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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Hate to be the one negative voice here, but as a University teacher I can maybe offer some perspective here.
It is fairly usual to require attendance for University classes nowadays. In that context, missing 3 classes in a once a week class is kind of a lot. If you were taking my English Lit. Class you would probably have failed the participation section of the course on that basis alone, if the absences were unexcused. Mind you, in my course that's only 10%--I agree that 25% is a lot. But participation is essential in a lot of classes, and often is the primary measure of whether in fact you're learning anything.
Missing three once-a-week classes is the equivalent of missing nine classes that meet MWF. In that sense, it's not that out of the ordinary to give you a low grade for participation. My sense is that an appeals board is likely to feel the same way, and that an appeal will be a waste of your time.
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You didn't clarify what failing participation is though. T_U says he was there for 8/12 lectures which is 2/3 of the classes.
So assuming he participated in class discussion a 3/25 seems a little steep. I could see 8/25 to 15/25, but 3/25? That seems really out of hand. There is failing, and there is epically failing and I don't thing T_U deserved to epically fail like he did.
Seems like the teacher had it in for him.