In other articles, Dr. Adams has observed - probably with some poetic exaggeration - that the vast majority of his students “have ADD” or claim some other disability that prevents their behaving like adults in his class. If the student in question isn’t wholly fictional, and if he made a genuine error, it’s probable that the instructors of the two different classes could simply exchange the papers they’d been given. If the other professor hadn’t been given a Criminal Justice paper (Dr. Adams’s subject), then the student was blowing smoke.
I was interested (as a mother of teen boys) in the part about their having to check in with their girlfriends on a strict schedule. My Bill will be able to avoid this by explaining that his parents don’t let him have a cellphone!
The whole “checking in with the girlfriend” thing is just an excuse. If you have to text someone every half hour, the girl is either too clingy or you are stalking. I had boyfriends during college. I saw them or spoke to them when I had the time. After school work was done, the job that paid for all my expenses was over for the day, work at home to help my Mom was done... if there was time left, I spoke. If not, he either would understand or he could look elsewhere. Good for your Bill! The last thing he needs in his life is someone demanding contact every half hour.