When it comes to professors and student health issues at BYU and BYU-I, they are morons. From my own personal

Dec 2, 2021
10:01:36pm

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experience, you have to go over their head and threaten law suits under the ADA with admin. Should be entirely unnecessary but professors treat their classes like their own personal fiefdoms.

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My nephew was playing volleyball last week and took a spike to the face that

Goliath

12/2/21 9:56pm

I bet professors get skeptical after hearing every excuse possible

WhirleyPop

12/2/21 9:58pm

Many professors seem to think everything should revolve around their class.

aussiecoug

12/2/21 9:58pm

I remember several saying things like, you have a 2 day window to take the test

Mayor of Cougartown

12/2/21 10:00pm

Some professors take themselves and college way too seriously.

WDaddy

12/2/21 9:59pm

For an injury like that, give him "Incompletes" in every single class. You NEVER

BleedCougarBlue2

12/2/21 9:59pm

Some of the worst / most power-hungry profs I ever had were "assured of their correctness" and inflexible. Sad but true.

Division Bell

12/2/21 10:01pm

When it comes to professors and student health issues at BYU and BYU-I, they are morons. From my own personal

BIG XII Coug

12/2/21 10:01pm

Hire an attorney and send the request on letterhead. That will be the end of it

doctorcoug

12/2/21 10:02pm

A very specific letter from the attending doctor with his recommendations and

LehiPT

12/2/21 10:02pm

Agree with this. There is a process in place to allow needed accommodations.

bluebooks

12/2/21 10:26pm

Professors probably prefer that the decision comes from above on stuff like this

Megamind

12/2/21 11:25pm

Go to the dept h3ad or dean.5here is no qay a prof or dept will force a kid

CarolinaCoug

12/2/21 10:02pm

Side note: did the hulk spike the ball?

Hotlanta

12/2/21 10:03pm

Have an attorney send a letter to BYU Idaho

JOPE

12/2/21 10:03pm

Yup, this is what I'd do. I assume the professors already have a letter from the

doctorcoug

12/2/21 10:08pm

A few ideas. Talk to his Bishop. He’s gotta have some connections at the

jordbyu

12/2/21 10:04pm

Send photos of the eye, call the professors, some may be jerks, but others have

Blue Cougar

12/2/21 10:04pm

Escalate to the dean of students and send documentation. I've learned academia

Ironhide

12/2/21 10:06pm

Thanks, everyone, for the responses.

Goliath

12/2/21 10:07pm

I teach for BYU-I (online) and I previously supervised >100 online adjuncts

AZ Coug

12/2/21 10:09pm

I'll bet the university has a disability resource center that helps students get

BikeGuy

12/2/21 10:12pm

Yes, they do

AZ Coug

12/2/21 10:14pm

My daughter had an emergency appendectomy (almost burst) while attending SUU….

Bonoman

12/2/21 10:13pm

I had the same thing happen to me but it was the Friday before finals. 1 professor in particular was adamant he would

BIG XII Coug

12/2/21 10:21pm

Are you sure he heard them right?

hydrocoug

12/2/21 10:23pm

hyphemas are bad news. I've seen a few people after they had one that went south.

TN_Coug

12/2/21 10:26pm

I had a hyphema after my mom nailed me in the eye with a racquetball

EQD2

12/2/21 10:44pm

My son had a hyphema as well.

Eddie

12/2/21 10:58pm

Don't be too hard on the professors. A situation like that isn't specific to the

garyfan

12/3/21 12:36am

Laying out the consequences? Come on. This is a terrible take

doctorcoug

12/3/21 6:16am

How so? I explicitly said I think the prof should accommodate. But my point

garyfan

12/3/21 6:28am

RE: My nephew was playing volleyball last week and took a spike to the face that

Pequinino

12/3/21 1:57am

Some professors are donkeys, what can I say.

Mitty

12/3/21 9:21am

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