Monday, November 09, 2009 2:44 AM,

A student writes:



	 Professor,
	
	 I seem to have forgotten my password and am panicking.  So I know you 
	 do not want us to email you with our programs but I have ten minutes 
	 until it is due and I am trying to figure out how to get my password.
	 So I am emailing you the program now just to prove that it was done 
	 before the deadline and I am trying to submit it.  Hopefully I can get 
	 it in before the deadline but here it is.
	 
	 Sorry for the inconvenience,
	 <<name withheld to protect the student I seem not able to make 
	 understand>>



Actually, he also forgot to email me the program, contrary to what his message 
said, but that is really beside the point.

How do I reach him?  I realize that among some students I have a reputation 
for being "mean" and "unfeeling" for what I am about to do.  But, although we 
all like to be liked, I do not see any other way to convince him that he is in 
college now and there is no one here to clean up after him.

This is the third program, not the first.  Did he read my email to the class, 
sent on the Saturday before the second program was due? That email 
specifically told you all that if you forgot your password, you should send 
email to suleman@hps.utexas.edu, so Aater can cancel your account and you can 
re-register, giving you a chance to pick a new password.  

Therefore, if his program is not in tonight due to the above reason, he will 
receive a 0 for the programming assignment.

While I am on this rant to try to wake up some students that they are now in 
college, and that they really have to take responsibility for themselves, I 
have also noticed that some students are not coming to class, and then 
pleading ignorance of any information that I presented in class.  As I stated 
clearly on the first day of class: You are now in college and I will not treat 
you like high school students.  I will not take attendance, and I will not 
give pop quizzes to force you to come to class.  You decide whether it is 
worth your time coming to class.  BUT if you choose to not come to class, you 
are still responsible for everything that transpires in class.  If I said it 
in class and you were not there to hear it, it is your responsibility to find 
it out somehow.  End of rant.

And, I apologize to most of you who did not need to have to suffer through it.

But I am still hopeful that I can get everyone on board so no one fails the 
course simply because EE 306 is a college course and they have yet to become 
college students.

Good luck with the rest of the course.  See you in class tomorrow.

Yale Patt