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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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so kind as to

Hello!

Do parents ever request professors to give more credits to their children in the university or collage in the USA or in the UK? If so, what would be the approppriate sentence that parents might say?

For example, is the following acceptable?

Dear Professor Stephen Hawking,

would you be so kind as to give my son extra credit?
  

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Here are a couple of general comments. Colleges and universities consider their students to be adults. Adults do not ask their parents to intervene.

— Clive

  • Here are a couple of general comments.
  • Colleges and universities consider their students to be adults.
  • Adults do not ask their parents to intervene.
  • Professors do not give extra credit just because someone simply asks for it.
  • However, a student can sometimes appeal if he feels his work deserves a better grade.
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Here are a couple of general comments.

Colleges and universities consider their students to be adults. Adults do not ask their parents to intervene.

Professors do not give extra credit just because someone simply asks for it. However, a student can sometimes appeal if he feels hi
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AnonymousDo parents ever request professors to give more credits to their children in the university ...
If it happens, it is extremely rare. While it is not forbidden, culturally here it is considered something that is not done. Generally speaking, the parents would be regarded as meddling, and the students would be very embarrassed.

CJ
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