Should I ask my professor to reconsider?
I already have an F in my class because of attendance. I have been late three times since the semester started because of carpool reasons (I have to rely on my roomate). Each time I’ve been 1- 5 minutes late. Attendance and participation is 20% of my grade for this class. Despite being present and constantly participating, I was marked absent.
I reached out to my professor to fix it on his end and showed proof that I was indeed present. He responded saying that being late was considered an absent and won't be changing my grade.
Am I being dramatic or are they being ridiculous? Even being late for 1 minute is crazy! Apparently, he starts taking roll call before class starts; therefore I am late. If I knew this new policy I would’ve made sure to be even 10mintues early! He never mentioned this policy in his syllabus.
Should I ask him to reconsider or just leave it alone? There are only 4 assignments in the gradebook aside from attendance/participation. I have seen others fail classes for not coming to class.
Also, I am only allowed three absences or “lates,” and the next one I’ll be dropped.
By the way, this is an afternoon class, so getting there earlier is hard because I have to rely on someone else.