Leaving class early! Sign of disrespect? Not always.....READ BEFORE VOTING

[marie5v]

People leave my class early all the time. I mark them absent for the time, but other than that I don't really care. They are adults.

[matryoshka4811]

I always told the prof before the lecture if I needed to leave early and they always appreciated the heads-up. It's hard to focus on lecturing if people are rummaging around and walking out, it breaks everyone's train of thought. I only left a lecture early once for an emergency but luckily it was my mentor prof and he knew I wasn't leaving without a good reason. I emailed him a few hours later to explain. Unless someone is dying, don't do it. I always thought it was disrespectful.

[Smooth23]

Say nothing, odds are they don't care, and most won't be brazen enough to ask. On the off chance they ask, tell them you had an emergency.

[seattlenextyear]

It's true, we don't care. If a student starts looking a little sick and then leaves, we usually figure it out.

An email, if anything, would suffice. "I apologize for leaving class early, I was feeling under the weather."

[tvdxer]

Originally Posted by wideworld

How close are you with the professor? 40 students is just bordering on small enough to notice/big enough not to care... Depends on the prof.

I remember, in my freshman year, walking out when a girl had just finished her final presentation, going down to the school coffee shop, ordering a hot chocolate as I always did (whole milk, extra syrup), and ascending the ten sets of staircases up to the floor where my class was being held, where I walked in right after the next person made their presentation.

[NARFALICIOUS]

I had a class(es) once where people left 5-10 minutes into the lecture.

WTF why did you even come??

[lkb0714]

If the professor is not a giant tool, he/she will not care.

Even if they are a tool, an email will suffice.

I had one of the prior professors, and for my Physio final I called him and asked if I could take the final and hour early because my daughter was sick and the hubby was booked for an exam at the same time. He said no so I brought her to the exam. I finished the exam, she was quiet the whole time, and as he was collecting the exam (he would not let us leave early) my daughter barfed on his shoes. I wasn't even embarrassed.

[Catbelle]

It depends on how normal is to leave the classroom before lesson finishes, if you feel guilty write an email to the teacher and explain it, I think it's better than going in office hours.