'Not even 12 hours notice': Professor uncancels 8 AM class at 10 PM the night before

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jan 22, 2024 6:00 PM EST

In college, there's nothing worse than getting up early, traversing the freezing cold campus, and arriving at class to find a note taped to the door saying that class was canceled. I could have been sleeping for two more hours, but instead, I had to haul myself to the library because I didn't want to make the treacherous journey back to my warm bed. 

One thing that could be worse than an inconvenient cancellation: an inconvenient uncancelation. Don't you hate when a mandatory thing gets canceled, only for it to be uncanceled, totally robbing the joy of not having to go to an event that you didn't want to go to in the first place? That usually doesn't happen: canceled events tend to stay canceled. However, one college student recently had the mildly infuriating experience of their professor emailing the class the night before that class was on for the next day. 

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    03 r/mildlyinfuriating u/roseccmuzak • 3d My professor uncanceled our 8 am class at 10:06 PM the night before. Not even 12 hours notice. Class was canceled in the syllabus.
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    ass will meet tomorrow, 1/18/2024 Good evening, O Û This is just to confirm that ou. class will meet tomorrow January 18, 2024. Best regards, } : Wed : Ⓒ
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    idkjustmakeitsmth •. 3d You did not see the email until after the class was over Reply 4 10.8k
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    TypicalJeepDriver 3d user reports: This man is a ● legend Some teachers, especially in college, have "random quizzes" on days they expect most people to miss because they're narcissistic There was an event happening in campus one day and our teacher specifically said at the beginning of class that he would NOT be ending class early and would instead use the last 10 minutes to administer a quiz. He stated that he thought the event was stupid and "didn't understand why people cared so much." Conve
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    Brittany5150 - 3d I think every college student has both of those teachers at some point. I had 2 or 3 of the first one... Like dude, if you hate teaching/students that much are you even doing? 42.9k
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    nursemarcey2 • 3d Prof probably screwed up updating an old syllabus for MLK day and only belatedly realized it. If you didn't go and your grade is affected, it feels like you could appeal that higher up since you have the syllabus. TIT ... Reply 3.9k
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    Navel_of_Eve • 3d I feel like this is exactly what happened! 4783
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    vblink_. 3d when I was in college you found out they cancelled class because there was a note on the door. Reply 41.4k ...
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    PanzerSoul. 3d Reminds me of the time my company sent out an email for a 10am emergency meeting at 9am. On a Saturday Most of us weren't even awake ... Reply 2.4k
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    ccchaz • 3d Or they never showed up ... 540
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    ZombieTrogdor 3d ● I had to track down one of my instructors because she was 20+ mins late for class. Normally I wouldn't bother since the rule is 15+ mins then you have a right to leave, but it was finals week. Yeah, my instructor completely forgot about their own final. Found them in their office and as soon as they saw me they were like "OMG!" 445
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    Humble_Scarcity1195 • 3d See if your college has a policy on how much notice you need to be given. At work we have to be given 24 hours notice in order for a meeting to be held, even if it had been cancelled and they want to reschedule Reply 4841 ...
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    what_it_dooo. 3d I myself am always trying to stay true to policy, but in some cases I find myself wishing that some common sense would overrule. This an an exemplary instance lol ... 4141 +
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    botjstn. 3d my school sent us an email that class was moved online at 8:59 class started at 9 and we were already in the parking lot ::) Reply 336
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    Catching Fire57. 3d If it helps, the teachers I've had for culinary classes are all like this, my current one just emailed at 1130, that we will meet at 8 am and to read certain things for what we will be cooking tomorrow, despite the fact that the book we need is blocked from purchase on the college site saying we'll get the code in class Reply 4 174
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    BleachedAsswhole • 3d Who does he think is checking their email at 10 PM? Reply 439 ...
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    shreddedtoasties • 3d My teacher answered his emails at like 3 in the morning ... 221
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    Frosty_Mess_2265. 3d Last year, I sent an essay to my prof at 2 am, and then went to shower and get ready for bed. When I went to shut off my laptop at 2:45 am, my prof had sent my essay back marked. 332
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