One of the things they're really stressing to us is that we're "professionals" now and that means we have different standards of behavior than we did in undergrad.
One (of the many) things about professionalism that our professors are stressing is punctuality. We heard about it at orientation. It is written into every one of our syllabi. DO NOT BE LATE. Don't do it. (With one exception. Dr. Landis is willing to make a few minute allowances on the 8AM histology lecture for unforseen circumstances like car trouble or your cat threw up all over the floor and you had to clean it up before you left.)
Dr. Hoffman, the anatomy professor, takes punctuality so seriously that he says that if you are going to be late, do not come to class. Stay in the hall. Talk to him later and he'll catch you up. If you walk in the door late, the whole class will have to take a pop quiz.
Well, someone decided to test him today. And we had a pop quiz (luckily, it wasn't hard because we haven't learned much.) We were all glaring daggers at the girl who came in late. I'm still peeved about it.
Be professional! Or at least make sure that your problems and your bad planning don't negatively impact the rest of us!
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One of the things we're sort of working on at work is a 7 minute rule. If you can't get to a meeting within 7 minutes of the start time, don't come.
I like the idea your professor is suggesting re: catching up the student after class. I hope it works.
I hope it works, too! The 3VMs in charge of my animal husbandry rotation said it does. He really will catch you up, or you can ask your classmates. But don't let anyone walk in late.
Apparently, they had a day where there were already people sitting in the hall because they were late (and trying to listen) and someone just walked right past them and into the classroom. (She was ostracized for like a week! Moral of the story: Don't go in late! Also, possibly resort to physical force if people are attempting to disobey rule 1.)
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