02.09.11
Another Snow Day!
Last week the University of Oklahoma (OU) shut down for a whopping FOUR days in a row, which was unprecedented. Today, schools and universities are closed again, for the second significant snow storm within a week.
Question: how long will OU close this week? Depending on how much snow we get, schools may be closed again tomorrow and possibly even Friday. I’m not taking any classes and I can do most of my research work from home, so it doesn’t really matter to me…but some students have barely had any class since the semester started.
An article in the OU school newspaper on Monday quoted the Vice President and Provost as saying “The faculty is asked to make up that lost time in the remainder of the class period. They should cover the same material without scheduling additional classes.”
Here’s the article from the OU Daily: No make-up classes allowed after days off
I have had a few professors, all for OU graduate classes (not just in meteorology), who have scheduled make-up classes when they have to cancel class because of conferences or snow or something. Part of the problem is when not everyone can come…students should not be expected to know material that is taught outside of normal class hours (unless perhaps it’s something from the book, if there is a book). I have an idea that some of these professors will still be scheduling make-up classes, in spite of the Provost.
What do you think about that? Should professors be allowed to schedule make-up classes?
Rebekah said,
February 9, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Well we only got a few inches, so schools just might be open tomorrow…though it seems even an inch can be enough to shut things down around here. I see a few drifts that are about or over 2 feet.