First exam of the semester! I'm excited, but I suspect that "excited" isn't quite the right word to describe my students' feelings. It feels as if the semester just started, but we've read and discussed two batches of poems and nine short stories published between 1865 and 1900, and we've also thoroughly examined the development of realism, naturalism, and literary impressionism, so an exam right now works just perfectly.
Something's missing, though. Nineteen students on the roster, 14 in the classroom taking the exam...that's not right. One student is taking the exam in the Academic Resource Center and another had surgery and has not been in class in two weeks, but where are the rest? No e-mails, no calls, no excuses. It's a mystery. I don't know how the missing students intend to get caught up, but on the other hand, it's really easy to grade a blank exam.
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