Student’s WhatsApp Text For Attendance Draws Professor’s Ire: ‘Is This How You Talk To Teachers?’

A group of students wanted to know if they would get attendance for missing a Computer Networks class to attend an event. One student took the initiative to message the professor on behalf of everyone, only to receive a terse response. The professor’s abrupt reply confused the student who dropped the text on WhatsApp and he turned to social media for advice, asking users to help him figure out what went wrong in his approach.

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“Someone please explain what I did wrong here,” reads the caption shared alongside the screenshot shared on X.

A part of the text sent by the student named Vikrant to his professor reads, “I’m a student in AIML. We currently have a Computer Networks class for our section but I am participating in an event which is happening today, and I have a presentation for the same as well. Therefore, some of the other students and I wanted to confirm whether we will be getting attendance for this event.”

The student ended the message with a “Thank you”.

The teacher, instead of answering the student’s question, said, “Is this how you talk to teachers?”

Take a look at the WhatsApp conversation here:

After going through the message, an individual asked, “What happened after?” To this, the original poster replied, “Went to her office and apologised she said it was a misunderstanding and apologised to me as well.”

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Another suggested, “You could have added a ‘dear’”.

“Was this offensive because you WhatsApped instead of email?” asked a third.

A fourth commented, “I am an actual professor and I approve this message.”

“You didn’t start with Respected sir and end with Yours faithfully, XYZ,” wrote a fifth.

A sixth joined, “Reminds me of a similar incident at my college a few years back. My father was in a hospital, scheduled for a major surgery. I requested the dean to allow my friend to complete registration on my behalf for the 3rd semester.”