I've attended several sessions with students who are failing a class with me. This one particular student is in Environmental Science In this class they are required to keep a daily journal and a notebook. This student hadn't been keeping his journal after speaking to him several times he quits keeping a notebook. My conversations with him were not harsh as a matter of fact they were more a long the line of pleading with him. I made sure he understood that he would not be able to pass this class without his notebook and journal. During the session he tells his parents he lost both of these items. They want to know if they replaced the items if he would get a passing grade???????? Where are peoples minds these days. They were wanting me to give him something that I had been trying to get him to do all along. Am I the only one????