<p>i do think that the profs may have been a little reluctant to grant him privileges when first confronted about taking the test later…and it was probably terribly intimidating to bring this up with them.</p>
<p>two things should happen:
- professors perhaps should soften up regarding sick-testing policies IF students don’t abuse them.
- your son should hold his ground and talk to the prof/dean even if the prof isn’t so hot about the accommodations. </p>
<p>worst case scenario (if you’re sick) is that the dean tells the prof that they MUST accommodate your son and the prof gets grouchy and everyone moves on. this is unlikely, though.</p>
<p>EDIT: i think everyone agrees that if someone has a little cold, they should take tests. if someone has a really bad cold, the flu, or recovering from surgery, that is a different story. the furthest i’ve pushed the policy is that one night at about 2AM there was a fire in our dorm and we all got evacuated and i ended up outside for part of the night in my underwear wrapped in a towel. i ended up only getting like 2 hours of sleep and had a terrible headache from the fire alarm and the cold and refused to take my advanced systems midterm the next morning. that was an interesting experience.</p>