Wow, I think I forget year to year about the first few weeks of college for first year students. Today I had several students ask me permission to go to the bathroom. There were others who asked if they could leave if they were finished with the lab.
I typically say, "of course, this is college, man."
Today someone asked if they could leave and I gave the response, "of course". They said we wanted to check if you were going to say anything more before we left. How nice and respectful. I said "Quick, run! before I come up with something to say"
The adjustment from "May I be excused?" to "Oh I guess I'd better show up to class in case I miss something important" to "My friend takes good notes, I'll just stay at home" is very fast, however.
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