Phil Koopman

School: Kirkwood Community College
Department: Mathematics
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
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I have a very different view point on this professor than many of the previous posts and wish to warn anyone interested in taking a class with him. While I agree he is an alright teacher (not anything special in my book but that's just an opinion) I take issue with his morals. Specifically his no make up test policy. I agree that if you have the flu you should be there but if you are hospitalized with a serious medical concern then you should be fine. Not in Phil's mind, he thinks that if he treats one medical excuse different it is discrimination so if you are hospitalized during an exam he will not allow you to retake it. You may be thinking that Kirkwood must have helped but they did almost nothing at all except to say if I do not receive the grade I want to file a grade appeal. Before this event I thought of Phil as a reasonable person but he has such a fixed mindset he cannot stop away from his "policy" even when he is wrong. I urge anyone that plans on having a sudden and unpredictable medical emergency to not take the class or make sure to plan sudden and uncontrollable emergencies so they don't conflict with tests.

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