Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Go Back                 Case Posted on October 4, 2015 10:01 pm Add to Favorites TuBuJy Reps: 203 No make up exam policy A student misses a mid-term exam worth 40% of her grade. She tells you she was in the hospital. You have a "NO MAKE UP EXAM" policy and the student appears to be OK. What course of action do you take next?                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.                 Solution 1 Posted October 5, 2015 1:40 am Dawn Rogers Reps: 204 Ask the student to obtain a doctors note from the hospital. The student will need to contact the school that they are in to report their missing of school due to medical reasons. The student should be able to make up the exam with proper documentation. Votes: +29 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution meXyHy Reps: 158 I agree that a doctors note is mandatory. I would use this solution.   Posted on: October 15, 2015 9:04 pm Reps: 101 Agreed.   Posted on: March 6, 2016 3:51 pm Add a Comment                 Solution 2 Posted October 5, 2015 2:14 pm aqaRus Reps: 102 Every rule needs to bend for different reasons. If a student was in the hospital and had a "Doctors Note" not a note from mom or dad, defiantly allow that student to make up that work! It is considered an excused absence. Set up a time and a date that she can make it up. Be sure to include a day for her to study before the test because if she was in the hospital im sure she did not have a chance to study yet. Votes: +8 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution eSyTyt Reps: 101 I agree with this.   Posted on: October 16, 2015 2:38 am uzyXuV Reps: 208 I agree, some rules have to be broken to be fair.   Posted on: October 16, 2015 9:55 pm Add a Comment                 Solution 3 Posted October 18, 2015 4:26 pm eQynuv Reps: 102 You may need to rethink the no make up policy. Unfortunate things happen in life and she may not have been able to attend the mid-term. I wouldn't let her make up the exam without proof she was in the hospital. Votes: +3 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 4 Posted October 5, 2015 1:06 am Qebysu Reps: 203 I attempt to have her verify that she was indeed in the hospital with irrefutable proof. Just because I have a policy does not mean there aren't exceptions that should be made in certain situations. Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 5 Posted February 26, 2016 6:06 am eQyVuj Reps: 200 If the student has a medical note, than the students should be entitled to take the exam. Votes: +1 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 6 Posted October 18, 2015 5:42 pm runyJu Reps: 76 You definitely need a doctor's note, but you also probably need to change your policy! And if your mid-term is 40%, I'm assuming your final is 40%? That seems like a lot. My school is strict about making up final exams--excuses have to go through administration. Maybe you should ask your administration to consider something like that if you are required to give a mid-term. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 7 Posted February 26, 2016 9:23 pm taMaSe Reps: 201 I would ask the student to provide proof that she was in the hospital. I would speak to her guardians/parents about what happened. If the student is telling the truth, I would let her make up the exam because she could not control her life circumstances at that moment. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 8 Posted October 9, 2016 6:20 pm Chanell Wolski Reps: 200 ask for a doctors note. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 9 Posted February 18, 2019 6:45 pm aduNaQ Reps: 201 Ask for a note from the hospital or from parents. It's not fair to take the exam away from the student if they're telling the truth, but you need some form of proof. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 10 Posted October 17, 2022 4:42 pm abazaN Reps: 101 See if they can get some sort of doctors note, if not, let them take the exam. It is not a good rule, things happen. Votes: +0 / -0 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 11 Posted October 13, 2015 12:30 am Xyraju Reps: 101 I would definitely require a written note or call from the doctor, or whomever took care of her at the hospital. Votes: +0 / -3 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Solution 12 Posted February 27, 2016 3:34 pm edeBaS Reps: 200 I would take the student on the side and ask them to tell you everything that happened. I would want to get a second chance. You never know why the child really missed class. Also, look at the student's attendance;if it is good, I would give another chance. Votes: +0 / -3 This Solution Is Useful   This Solution Is Not Useful   Comments posted for this solution Add a Comment                 Submit a Possible Solution Please read response(s) below (if any) before posting your solution.