"I guess she, in her mind, felt like everyone was going through a hard time, as she said, but I had just lost my dad," the college student said.
A college student who asked her professor for an assignment extension after her father died from complications related to COVID-19 was told to"try to get it done in time" via email, according to a viral post that's sparked outrage and conversation about which demands are reasonable to place on students during this time.
"I didn't bother to continue fighting it. I guess she, in her mind, felt like everyone was going through a hard time, as she said, but I had just lost my dad," Kratenstein said."I was definitely kind of shocked and a little taken back by it." She received hundreds of supportive comments in response, with many empathizing with the"horrifying" nature of the professor's response and expressing condolences for her loss. The viral tweets also caught the attention of the administration at the University of Maryland who Kratenstein says is now working with her on academic accommodations. The finance course was a required course for her marketing major.
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