failing grade from absentee prof
pa-rant lang: i had this one minor subject, 2 units lang talaga, na i ended up failing because of a prof na sobrang hirap magparecit and exams pero halos hindi naman pumapasok 😭
i swear, buong semester parang 2-3 times lang namin sya nakita. whenever he’d schedule make-up classes, usually during office hours, and uma-attend naman ako. kaso working student ako, so kahit physically nasa class ako, my attention was obviously divided. mahirap talaga mag-switch from work mode to recit during those hours, kasi syempre nakakahiya rin sa workmates ko na nagttrabaho.
the annoying part is, i passed literally every other subject that semester kahit full load. this was the only subject i failed, and the grade was so low na my QPI almost did not make it through the 1st sem.
fast forward to 2nd sem, my grades were actually enough to qualify for the dean’s list. pero nope, hindi pwede because of that one failing grade.
i think mas madali sana tanggapin if i felt like i was simply given a fair shot and i just wasn’t good enough. pero ang hirap kasi i spent so much time trying to compensate for a subject where the professor himself barely showed up. there were times na i felt like i was taking time away from my major subjects just to keep up with this 2-unit subject, only to end up failing anyway.
anyway, rant lang talaga. pls don’t give me the “law school is hard” or “take accountability” speech 😭 i’m going into 4L, i am VERY aware. i’m just still genuinely bitter about how this particular class went.
honestly, i just hope i never have to take another class under the same prof. i’d take a terror prof who’s demanding as hell but actually shows up and teaches over someone who’s brilliant and accomplished but barely attends. at least when a terror prof fails you, you know you were actually given something to work with.