I had a college proffesor when I went back to college a few years ago loose all of my paper work and class assignment information on his computer.
It was a Methods of Manufacturing class. That was basicaly a class about what I do and have done for all of my adult working life. For me it was like a gourmet chef taking a cooking 101 class. A real no brainer but still fun to go to. I participated in all the lectures, openly discussed what I have done and things I have seen. the proffesor knew me by name and would even say hi to me in the hallways and parking lot.
I attended every lecture and did every class assignment I was aware of.
I went the whole semester without ever getting a grade recorded on anything I turned in. The last week of the semester the campus computer system sent me an email saying I was failing the class. I went to talk to him about it. He said he had been getting all the assignments and test sheets back from some guy in my class but he is not on his computer system and did not know who he was.
I said really? Can I see them? They were every class assignment and test we had. Graded too! With my full name and student ID number clearly printed at the top!
I said how do you not see that this is my work I have been turning in all semester.
He said; I did not know it was yours.
I said; You know my name and you can read the name on the paper work plus there is a student ID number on every sheet!
He said; well it did not occure to me that this was yours. And that name is not on my computer class file. I did not know what to do.
I said you could have just looked up the student ID number and looked to see what the central student records information said about me.
He did then and it took about 2 minutes to pull up my record and find out that I had paid for and was registered for that class.
He offered to give me a D+ because all of my semester paper work was turned in late.
The average grade on everything I turned in was well within the A+ range for that class scoring sytem.
I said are you retarded! You have had it in your office the whole semester how do you figure that qualifies as being late?
He said it wont get recorded in the system untill today and the system will require that it be recorded as late.
I spoke to the department head and they came to the conclusion that they would not record me as an active student and gave me a late drop authorization. WTF!
But they would let me come back next semester and retake the class for free being I had already paid for it. They would not take my paper work and the standing grades on it. Because they felt that I should have brought this to their attention sooner.
I knew I Aced every work sheet and test. I knew I had a solid A in that class! The college grade scoring system did not give you an on the go Grade. I did not give you any information until the last week when it generated the automatic pass or fail post.
I had no way of knowing that I was not even in his grade file.
He said; I should have checked in with him at his office durring the semester. His office was not even on campus. It was at a college owned research center a mile away.