I know students don't pay attention to the syllabus. Marking the date of a quiz doesn't mean they'll realize it is there. Of course, they really don't listen either, so reminding them the day before doesn't quite help. (It also doesn't help if they leave class early, or if they missed class when the reminder was mentioned.)
That said, I'm a nice guy. I received this student's homework in my mailbox (which I could count as being late if I wanted to, but again, I'm nice), which made me realize that this student was not in class during the quiz. (This is why it wasn't in my pile of quizzes that I graded.) Being nice, even though this student should have realized there was a quiz and thus should not have missed class, I sent an email saying that s/he could come by my office today to take the quiz. No response yet, and I even mentioned I had to leave early today, so we'll see. If not taking today, then there is a big ol' zero!
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