So I told my gym professor I’d go to the gym tomorrow, a week ago.. but instead I decided to do all my missing college assignments cause I had to prepare for finals.. so I feel like garbage right now.. I feel like it’s my fault for not having enough responsibility.. and possibly made my professor upset because of it.. what do I do???
Well I have to ask, what is a gym professor?
A gym professor is a Physical Education (or PE) teacher or a certified fitness instructor
Is this for a class? Or is it like the equivalent of having a trainer at the gym?
If it’s for a gym class, you should have addressed it with your professor the next day when you had the change of mind. Since you didn’t, justbgo talk to them now. It happens. Part of school is learning how to navigate this stuff for when you’re out of school.
If it’s loke a trainer, kind of same advice, but even less pressure. I missed a week of training, because I tweaked my back. Telling my trainer allowed her to give me some adjusted workouts to I could back to it sooner. If you tell them why you missed, maybe they can advise some easier ways to get in some workouts in your dorm, or time management or prioritization tips for the gym to make it quicker and reduce some schedule conflict.
This is all about what you get out of your programs. Own the process.
At the collegiate level?
Yeah.
Did you tell them you couldn’t make it? If you didn’t let them know then YTA for no call no show-ing
I was about to tell them, but got hesitated because I would go there four times a week, and I never were absent for a week before.
YTA, no question. That said, send a well-crafted polite, humble, and business-like email message apologizing for being a no-show, but more importantly for not having the ‘courage’ to email the prof ahead of time when you realized you needed more time to study for your exams. Much of the time, humility (especially when sincere, which I presume you are since you feel bad about it) will go a long way. The other thing is once you apologize, NEVER miss another meeting with that professor!! Plenty of people screw up, what counts is owning it and being adult enough to apologize and speak to your professor (or supervisor when its at work). The key also is that regardless of how your professor reacts, you do the right thing. If they are pissed, suck it up and do your best to do your best from here on out. At the very least you learned from the experience, which is a lot of what college is anyways. Also, if time management is an issue, consider getting with the academic services for help in learning how to time block and study more efficiently. It will serve you well for after you graduate too.
Thank you for the advice! I’ll look forward to it.
If your gym professor asked if you were going to attend class and you said yes and then did not go, YTA for basically reneging on your word (and you should seriously consider apologising and also explaining why, that you realised you needed to finish some assignments and study for exams).
NTA.
You prioritized finals over the gym. That is not a moral failure. It is time management under pressure.
You told a professor you would show up and then did not. That is not catastrophic. Professors deal with far worse than a student choosing academics over optional attendance.
If you feel uncomfortable, send a simple message. “I had to focus on finals and fell behind. I will be back next week.” No dramatic apology. No self flagellation.
This is not irresponsibility. It is triage. Stop turning a scheduling decision into a character indictment.