Absence Form for Sociology of Popular Culture and the Arts
 
(Instructions:  Erase these instructions after copying and pasting this page into the body of an email and filling in all the required information. Put as the SUBJECT: POPCULT ABSENCE. Submit this via email to me BEFORE the start of the class after the one for which you were absent.
By sending this absence sheet you are testifying that you have already read and taken full notes (including embedded comments and terms) on the readings that were due on the "absent" date. If this is NOT fully true, do NOT SUBMIT this absence email; remember, during the final exam your reading notes etc. may be selected for grading. )

A: Your full name:

B: Date you were "Absent":
 
C: Type of "Absence" for that date: (erase those not applicable here)
                   -  not fully prepared (no need to complete part E below)
                   -  missed the class entirely (see below)
                   -  arrived late or left early

D: How many absences have you had, including this one: _____
    How many absence sheets have you submitted for this class before this one?  _____

E: Please indicate one of the major issues/ideas that (at least one other student described to you) was discussed in the missed class but which was NOT in the readings for that day and the name of the person who gave you the class notes for the day your were absent :
          
F: If this is your more than your third absence, you must also include below  
      1-  the key concepts of the essay, and definitions of each
 
       2-  a significant binary opposition in the essay

       3-  one of your embedded comments from your outline