Walk-Ins

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Today a student walks into my class with his friend who is in the class. The new student proceeds to open a laptop and start to log in. It turns out his mom and guidance changed his elective, without telling me. OH?

Whether there is a study taking place for not, we've gone too far in the lessons to consider the possibility of catching up at this point. The guidance counselor should have investigated before making such a change. Some students who have been in the class all along are averaging Cs. It's a challenging, fast-moving research course. I hate being the bad guy when it is obvious that his friend (the one he came into class with) had told him how cool the class is and what we're doing. It sounded more appealing that the elective he is currently taking. The counselor gave me the parent's email so I explain.

UPDATE:  Parent left an voicemail and is clearly upset. She 'has serious questions about my email' and will also be meeting with the counselor and principal. Again, I should have been asked and no, in my experience he will not be able to catch up, the semester is half over.