Professor’s Savage Response to Student’s Excuse Leaves Everyone Speechless

Being a professor can be tough, especially when you’re dealing with students who think they can get away with anything. One professor had enough when a student tried to use their bereavement leave as an excuse for not completing an assignment. What happened next will leave you speechless!

The Assignment Deadline

Emails and Extensions

School’s Policy

Grandmother’s Passing

Extension Granted ✅

Another Student’s Request

Automatic Fail ❌

A Nasty Reply

Online Meeting Drama ️

Accusations Fly ️

No Right to Ask for Proof?

The Professor’s Response

Taking Responsibility

Dean’s Intervention

Apologies and Consequences

Student’s Troubled Background

Guilt and Consequences

The professor feels guilty after the heated exchange, knowing their response may have contributed to the student’s expulsion from the university. But with the student’s troubled background and the professor’s own grief, it’s hard to say who’s really at fault. One thing’s for sure, this situation is a lesson in responsibility and communication.

NTA, but the professor should have kept their cool. Some agree, some disagree.

Student blames professor for academic probation, but commenters call out their lack of effort and accountability.

Student lashes out at professor for enforcing school policy, gets academic probation

Student’s excuse met with mixed reactions, personal issues aside.

College failed to support grieving professor, NTA for taking leave.

Compassionate NTA comment defends professor’s bereavement leave response.

NTA student stands up to entitled classmate, shares relatable experience

Empathetic comment defends professor’s actions, clears his conscience.

Commenter sympathizes with OP while acknowledging communication issues. Reply blames supervisor.

Standing up to entitled students like a boss!

Respectful student defends professors against negative stereotype

Frustrated professor deals with entitled student, sparks agreement among readers

Debate over grade weightage and traditional teaching methods sparks discussion

Student’s entitlement attitude towards education called out by professor.

Professor shuts down student’s excuse, NTA prevails

Student plays system, blames others for academic failure. NTA.

Student’s lack of planning is not an emergency for others

NTA. Escalation over compromise. Let superiors handle it.

Student misses deadline, professor’s NTA response goes viral

Student’s entitled behavior shocks professor, NTA for denying extension.

Former academic agrees: professor not responsible for student’s planning

Professor shuts down entitled student, NTA prevails

Setting boundaries is important. NTA comment teaches a lesson

Professor gives sound advice to NTA, but warns against escalation.

Teaching accountability and empathy

Strict academic policies of the past vs current leniency discussed. NTA.

Understanding and empathy for a difficult situation.

Professor defends NTA comment, explains importance of responsibility in academia

Boss’s advice on firing people: ‘Most people fire themselves’

Former IOR shares experience dealing with immature college students. NTA

Student’s excuse for not submitting assignment falls flat

Questioning the need for extensions sparks debate among commenters

Professor shuts down student’s excuse, NTA for enforcing deadline

Student criticized for lack of sympathy in YTA comment.

Student’s responsibility in meeting deadlines explained. Professor criticized. NTA.

Student misses deadline, professor offers extension, student blames professor. NTA.

Professor’s response to student’s excuse is savage and justified

Loss can make us act out. NTA for lashing out.

Importance of proof in academic policies, lies have consequences

Blunt honesty is the best policy . Taking time off means being unavailable .

Take control of your fate, even when life happens. NTAH

Professor’s response earns NTA judgement from commenters

Empathetic response to student’s unfair treatment during difficult time

Student’s last-minute excuse for 60% assignment worth gets shut down

Dealing with an a**hole sister and a bad superior

Real world lesson: Keep your cool and don’t make excuses

A student’s request for an extension leads to a powerful lesson

University staff member shuts down entitled student’s bullying tactics

Supportive comment defends OP’s actions during bereavement leave

Student on academic probation defended, but teacher’s behavior criticized

Professor shuts down student’s excuse, NTA prevails

Following instructions is part of the class

Professor slams student’s excuse, commenters agree they’re NTA

Surprised by the situation, commenter thinks student should’ve finished on time

College professor shares hilarious and outrageous excuses for late submissions

Student’s late excuse debunked, NTA for professor’s response

Senior thesis stress is real, but language could be better

Student misses deadline, blames personal issue, gets called out.

Compassionate response to student’s excuse, doubts on credibility

Lazy student gets what he deserves

Student learns the hard way: deadlines are deadlines ⏰

Student lashed out first, NTA for responding.

Student’s behavior is troublesome, but NTA according to commenter.

Empathetic response to student’s situation and professor’s dilemma

Commenter empathizes with a broken education system.

Professor exposes student’s pattern of behavior.

Student attacks professor on bereavement leave. NTA response shocks all

Clear instructions + consequences = NTA. Professor’s savage response justified.

No excuses in university, tough love is sometimes necessary

Graduate TA shares frustration with last-minute extension requests

Understanding both sides: a fair comment from a college student

Former Teaching Fellow defends professor’s savage response to student’s excuse