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<p>It may seem intimidating at first, but in practice the negative class participation aspect only came into force if students were personally attacking the Prof/other students, asking/emailing questions which were already answered several times in the lecture/during the term or on the syllabus/online documentation, or calling them up for a non-emergency matter in the middle of a Prof’s holiday dinner with his/her own family*.</p>
<p>In short…one REALLY had to screw up badly to get to that point. </p>
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<li>There were a few classmates I know of who pulled this stunt to their own detriment.<br></li>
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