[mnm1]

Seriously. I was lowered an entire grade in one class for not attending despite my work being of the highest quality. Attendance was not even listed as part of the grade on the syllabus so I was graded on something without even being told ahead of time. Teachers that do that should be fired. As should teachers that lose your midterm. But I doubt anyone cares about the students and the impact things like this have on them. Then we wonder why people cheat at the highest levels of our society. Because our society and education system encourages them to cheat by showing students in the harshest way possible that the rules are stacked against them and the playing field is uneven. And I paid over $100k to have my work devalued while being treated like an infant.

[QuesnayJr]

There are very few universities where you can be graded on something that is not on the syllabus.

People cheat in life because the rewards are so high, not because they had a bad experience in college. Someone who uses a bad experience in college is just looking for an excuse.

[mnm1]

So you expect people to act counter to everything they've been taught in life? That shows a deep understanding of the human condition.

[astura]

> I was graded on something without even being told ahead of time

Ever heard of a pop quiz?

[kingbirdy]

Pop quizzes have always been included in the syllabus's grading rubric in every class I've ever taken that has them. The date of the quiz is the surprise, not the fact that it exists and will be part of your grade.

[oh_sigh]

Pop quizzes should be used to give the teacher information about what the students are actually understanding vs not understanding, not to actually determine a student's grade in a class.

[jeltz]

Nope, never had one. We do not do those in my country.

[mnm1]

Ever heard pop quiz testing on material that wasn't part of the class or even the subject? Me neither.

[savolai]

That’s not the kind of unexpected situation the comment you are replying to is referring to at all. If the rules are not set in advance, they are basically arbitrary.