Do University professors force you to complete homework if it is missing without excuse?

SarahM456
Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:10:36 +0000

I am going to Penn State and in one of my classes, engagement log assignments are worth .75% of the grade because there’s so many of them due every week. I did not do them for three weeks straight, but I have been doing my other more important homework in the class (I have a 97% in it.) This is an entry level, general-ed class by the way. So we are learning basic stuff. (It’s a security analysis class if you guys were wondering).

She takes these .75% assignments as proof you have been engaging in the class, sometimes it will ask for screenshots or just a brief overview of what you learned. The teacher knows that I am active though as I am always talking during the zoom class.

Anyways…She E-Mailed me asking why I didn’t complete the 3 assignments.

This is a trend I have noticed with all my other teachers… if I miss an assignment, small or simple, they always freak out and start E-Mailing me asking…Why?

I am just so confused. Why don’t they just let me take the consequence, even if it isn’t the best outcome? It is my degree not theirs. They get paid to teach me, I get paid for nothing. If I can’t afford one assignment because another was too important then…too bad, whatever gets me my degree, right??

WHY do they care so much, and how do I communicate what is going on? Is this something other people deal with too? Am I in the wrong? Am I not taking college serious enough?