<p>“if that is the case then just go up and start crying and show that you really care and he/she should delay it (not for full credit).”</p>
<p>I was a professor and wouldn’t have delayed giving a test for the above reason. I would, however, have a lower opinion of the student, who would seem to be attempting to manipulate me, and also to lack the strength of character to handle the type of ordinary (though painful) losses that everyone goes through.</p>
<p>What I’d do is to refer the student to the campus counseling center, and tell the student that the counseling center could give the student advice on how to handle the test and other responsibilities that the student would need to handle in a timely fashion.</p>