Kosmic, teachers at our school have the same problem—many students don’t bother showing up the 2nd half of the semester, AFTER they receive their financial aid checks. They don’t care whetheer they flunk ut or not after that.
Another true story: a local high school had a real good math teacher. But she graded so tough that eventually a) the students complained, then b) students stopped taking her class and took the class of other math teachers.
Result? Since she couldn’t get the minimum numbers for her classes, the school put her on a sort of paid internal leavc!
That so sad. I’ve had tough teachers myself (see post #28) but you can really learn from them and if you get an A, you, and everyone else, knows that you busted your butt to get it and you deserve it!!