
I'm Not Coming to Class, sincerely Mental Illness
Over the years, I have heard every type of excuse when it comes to students missing classes. This time frame includes face-to-face teaching; you know, in the before times/pre-COVID, when you felt safe enough to be indoors, with nothing but a bottle of hand sanitizer and the hope that your students would cover their mouths before sneezing. I've heard everything from being arrested, being shot, and quite frankly, just plain old not wanting to come to class because they were "fe