kicked out of college

i got sent a letter way before this stuff happened too, telling me about a meeting where they'll help and discuss to improve my attendence but they just kicked me off, i don't know what to do with my life anymore.

When was that meeting, did you attend it and, if so, did you follow any recommendations made? If not, why not?

the meeting is next week, this letter was sent in the beginning of the year before college started. so they just kicked me out before the meeting. the teacher i spoke to just used last year as an excuse to kick me out when this year its only been two weeks and the whole of the second week has been a teachers strike.

But you knew your attendance was bad, so how long had that been going on for and what had you done to address it, other than speak with student welfare?

My guess is that since they've issued the first warning/meeting date your attendance has fallen further past an acceptable point.

If you just opt out of going this result will be inevitable.

But you knew your attendance was bad, so how long had that been going on for and what had you done to address it, other than speak with student welfare?

didn't give me a heads up went into college on monday everything was fine. they had a 3 day teacher strike tues-thurs, tried to go in friday, was locked out of my account i knew what that meant. called them up and it's funny because she said i wouldn't pass but she doesn't know any of my abilities and is going off just by attendence when some of the students in that college is barely passing but still is on the course because of good attendence lmao, i took this subject in gcse too i did very well even though my attendence was very poor at that time too. i spoke to the schools welfare person way before this all happened and i had an appointment in a week i mentioned that to the main teacher of the subject but she said i can't attend that meeting because i won't be a student so i can't have access to the support in the school and i said but that meeting was discussing the reasons why i don't come in, in the first place and she changed the subject lmao this college is a joke and i've never felt more lonely until i joined this college. i have a meeting next week with my father and her, she told me she wasnt aware of this and but she'll go ahead with that meeting anyways. she said she'll tell him how they warned me and i didn't come in ect. (my father already knows i don't go in btw) this meeting was supposed to discuss on how to help me to come in and now it feels like she's just going try paint me out to be a bad person after she kicked me off. i felt little when she did all that, trying to make out that she'll just tell on me, whatever.

since i have a chance to speak with my teachers soon but with my parent shall i just tell the teacher why i haven't been coming in? i've just been saying "personal issues" ect and not really been telling her the actual reason. or is it too late : (

I have worked in a college and my role included monitoring student attendance and setting up student disciplinary meetings for misconduct which also covered poor attendance.

Some students buried their head in the sands and failed to attend meetings to discuss matters.

In our college, decisions were made regardless of whether the student chose to engage or not with the processes.

I think some students thought no changes could be made to their status if they refused to be involved but that's not the case. It is only a 'surprise' to students if they choose to ignore our communications to them.

Your college should have a published policy that sets out student expectations around conduct and attendance, including the process for dealing with it and how students get withdrawn. Have a good read of it.

To me, it sounds like maybe your welfare meeting was set up in advance of your expulsion from college.

If you are no longer a student then it's game over, you have left it far too late to engage with the college. Perhaps they are having the welfare meeting as a courtesy to help you move on from college, discuss your next steps?

I don't know about 'too' late, but it's certainly late if you've got to the stage of being removed from the course. If you've got any supporting evidence, like medical information, take it with you. Plus, if you want to continue you'll have to be very convincing; don't bring into it that other people are scraping by, this is about you and your lack of engagement with the teaching and teachers. It's not just education on subjects, you learn personal qualities like communication and discipline. Sympathise with you for saying it was difficult to reach out, but that's why the welfare people are there. What would you do in a job, not turn up and expect to be kept on?

You don't have to respond to this part, just food for thought: are you going to be able to talk freely with a family member present or might you need some time one-on-one to explain the issues?

You wrote "it's funny because she said i wouldn't pass but she doesn't know any of my abilities and is going off just by attendence when some of the students in that college is barely passing but still is on the course because of good attendence lmao, i took this subject in gcse too i did very well even though my attendence was very poor at that time too."

I found this passage very alarming because you seem to minimise your behaviour and responsibilities as a student on the grounds that you are innately smart, smarter than the other students, so your poor attendance should be irrelevant.

It's probably because I have worked in FE/HE and know that the absolute minimum a student should do is to regularly attend class and only be absent due to sickness or similar and even then they should always keep the college informed why they were absent (its a basic student task).

And it's probably because I see College as prepararing its students to move towards employment, too, so attendance and punctuality is an absolute basic skill to retain a job.

If you miss a day's work without following the procedure to report an absence to an employer, that can lead to it being treated as misconduct. To go AWOL is likely to be classed as gross misconduct.

I hope you are able to get support and advice for your personal issues and transition into employment ok.

The main thing that you should do is read and understand the attendance/conduct/withdrawal process.

With the assistance of a Student Union or Student Council representative, you should identify if you are able to appeal the action to expel you.

When I worked for a college, there were clear guidelines on the student misconduct procedures and a firm time limit for the student to appeal a decision. Have you read these policies, what is the time limit and is there anyone who can support your appeal?

You are not a student there now and Im worried that you may misunderstanding the purpose of your meeting, that you feel if you belatedly explain why your attendance is poor, you will get reinstated. Do you even know what the purpose of the meeting is and what the possible outcomes are?

Ive seen college students sleep walk into being withdrawn, not engaging in any discussions or action plans and then being surprised that they can no longer study.

After the disciplinary outcome, they then don't understand how to make an effective appeal. If they challenge it at all, its too late or they don't have any grounds for it to be overturned.

What never happened in my Faculty was any withdrawn student ever being reinstated. Also, absolutely no further support or meetings were held after withdrawal except for a formal appeal process.

i got sent a letter way before this stuff happened too, telling me about a meeting where they'll help and discuss to improve my attendence but they just kicked me off, i don't know what to do with my life anymore.