School started up the other day, and one of my professors put up a discussion post to introduce yourself, and confirm you’ve read the syllabus. Then in the syllabus they hid a requirement for the discussion post under like 3 pages of fine print. I caught it, but everyone else i see posting is going to have their first grade in this class be an F because they didnt read the syllabus as if it were a contract for your soul.
Like i get it you want people to read your syllabus, but you don’t need to be an asshole about it. They didnt even say in the post to make sure you read it carefully or anything. Just “Say in your post you understand the syllabus.”
If the professor is worth their salt then this assignment has a negligible effect on your grade. The F is a wake-up call to actually read the syllabus. I can’t tell you how often students email questions that are literally spelled out on the syllabus and explained in the first week of class. Clearly students don’t read the syllabus and a certain percentage of them skip the first class.
According to the syllabus its 1/5th of 15% of the grade. So about 3%.