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Subject: Re: 12th WCCC, Bar-Ilan University: why not to go.

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 10:34:29 12/09/03

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On December 09, 2003 at 10:06:38, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>Excuse me for jumping in, but why are those 2 weeks so critical?
>
>I have required classes, and to be able to go to Graz, several things had
>to be shifted around.

If you want to pay for a class and then not go, that's your business. If you pay
for a class and your professor doesn't show up to teach, but you still have to
pay the full amount, and you don't learn anything, that's probably not going to
fly with a lot of students, the parents of the students, or the bosses of the
professor.

You might be suprised how little some schools will put up with. I had a
professor get fired because he was showing up late for an 8AM class, because he
got stuck in traffic a number of times.


>What happens if you have a flu for 2 weeks? Your students commit mass
>suicide?

I'm sure his bosses would be a bit more understanding if he was physically
unable to teach as opposed to off on a vacatoin (which is probably how they see
it).

>I just dont get the logic here.

Obviously :)



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