Is it legal for a teacher to invite a student over to study?

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Is it legal for a teacher to invite a student over to discuss material she missed beacuse she was out?? the teacher stated from day one that if you are abscent it is your resonsibility to get the information from another student. It's mighty funny this girl got an "A"????

I don't think it was ethical, but to each their own.

Would I do it? Nope. Maybe in a group, but not alone.

Do your own work and worry about your own grades, and IF something illegal or unethical happened between the two of them, it will come out eventually.

I wouldn't waste my time and possibly my nursing career (being a student) on being involved in what a group of people think may have happened.

Then you already have the answer to your question.

A professor isn't going to be dumb enough to admit that in front of all of the students if it was against school policy.

"Coming by to get some material" could mean that he had handouts that he had copies of but didn't have it in an electronic form that he could send her...which is also common. There could be 100 reasons of why he didn't do it in school.

You are also assuming that your classmate is too stupid to get A.

If this professor has a reputation of helping students in this manner, then that weakens your case to nothing.

To me, it sounds like a bunch of young women have nothing better to do than pick on someone.

It's shameful.

Is it possible that you are jealous :icon_roll, because you posted that you flunked out your last semester, and she passed? I would be curious to know if the other students that want to "complain" also are attacking this poor girl and the professor out of spite, and not based on fact other than mere suspicion.

I guess that means that everyone who went from a bad grade to a good grade must have had sex with the professor because God forbid if they got it on their own.

Actually hun, A couple of questions were challenged and with the help of the Lord,, I made it and will continue my education in Jan...It's not about being jealous..It's just that I think everyone should earn what they earn and with her grades she have shown us the highest I've ever seen was in the low 80's..

Actually hun, A couple of questions were challenged and with the help of the Lord,, I made it and will continue my education in Jan...It's not about being jealous..It's just that I think everyone should earn what they earn and with her grades she have shown us the highest I've ever seen was in the low 80's..

Well, I can clearly see that you and your classmates are determined to go on a very focused witch hunt with the teacher and the student as victims and are 100% determined to see both parties hurt, rather than listening to a SINGLE reasonable explanation of what has happened.

The bottom line is that you don't think someone is capable of improving their study habits or performance on an exam.

I really hope that when you become a nurse, you will be less judgmental and will listen to other suggestions rather than pounding your fist and digging your heels in the sand out of fear that you may possibly be incorrect.

Some lessons, you'll have to learn the hard way.

Take it from some of us who have been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

You and your class buddies need to MYOB, focus on your own learning, and not worry about other classmates and their grades. You are not the ethical watch-dog for the class.

I am with Hopefull on this one. I had an instructor who helped a fellow classmate when she was in fear of flunking. This instructor didn't "give" her the answers; she taught the student how to pick apart the questions that were being asked.

I think it is sad that people are so distrustful. I think the instructor should be thanked for taking an actual initiative to care about students who are struggling. So many instructors don't care whether students pass or fail; I think that is very sad.

Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.
Actually hun, A couple of questions were challenged and with the help of the Lord,, I made it and will continue my education in Jan...It's not about being jealous..It's just that I think everyone should earn what they earn and with her grades she have shown us the highest I've ever seen was in the low 80's..

HUN, I would've thought you'd post that wonderful news??

Surely you must see how this thread comes across...hope you look good in green.

I agree with the posters that say MYOB and take care of nautica. Not for a million big ones would I have got on the wrong side of an instructor in NS.

Specializes in Emergency.
Remember, nurses are in college, not high school.

Big difference.

True but my college/nursing class had and there are some that have high school aged students.

Rj

True but my college/nursing class had and there are some that have high school aged students.

Rj

The truth is grown ups need to be careful too. And with all the stories about teachers and/or other professionals crossing the lines with students/patients/etc., great care needs to be taken in order NOT to put yourself in compromising positions.

steph

Specializes in Hospice, LTC.

I also feel that if they were doing something unethical they wouldn't be so open about it happening at all.

I also feel that if they were doing something unethical they wouldn't be so open about it happening at all.

Why so pessimistic? Maybe it's out in the open so that EVERYONE knows it happened and there is no question that it was all innocent.

People that are guilty and doing something wrong like to keep their mouth's shut....that is what I would be more concerned about.

The only reason the OP seems to know about it at all is because it was mentioned during class.

If they had a secret going, then the busy-body who tried to embarrass them both by making a statement about the student going to his house, he could have easily denied it, and instead he said, "Yes, and I would have done the same thing for any one of you."

Maybe this student cared enough about her grade to SEEK the extra help b/c she wasn't tied up into the drama that the OP and her other classmates seem to be caught up in. :D

Is funny no one asked the age of this young lady and the sex of theteacher. Well, she is 20 and he is 48, and out of all the test this year, it just so happens she gets an "A" on this one. Of course this is unfair..we have people struglling to get by with Peds and OB. And she did not ask him..He voluntarily asked her after she missed a day..We all missed a day..we were not over..not that I would want to. I just think it is something unfair and the other students ans I are wriitng the dean.

My question to you is how do you know so much about this student's prior grades? And why does her grades concern you?

In my school, if a student is not passing, it's not unsual for the professor to reach out to said student and offer a meeting with them to discuss why they are failing and/or to go over the lecture one on one. I have even met with several of my professors on a one on one basis after a test to go over my test to see why I didnt get the grade I wanted. Our professors have no problem meeting one on one with any student. However, all of our professors are women.

Our clinical instructors are also women and at the end of clinical, it is not uncommon for our clinical group to meet outside of the hospital setting as a way of celebrating our passing clinicals.

I just find it odd you know so much about this student's PERSONAL business (grades). And before you go running to the dean to "complain", do you and the other students have HARD CORE EVIDENCE that something unethical (such as cheating) took place? Or are you gonna go in there with he-said-she-said high school gossip? If you are gonna possibly get this student dismissed from the program and the professor fired, atleast go in there with hard core proof to back up your accussations.

Actually hun, A couple of questions were challenged and with the help of the Lord,, I made it and will continue my education in Jan...It's not about being jealous..It's just that I think everyone should earn what they earn and with her grades she have shown us the highest I've ever seen was in the low 80's..

Nothing personal, but you are the EXACT nurse that I DON'T want to work with.

You seem like you are hell bent on getting this girl kicked out of a nursing program simply because YOU think (without proof, and no, just because you seen her grade on ONE test is NOT proof), she could not have possibly improved her test taking skills to pass the class with the last test.

Newsflash: I ALWAYS step it up for the last test. ALWAYS. And yes, I meet with my professors to go over their powerpoints to make sure I need to spend all my time studying what I need to focus on, because in the beginning, I always waste time on things I shouldnt be studying, that may not even be on the test. And every semester my last test grade goes up 10% and I pass the class with the grade I wanted.

I say you need to really focus on yourself and your own grades and worry about passing your next semester instead of being in a position where you only passed because you challenged a few questions. Next time, maybe you should go to the instructor and ask to meet one on one so you don't be in the same position you were this semester. That makes a lot more sense than hating on someone who didnt have to worry about disputing a few questions in order to pass.

Think about it.

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