B.S. Secondary Ed. Mathappdaze wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:59 amappgrad95&97 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:11 amMan, did I really work fairly hard to get my Ph.D and convince my wife to leave Athens for Boone to be called "the afternoon teacher above" on a football message board?3rd wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:21 pmCan't wait for the afternoon teacher above to make up all those days that are missed b/c of snow. This is an absolute joke. You are telling me they have known this for 6 months and this is the best they come up with? Don't give me that shit about "this is an educational university first" "they pay to go to class". Guess what they also pay "athletic fees" lots of them. It is ONE day. The lots are open at 5 during the week, so by not having the lottery it will not be a full on free-for-all at 5. All the "academic" first people above I can't wait to see you demanding for professors to be fired for canceling any class during the year (had plenty of them during my 4 years that I paid for those classes). Looking forward to see you show up and demand that.
I'm guessing 3rd has never been a teacher on any level and doesn't understand what effect missing days can have. One day is a lot of class time for classes that only meet twice a week. It IS an academic institution first. You are correct that some professors cancel classes for varying reasons throughout the year. Things happen in life that require a persons attention that they need to take a day off from their job. If sports are to the point where they supersede academics than they no longer need to be associated with ACADEMIC institutions. They need to be their own separate entity. Imagine if high schools started canceling classes for sporting events played during the school day (typically playoffs)? People would demand to know why the kids aren't in school. Why don't we cancel classes for our home basketball games? Why not for our soccer games? I also don't agree with all the students having to pay athletic fees. I don't think that should be part of the costs for their education. The vast majority of students never attend a single sporting event yet have to pay for them. That is not the purpose of an academic institution.
When alum begin to refer to education as "that shit" we have a pretty big problem. "Don't give me that shit about "this is an educational university first" "they pay to go to class" Thank you for showing how classy you really are and representing our school so well.
I have had classes canceled for sports rally’s, drills, training that was forced on me, away sporting events.... etc
Also have a firefighter 1&2 cert. D/O cert for driving (9 years) I know all to well the dangers of traffic control after screwing up logistics and dealing with a massive influx of traffic that’s not a normal patter then deviate away from the not normal patter some more. Your correct I know nothing.