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Of course its a horrible idea. But some people will call for horrible solutions knowing that its the way to get attention.

Have we learned nothing? Troops on campus is a horrible idea: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/25/republicans-campus-protesters-democrats-00154508

ab_grp: how are you seeing Homicide? I didn't think it was streaming anywhere. It was a favorite of mine.

I allowed makeups for quizzes, but while the quizzes were multiple-choice the makeups were all short-answer and were all given on the last day of class.  It allowed the few students who genuinely took the makeup seriously to do well, while most everyone else (probably 80-90%) would do poorly but couldn't complain because I did let them take a makeup and they knew the format in advance.  And since all the makeups were at the same time, I just needed to create one makeup test per quiz.  It took a couple of hours of my time and made me look good to my boss, which was well worth it.

I would decide on whether to allow the student to do a make up purely on what works best for me, not for the student. I would feel no obligation to the student.

Woke up to a new referee request (the third this month). Weird how they always cluster like that.

Today, just some T1ing. Might start reading for the new referee report.

Good morning!

Got to genius with pangram so far.  Yesterday we had team QB.  I think I was missing eely, eyelet.

No luck on LB.  Congrats on your solutions!

Safe travels, Langue_doc, and ciao_yall! Have a great time!

Happy solving!

I would not allow the student to take the final exam. If it's posted everywhere, has been discussed at length in class, and they still missed it, then that's on them. And I know my Dept Chair would back me up.

Students who choose not to pay attention to deadlines, or who can't tell time/read calendars, should not be in college. I vote no on any makeup exam.