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In article <MARA.92Nov17175242@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz>, 
mara@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Mara) writes...

>I remember one of my friends here (Victoria University, Wellington,
>NZ) telling me that last April 1, his first year calculus class were
>all sitting ready to begin the day's lecture when a student came in
>the door of the lecture theatre and wrote on the blackboard "Mr X
>[lecturer] is sick. This lecture is cancelled".
> 
>`Yeah, sure, we're too old to fall for that', they all thought, and
>the vast majority stayed in their seats to await the lecturer who they
>felt sure was going to appear and teach them at any second, 
>congratulating themselves on their perception.  They had to wait a
>long time. He didn't turn up. He was sick.
> 
>Amy
>mara@kauri.vuw.ac.nz

When I was an undergraduate, there were fixed time limits that a class 
had to wait for a tardy faculty member, based on rank.  They ranged from
8 minutes for an Instructor or Lecturer to 20 minutes for a full Professor.
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In article <17NOV199210123564@mary.fordham.edu> nissim@mary.fordham.edu (Leonard J. Nissim) writes:

>When I was an undergraduate, there were fixed time limits that a class 
>had to wait for a tardy faculty member, based on rank.  They ranged from
>8 minutes for an Instructor or Lecturer to 20 minutes for a full Professor.

We have the same thing here at Rice, but it's not based on rank. It's 
10 minutes for everybody, be they lecturer or full professor. I know when 
I was an undergrad, there was more than one occasion where everyone was 
looking at their watches expectantly, and just when 9min45sec had elapsed, 
in walks the prof, to a subdued chorus of groaning.

Dave

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In article <17NOV199210123564@mary.fordham.edu>, nissim@mary.fordham.edu (Leonard J. Nissim) writes:
> When I was an undergraduate, there were fixed time limits that a class 
> had to wait for a tardy faculty member, based on rank.  They ranged from
> 8 minutes for an Instructor or Lecturer to 20 minutes for a full Professor.

Canisius has a similar policy, only ours is 10 minutes for a professor, and 15
minutes for a Doctor.

So far, in my early freshman career, I have had 2 teachers walk in 14.5
minutes late, with half of the class standing by the door..



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In article <17NOV199210123564@mary.fordham.edu>, nissim@mary.fordham.edu (Leonard J. Nissim) writes:
|> In article <MARA.92Nov17175242@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz>, 
|> mara@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Mara) writes...
|> 
|> >I remember one of my friends here (Victoria University, Wellington,
|> >NZ) telling me that last April 1, his first year calculus class were
|> >all sitting ready to begin the day's lecture when a student came in
|> >the door of the lecture theatre and wrote on the blackboard "Mr X
|> >[lecturer] is sick. This lecture is cancelled".
|> > 
|> >`Yeah, sure, we're too old to fall for that', they all thought, and
|> >the vast majority stayed in their seats to await the lecturer who they
|> >felt sure was going to appear and teach them at any second, 
|> >congratulating themselves on their perception.  They had to wait a
|> >long time. He didn't turn up. He was sick.
|> > 
|> >Amy
|> >mara@kauri.vuw.ac.nz
|> 
|> When I was an undergraduate, there were fixed time limits that a class 
|> had to wait for a tardy faculty member, based on rank.  They ranged from
|> 8 minutes for an Instructor or Lecturer to 20 minutes for a full Professor.
|> 

I think that this is one of the famous "unwritten"
rules at most colleges.  At my school, if the prof
wasn't there by quarter after the hour, he could 
expect to find an empty classroom.

I even checked  with the Dean of Students.  He said 
there was no such policy.  They even tried to tell 
students that they had to stay in class, but it 
didn't work.

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Did mara@kauri.vuw.ac.nz really type:
}  
}  `Yeah, sure, we're too old to fall for that', they all thought, and
}  the vast majority stayed in their seats to await the lecturer who they
}  felt sure was going to appear and teach them at any second, 
}  congratulating themselves on their perception.  They had to wait a
}  long time. He didn't turn up. He was sick.

Ya'll need to come up to Florida.  We can take off after 10 minutes of
absence of the prof.
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jma@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) writes:

>Ya'll need to come up to Florida.  We can take off after 10 minutes of
>absence of the prof.

What?  IS attendance required?

keith