I found out earlier this evening that S's funeral will be at 2pm on wednesday.
I have a psychology exam at 3:30pm, and it is a 45 minute bus ride from the church to the university. Therein lies the difficulty. More than anything, I want to be there to support S's family, who have supported me so much through my difficult times.
The exact wording in my psychology syllabus is:
MISSED EXAMS
Students
who miss an exam will not be permitted to write a make-up test, unless they are
granted permission to do so by their Section Instructor. The only valid reasons for missing an exam
are: 1. serious illness or injury, requiring hospitalization, 2. bereavement,
owing to the death of a close loved one, and 3. a traumatic experience. One of
these three types of events must have occurred recently enough to explain the
students’ absence from the exam (i.e., the illness/injury, death, or trauma
must have occurred within the 48 hours prior to the exam’s day and time).
Documentation must be provided in support of such explanations for missing an
exam. Moreover, to qualify for a make-up test, any student who misses an exam
on account of illness/injury, bereavement, or trauma must make contact with
their Section Instructor, by email, before the end of the business day (i.e.,
by 4:30 PM) when the exam that they missed was scheduled to take place. Only
one make-up test will be scheduled for each of the course’s six exams. Make-up
tests for the first three exams will be held during the final exam period for
the Fall Term. Make-up test for the last three exams will be held during the
final exam for the Winter Term. If you are granted permission to write a
make-up test, you must make contact with your Section Instructor to be notified
as to its date, time, and location. There will only be one opportunity to write
a make-up test, and you will not have a say as to the day, time, and location
for which make-up tests will be scheduled. Unlike regularly scheduled exams,
which will follow a multiple-choice format, the make-up tests for each exam will
require written completion of 4 essay questions.
I'm pretty sure that this funeral is not going to count. I sent an email to my section instructor, and am praying for a positive response, but am expecting the worst. Please pray with me on this one.
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