I have WHAT in my yard? :
Sadly, citygirl is correct.
I have already told the dept chair what happened and while she is cool with the date change he is playing within the very strictest reading of the rules. He is most definitely playing me. An e-mail from him today stating that he knew I was not following the rules and he believed that this allowed him the chance to take the exam on either date shows me this.
I bent the rules for everyone's benefit and he is taking full advantage.
I still have not figured out exactly what I am going to do, I was up half the night alternating between being furious at him and mad at myself for ever thinking I should bend the rules to meet the needs of the students. And truthfully - I DO celebrate Solstice and want to be home that morning.
He is just a little creep in my mind at this point. And the worst thing is that he will learn the exact same lesson so many on wall street learned - I screw people over and I behave unethically and I win.
I am seriously sick over this at this point. If he had had any serious life event I would have been annoyed and dealt - getting played by a 20 year old who knows that my employment has no protection yanks my chain.
I am so, so sorry. Trust me. I completely understand what you are feeling. Remind me sometime to PM you the tale of the 24 year old that completely FAILED my class fair and square and yet convinced the chair to make me give her an incomplete. That situation drug out for two years. Sigh. Little snot.
He is a little creep. He is an Eddie Haskel and the CEO of Enron all rolled into one. He's the type of student that makes good educators retire early. He is a &%*!@%.
All you can do is smile sweetly and give him the worst test ever. Personally I lean towards making it all discussion with each question worth a lot of points. Or you could be really mean and give him one really hard question. That kind of makes the test pass/fail now doesn't it? Plus it gets you out sooner.
I really do like Sonoran's suggestion though"
As for what it takes to remove the incomplete, I see your choices as either giving him a final or a huge project where he basically has to regurgitate everything you taught for the semester. If you choose a final, he must take it next May, along with those who take the course next semester this would not put you to any extra work in creating a test especially for him, and he certainly would get plenty of extra studying time--enough so that he might well forget everything he learned if he is not careful!"
You could always say that a family situation has come up and that you will not be available on that test day. Giving him an incomplete is perfectly legal in that case. It does make his life harder next semester as he will have to study for this test on top of everything else. That is quite fun. And he likely will have forgotten the info anyway. You have a full semester to change an incomplete grade, so you could really drag it on and on and on. Sonoran's suggestion is a very clever way to play the kid right back. Do check with your chair first to make sure she/he will back you, but that could be a really great way to turn the tables.
I'm so sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I would LOVE it if you could tell the little punk off. I just hate to see your job dissolve over this. The kid is not worth it.
