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Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:46 pm
by charlesjd
I heard from this from a friend of mine who is a 1L. I am curious... incite?

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:48 pm
by burtonrideclub
Happened to me at Emory, was all in good fun.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:48 pm
by RVP11
Like a cold call? Never would a prof seriously do that.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:48 pm
by Kohinoor
It's a rite of passage. Before each class, the prof asks if there are any visiting students. It's too naive to think you can sit in on a class without doing the reading. They'll be nice and just ask you like the facts of the case rather than the legal theories.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:51 pm
by gladiator
In one of my classes last year, a visiting girl that was waitlisted, not even admitted, raised her and contributed to the conversation. 10,000,000 gunner points.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:52 pm
by charlesjd
gladiator wrote:In one of my classes last year, a visiting girl that was waitlisted, not even admitted, raised her and contributed to the conversation. 10,000,000 gunner points.
ahhahahahahahaha

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:55 pm
by Renaixença
Happened to a friend of mine. The professor asked him the facts of Lawrence v. Texas. The poor bloke's blood rushed to his face and he panicked, though he managed to get some words out. He threw in a couple of "uhs" amid a few "Texas" and a "sodomy" here and there. It was a bit embarrassing, but everyone else in the room got a kick out of it and the professor gave him a pat on the back at the end of class.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:33 pm
by spintk
If I was a visiting student I would own it. "Sorry, prof. Didn't read. What page are we on again?"

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:41 pm
by kevin261186
or say: "sorry what class is this?"

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:41 pm
by kalvano
I was disappointed I didn't get called on when I was in a class. I was actually following along quite well.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:07 pm
by Mattalones
I visited my GF at her LS and went to tell the prof that I would be taking student Xs seat because she was absent. He went over to his list of people to call on that day and said, "It's a good thing you told me. I was going to call on that student. Well, it looks like you're on today. Let's see what you've got," as he walked away laughing. I wasn't sure if he was for real, so I looked though the reading and felt ready for it. It never came though. Looking back, it would have been kinda mean of him to do that.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:05 pm
by HJO
Mattalones wrote:I visited my GF at her LS and went to tell the prof that I would be taking student Xs seat because she was absent. He went over to his list of people to call on that day and said, "It's a good thing you told me. I was going to call on that student. Well, it looks like you're on today. Let's see what you've got," as he walked away laughing. I wasn't sure if he was for real, so I looked though the reading and felt ready for it. It never came though. Looking back, it would have been kinda mean of him to do that.
You went to visit your GF at law school and she made you go to her class while she skipped?

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:15 pm
by SamSeaborn2016
HJO wrote:
Mattalones wrote:I visited my GF at her LS and went to tell the prof that I would be taking student Xs seat because she was absent. He went over to his list of people to call on that day and said, "It's a good thing you told me. I was going to call on that student. Well, it looks like you're on today. Let's see what you've got," as he walked away laughing. I wasn't sure if he was for real, so I looked though the reading and felt ready for it. It never came though. Looking back, it would have been kinda mean of him to do that.
You went to visit your GF at law school and she made you go to her class while she skipped?

F that in the A.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume he wasn't taking his GF's seat. Still, funny story.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:25 pm
by Kim617
Kohinoor wrote:It's a rite of passage. Before each class, the prof asks if there are any visiting students. It's too naive to think you can sit in on a class without doing the reading. They'll be nice and just ask you like the facts of the case rather than the legal theories.
Wait, you're expected to read the material before you visit a class? How are you supposed to read if you don't have the book?

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:29 pm
by RMstratosphere
Kim617 wrote:
Kohinoor wrote:It's a rite of passage. Before each class, the prof asks if there are any visiting students. It's too naive to think you can sit in on a class without doing the reading. They'll be nice and just ask you like the facts of the case rather than the legal theories.
Wait, you're expected to read the material before you visit a class? How are you supposed to read if you don't have the book?
Sarcasm fail.

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:45 pm
by Mattalones
SamSeaborn2016 wrote:
HJO wrote:
Mattalones wrote:I visited my GF at her LS and went to tell the prof that I would be taking student Xs seat because she was absent. He went over to his list of people to call on that day and said, "It's a good thing you told me. I was going to call on that student. Well, it looks like you're on today. Let's see what you've got," as he walked away laughing. I wasn't sure if he was for real, so I looked though the reading and felt ready for it. It never came though. Looking back, it would have been kinda mean of him to do that.
You went to visit your GF at law school and she made you go to her class while she skipped?

F that in the A.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume he wasn't taking his GF's seat. Still, funny story.
Yeah, it was her friend's seat. I would say F that in the A too, but it wasn't the case :-)

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:55 pm
by pleasetryagain
gladiator wrote:In one of my classes last year, a visiting girl that was waitlisted, not even admitted, raised her and contributed to the conversation. 10,000,000 gunner points.
Did it get her off the WL?

Re: Professors call out visiting students in classes??

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:57 pm
by gladiator
pleasetryagain wrote:
gladiator wrote:In one of my classes last year, a visiting girl that was waitlisted, not even admitted, raised her and contributed to the conversation. 10,000,000 gunner points.
Did it get her off the WL?
No clue. Given UVA's WL last year, I'd guess not.