Yeah, she could have cancelled, but clearly bringing the baby along wasn’t a problem: the baby crawled around, got fed, and probably fell asleep afterward. So what’s the harm? If I were in that class, I’d be mildly amused, not outraged. Sometimes when you’re a single mother of a baby, life is complicated.
And for those who say that a professor can’t be fired: unless you’re tenured, yes, you can be fired. You may well just be working by a contract. If you don’t go to a lot of classes and cancel instead, your contract is not going to be renewed. It’s very motivating.
There should be no such thing as “a single mother of a baby” unless perhaps the mother is the widow of a soldier.
This is the reason that there were supposed to be two parents. One person can’t do it.
Do you truly believe that even an untenured associate professor would be fired for staying home with a sick baby one time? These are the same liberals that leave the mostly dead Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd in legislative seats when they should have been replaced.