re: Appealing grade in English at LSU

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Also, this smells like bullshite. I've never heard of a college class, hell any class, where attendance was weighted so heavily.

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Seriously? Half of my classes at LSU that were English, or required humanities (you know, the classes no one gives a shite about) had mandatory attendance requirements. Especially the freshman and sophomore classes. Usually it's because some angry liberal dipshit professor is on a power trip because controlling this class is the only sense of accomplishment he gets out of his sad and pathetic wasted life.

But those classes were also the most fun. Just show up loaded, bullshite with the professor, act slightly interested and you could pass with an A without doing anything.

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When students have valid reasons for absence (see PS-22), they are responsible “for providing reasonable advance notification and appropriate documentation of the reason for the absence” and “for making up examinations, obtaining lecture notes, and otherwise compensating for what may have been missed.” Teachers “will assist those students who have valid reasons,” but some in-class activities are difficult to make up. Valid reasons that must be documented include: illness; serious family emergency; special curricular requirements such as judging trips or field trips; court-imposed legal obligations such as subpoenas or jury duty; military obligations; serious weather conditions; religious observances (see the interfaith calendar website); official participation in varsity athletic competitions or university musical events.

Absences without valid reasons, or unexcused absences, are limited to three per term in classes that meet three times a week (e.g., MWF) and two per term in classes that meet two times a week (e.g., TTH or MW). Beyond these limits, each unexcused absence will lower the final course grade by one grade increment: for example, a B+ goes to a B, a B goes to a B-, and a B- goes to a C+.

NOTE: DOCUMENTATION FOR ABSENCES ARE DUE TO THE INSTRUCTOR WITHIN A WEEK FOLLOWING THE ABSENCE.

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That sounds like an absolutely reasonable attendance policy.

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. But if I would have failed, I would have been causing a stir.

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Why? You have to earn the points in all aspects that are graded. HW and attendance is part of that. If you failed, that's on you.

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I failed my english based purely on attendance.

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What a lazy bastard

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Beyond these limits, each unexcused absence will lower the final course grade by one grade increment: for example, a B+ goes to a B, a B goes to a B-, and a B- goes to a C+. 

NOTE: DOCUMENTATION FOR ABSENCES ARE DUE TO THE INSTRUCTOR WITHIN A WEEK FOLLOWING THE ABSENCE.

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Well you're fricked. You read that, acknowledged, and ignored it. Now suffer the consequences like and adult and quit crying like a bitch.

Here's a protip for your life: no one gives a frick about your college transcripts.

If there ever was an OP that perfectly summed up the millennial mindset, this would be it. This motherfricker KNEW the rules from day one, broke the rules intentionally with no regard, and NOW wants to bitch and moan because he's paying the consequences.

Re-enroll in the class and attend next time you fricking moron. As a taxpayer who helps fund the class you FAILED, I would be pissed if they let you pass it instead of going back and having to retake it, thus extending the amount of time you're enrolled at LSU, therefore pumping more money back into the university.

frick you, man. Just frick you and your childish behavior.

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I don't disagree with the policy because it applies to me, I disagree with the policy because it's ridiculous.

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You just learned a very important lesson about life. There's a lot of shite in life that is ridiculous, you just have to do it. Life isn't some game that you can pick up and put down at your convenience, same goes for your education. YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL.

As others have posted before, if the policy was stated in the syllabus and you chose to ignore, that's on you however ridiculous the policy may be. Everyone else who got an "A" for the class followed that policy, YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL.

Is a C+ a failing grade? Or are you being hyperbolic? Most programs don’t require a B or better in non-major required classes.

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hyperbolic

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ELT he didn't go to class he's not gonna know what this means