I was supposed to take an exam at 8:30 am in the morning today, but my phone which was fully charged and plugged in decided to completely die over night, how? I have no idea.
I woke up at around 10:00 am and noticed how bright my room was, I quickly tried looking at my phone to see the time and noticed it was off. Yep, I have missed a nursing exam! I felt sick to my stomach and started panicking.
The very thing I immediately did was explain my situation honestly to my instructor and what happened. Our Syllabus policy states that we are able to make up an exam with a VALID excuse before the test, but I of course decided to be honest, and well, guess what? I was denied my exam and got a big fat 0.
So I pretty much lost a letter grade.
Anyway, I know the instructors will tell you to be honest all the time, but in situations like mine, you should lie.
She even encouraged me drop out of nursing school, even though I got A's on my last two exams. I can still make a B if I worked hard, but I can't believe she would encourage that.
Sucky Life lesson. At my place of employment for every hour you are late without a call, unless you are incapacitated, you get 5 points an hour (regular sick is 1 per hour). Gets you that much closer to getting fires that much quicker. You overslept, your phone didn't go off, is that valid, maybe, maybe not, but in the real world it doesn't fly.
Take it as it is and keep working hard to keep your grade up.
You're all missing the point, yes the OP overslept, yes there are fair consequences, the lesson here is next time come up with a "valid excuse" even if that excuse is not what actually happen. Cover your ***
Then we are ALL in that boat, unless you are prepared to say you have never lied?
Oh, right, you're the person that invented that ridiculous scenario about the gunmen that has nothing to do with the issue at hand. It's not a matter of whether someone has "never lied." I will happily grant you that there's probably no one on this site (or alive, for that matter) who has never told a lie. It's a matter of whether someone in a professional position with responsibility for the safety and well-being of others (or in school to become such a person) is willing to lie to cover her/his own butt in a tough spot. If you can't see the distinction, that's really scary to me.
Oh, right, you're the person that invented that ridiculous scenario about the gunmen that has nothing to do with the issue at hand. It's not a matter of whether someone has "never lied." I will happily grant you that there's probably no one on this site (or alive, for that matter) who has never told a lie. It's a matter of whether someone in a professional position with responsibility for the safety and well-being of others (or in school to become such a person) is willing to lie to cover her/his own butt in a tough spot. If you can't see the distinction, that's really scary to me.
With all due respect, you are being hypocritical. You think your fooling anyone with your rant but I think we both know better. Go ahead and lie here but just know that you are not fooling anyone
For all the people saying that the OP should not be held responsible for sleeping in.
How would you feel if a co-worker "slept in" on day and didn't show up until 10:00? Would you just shrug it off and say, "oh well" or would you be upset and expect them to be held accountable for their actions.
why? when i was a CNA everyone joked about being glorified butt wipers. if a mild bit of self-deprecating humor helps you and your coworkers get through what is often a stressful, physically exhausting day at work, then why not?
For all the people saying that the OP should not be held responsible for sleeping in.
How would you feel if a co-worker "slept in" on day and didn't show up until 10:00? Would you just shrug it off and say, "oh well" or would you be upset and expect them to be held accountable for their actions.
it's happened (where i was the one staying late and picking up the slack for someone else). i was tired, yes, but i did just shrug it off and say "oh well". because people (yes, even nurses!) are human and expecting a person to be a robot who never makes a mistake is unreasonable. if someone was late all the time, that's different.
For all the people saying that the OP should not be held responsible for sleeping in.
How would you feel if a co-worker "slept in" on day and didn't show up until 10:00? Would you just shrug it off and say, "oh well" or would you be upset and expect them to be held accountable for their actions.
Again...it happens. I've had it happen a couple of times. As long as the person doesn't make a habit out of it, of course I will be understanding. It is called life.
Unfortunate things have happened to me. But when they do, I've had to deal with the consequences. Point is that somebody not giving me a pass doesn't mean HE/SHE lacks compassion.
In your case I think it does. So the guy accidentally sleeps in due to his messed up phone and you are so quick to label him irresponsible. Wow.
And yes, I think it does show a lack of compassion and understanding. Humans mess up. Accidents happen. Technology fails. It isn't like he hurt or killed someone. He accidentally slept in and from the sounds of it, the OP is a great student who doesn't make a habit out of skipping or sleeping through class.
I believe in a thing called mercy. An otherwise solid student should not have to withdraw from an entire semester for something like this.
You previously posted the following opinion regarding the OP:
He accidentally slept in and from the sounds of it, the OP is a great student who doesn't make a habit out of skipping or sleeping through class.
I'll be more specific. Based upon anything that the OP has written in either of his two posts, how can you make a determination that he "is a great student who doesn't make a habit of skipping or sleeping through class?"
NicuGal, MSN, RN
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Sucky Life lesson. At my place of employment for every hour you are late without a call, unless you are incapacitated, you get 5 points an hour (regular sick is 1 per hour). Gets you that much closer to getting fires that much quicker. You overslept, your phone didn't go off, is that valid, maybe, maybe not, but in the real world it doesn't fly.
Take it as it is and keep working hard to keep your grade up.