldn't drop a student from the class the first week anyway.  I think there's more to this story.[/quote]

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