30 Something

So, I uncovered the truth behind my mistake with my student. I looked up his file and found that I signed him up for the class before the semester was out, therefore, I had no way of knowing if he was passing or not. The week before finals I had him on my calendar to meet to talk about his progress in the class. He didn't show up, so i called him a couple of times to try to reschedule. He didn't return my calls. After grades were posted I looked up his grade and sent him a letter stating that I needed to meet with him regarding his schedule. He didn't respond. However, at the end of July, he showed up in my office complaining about being charged for classes that he never showed up for. By then I forgot my initial purpose for meeting with him. He was so entralled in explaining why he didn't show up for his summer classes that we didn't get around to changing his schedule. So all in all I did't totally screw up. There is documentation of me trying to get ahold of him. I'm happy about that. So I went to the dean to figure out how to handle this. The dean simply said that the student had the option to go back to the class that he didn't pass as long as it was okay with the instructor. I informed the student of this, but he was reluctant to go back. Oh, well.

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