{"id":1379,"date":"2009-03-19T23:10:44","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T04:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2009-03-19T23:10:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T04:10:44","slug":"gmanewstv-sleepy-student-barred-from-taking-final-exams-odds-and-ends-official-website-of-gma-news-and-public-affairs-latest-philippine-news-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/19\/gmanewstv-sleepy-student-barred-from-taking-final-exams-odds-and-ends-official-website-of-gma-news-and-public-affairs-latest-philippine-news-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"GMANews.TV &#8211; Sleepy student barred from taking final exams &#8211; Odds and Ends &#8211; Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs &#8211; Latest Philippine News &#8211; BETA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Big_Manila.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"City of Manila\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Big_Manila.jpg\/202px-Big_Manila.jpg\" alt=\"City of Manila\" width=\"202\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Big_Manila.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There was not a single class that I didn&#8217;t sleep on in college. The problem was I had this bad habit of sitting in the first or second row. If I had professors as easily offended as the one in this article , I would not have passed any of my subject! Hehe, good thing I had such wonderful professors!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sleepy student barred from taking <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Final examination\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Final_examination\">final exams<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nAIE BALAGTAS SEE, GMANews.TV 03\/19\/2009 | 11:24 PM<br \/>\nMANILA, Philippines &#8211; A second-year <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Student\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Student\">college student<\/a> in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Manila\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=14.5833333333,120.966666667&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=14.5833333333,120.966666667%20%28Manila%29&amp;t=h\">Manila<\/a> was barred from taking the final examinations by her professor after she was caught sleeping during a lecture, a television report said Thursday.<br \/>\nIn his report on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Gospel Music Association\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gospel_Music_Association\">GMA<\/a> News\u2019 \u201c<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"24 Oras\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/24_Oras\">24 Oras<\/a>,&#8221; JP Soriano said Elizabeth Balitaan, a student of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"La Consolacion College Manila\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Consolacion_College_Manila\">La Consolacion College<\/a>, has admitted falling asleep while her Finance professor Ronald <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pastrana\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.4166666667,-2.91666666667&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=40.4166666667,-2.91666666667%20%28Pastrana%29&amp;t=h\">Pastrana<\/a> was lecturing, but said it was due to a headache.<br \/>\nBalitaan said she tried talking to Pastrana but he refused to listen to her.<br \/>\n&#8220;Kinausap ko na po siya. Sinundan ko siya sa Dean&#8217;s Office tapos hindi niya ako pinansin. Tapos failed na daw po ako [kasi] parang nakakabastos daw ang ginawa ko,&#8221; Balitaan said.<br \/>\n[I tried talking to him but he won\u2019t listen to me. He told me to consider myself failed for sleeping in the class.]<br \/>\nBalitaan was later allowed to take the exam by the school administration, the report said.<br \/>\nThe incident however upset Balitaan\u2019s mother, who went to see Pastrana to discuss the problem.<br \/>\nPastrana, for his part, said he did not allow Balitaan to take the examination because she missed a lot in the lecture.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanews.tv\/story\/153468\/Sleepy-student-barred-from-taking-exams\">GMANews.TV &#8211; Sleepy student barred from taking final exams &#8211; Odds and Ends &#8211; Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs &#8211; Latest Philippine News &#8211; BETA<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Zemified by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/98dad0cc-02b2-48e0-b289-a16ad8840617\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=525\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Wikipedia There was not a single class that I didn&#8217;t sleep on in college. The problem was I had this bad habit of sitting in the first or second row. 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