<p>My son has been studying in the nursing field of college for almost 2 years.</p>
<p>He has been having problems with this teacher and we do not know how to stop this. His teacher has been loosing the homework, and tests. The teacher, just a few days ago lost a major test that he handed into her by hand and is now stating that he is not making the required grades and will be removed from the program if he dose not work harder. this is not the first time his papers have been lost, and he knows that he handed it in to her by hand.
His teacher is now failing him and claiming she did not get the papers; although he did; He says that he has witnesses that have seen him in the classes to have turn in the papers into the teacher.
The school is now mad at my son for making these accusations of the teacher for discriminating him from the class and are holding a trial on "If" they should allow him to continue on the program, or to kick him out and withdraw his licenses; all of this without his appearance, sounds very unjust to me, and my son and I do not understand what actions we should take to counter this. He has abide by the rules of the school and has been a straight A student in all of his classes but the one with the teacher loosing his papers.</p>
<p>I find it unfair to have been scammed out of the money we worked very hard on for my sons education, just to see it all thrown away by a teacher not doing her job right.</p>
<p>The nurses in the Hospital he helps in (which is apart of his classes, to have experience in a hospital environment) also discriminate him from the group he goes with and do not listen to his questions.
I feel very much at a loss for my son and we do not fully understand how the education systems work in the United States.
We do not know what to do in this circumstance and would appreciate any help given to save my sons education. Does anyone know what actions can be taken to prevent this unjust trial and robbery of our money?</p>
<p>My thought exactly. I don’t know that many instructors who would purposely discriminate against a particular student, whether it’s race, gender…especially when you mentioned he is also been discriminated by other people. I think I would question your son about what is going on. It sounds like you are living overseas, so you may not be all the information. </p>
<p>I would have your son to meet with his advisor for help first. If he doesn’t feel like he is getting necessary support, then I would set up a meeting with his advisor and your son to get to the bottom of it.</p>
<p>My bet is your son may not be turning in his homework on time in this one class.</p>
<p>However remote the possibility, one cannot rule it out of the realm of possibilities. Had a high school classmate who was given an F in a calc course at a current Top 10 university 15+ years ago because it was found the calc Prof had a serious animus against engineering majors and IMHO possibly racial animus because he was Blasian. </p>
<p>Got to get a good glimpse into this Prof’s BS as according to his own syllabus and from the graded quizzes/problem sets I looked through…he averaged in the B+/-A range. This was further underscored when we* got the deans of both the Arts & Sciences and Engineering School to go to bat on his behalf because they were appalled at that Prof’s actions. Even with the slam dunk case…it took over 2 years to get the case resolved and the grade changed. Unfortunately,…the Prof escaped without meaningful punishment as he was a senior tenured Prof and was already due to retire by the time the case resolved. </p>
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<li>A team of high school friends at that school and outside the school like myself.</li>
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<p>The OP says her son is being discriminated against not only in this class but also at the hospital where he is doing some field study. </p>
<p>My guess is it is not just attendance.</p>
<p>How long has this been going on? Most schools do not toss a kid out of a program because of ONE course. What were his grades like for the first year?</p>
<p>He is on time, we both live in America in the same home and share a car and I help him in any work if he needs it.
The school is small, not very big, and mostly evolves around nursing and cosmetics as its main programs.
His grades are well in other classes; I do not remember their grading system, but they were B+ to A’s judging from the scoring system.
He has had trouble with the teacher a week after his courses began.
We are looking into some reasons on what could be causing the issues.
His class mates are nice to him and so are his teachers; But it is the one particular and the nurses that work in the hospital that do not seem to approve.</p>
<p>I would like to find a peaceful means to stop the “loss of handed in papers” and the negative attitude the nurses in the hospital that he is assigned to as a aid.</p>
<p>I am considering filing for lawsuits on the school (Which 5 months ago also said they did not receive the pell grant money, believing that he had not turned it in and threatened to remove him. A few hours later and they found it…)
This entire operation sounds shaky and a sham; We are also thinking of transferring.
This school is not very responsible at all and seems to loose things of great importance “accidentally” way to often.</p>
<p>I find this situation very hard to believe…professors and nurses at any hospital I have ever been associated with are very accepting and used to the great diversity of nurses in general…
If the teacher tells your child they do not have their assignement, your child could immediately tell the techer they did indeed turn it in and sit down, sign on to a compuer and print out another finished copy on the spot, right??? I have never heard of a teacher repeately “losing” tests either…isn’t attendance taken by the test proctors and could be verified that the student was or was not present for the test???<br>
I also find it very hard to believe that the administration is thinking of removing your child from the nursing program if they have always been an A student prior to this one class…??? Are you certain that there have not been issues before this??? I think a one on one appointment with both this professor and the dean of the nursing school would be the next steps to find out what their impression of this situation really is…I have a sinking feeling that more is going on that you are not aware of mom…</p>
<p>He can email the papers to the teacher in addition to handing in the hard copy. Then he will have a proof that they were submitted.
I agree that the story sounds very strange. Are there other students who claim that their papers get lost, or is he the only one?</p>
<p>He can mail his papers certified mail, with a return receipt request as well. That would give the date of receipt as well as a signature for the person receiving the papers.</p>
<p>Is this a two year or four year program? You say they specialize in cosmetics and nursing? That’s a strange combination.</p>
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<li>So he’s failing a course and its because of missing homework and an exam. How many homework assignments and what are they worth? Why didn’t he take precautions after the first ‘lost homework’ assignment. And you know absolutely that it can’t be that he actually didn’t hand it in because he blew the test, but tells a different story. </li>
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<p>*And when did this course start that he’s already had so many lost assignments and an exam? </p>
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<li><p>And since when was someone removed from any program because of performance in one class despite otherwise being a straight A student (oh wait, you later say Bs and As)? </p></li>
<li><p>And they are telling him that they are having a ‘trial’ but he’s not invited? Who would have told him this and why? </p></li>
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<p>*And the said ‘trial’ is because ‘the school is mad at him’ because he’s making accusations, and not because of his performance? What the heck? </p>
<p>*And he’s the only one this is happening to? </p>
<p>*And not only is one particular teacher discriminating against him in a bizarre way that I’ve never heard of…but so too are all the nurses he works with at the hospital? </p>
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<li>Who even ‘witnesses’ people handing stuff in? Seriously, that just seems bizarre to me that someone would actually remember…sort of like noting that you remember seeing someone walk down the street. </li>
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<p>Just none of this seems to make any sense. In fact, most of it sounds preposterous. I think the most reasonable explanation is that for whatever reason your son is failing out and he’s lying to you.</p>
<p>When I was in HS we has a contest to see who could tell the most ridiculous story for being late that the attendance person would believe and give a hall pass for. The winner claimed the transmission on his car (he didnt have a car) died and he had to drive to school backwards. LOL</p>
<p>This does sound strange but also sounds like a for profit school (nursing and cosmetology). Many of those are hanging by a thread and not professional at all.</p>