IMO it depends on who’s paying for it. If you’re paying for your own schooling, do what you want, it’s your money. But if your tuition being funded by public money, then I’d definitely want to be sure my money isn’t being wasted on a kid who’s playing hooky.
I’m graduating this semester, and weirdly had a professor in my major who would require attendance for some of his classes and not the other. Never did quite crack what the difference was, and I had him for about 5 different classes (two of them this semester!)
It's crazy to me that lectures in the US have mandatory attendance.
Elsewhere in the world it's your choice whether you go or not. It's also your responsibility whether you pass the exam or not. I think it's better if only those people sit in lectures that actually want to be there.
Honestly I never got in trouble for not attending lecture. The syllabus mandated attendance, but pretty much every single professor only cared that you did well and weren't causing problems.
Yes, but this was also during the height of COVID, so I wouldn't be surprised if they just marked everyone as in attendance and moved on with their day. Even after many of the restrictions were removed I still had a similar experience though.
Could be the culture shifted afterwards if you've heard different, or maybe it was just my school in particular that was lax about it.
US colleges get most of their money from the federal government. It's paid per head, so they want to make sure that if your class says there's 100 bodies in it, they're giving you money for 100 bodies. If people don't show up, they want to pinch pennies, so force the college to impose attendance audits such as sign in sheets or clickers or daily quizzes, and the college forces the professors to implement this.
It's a moneygrub thing. It's not about professors wanting to micromanage or baby their students. ask any professor, they hate it because it's worthless bullshit.
They know you're an adult and if it's a bullshit physics 101 lecture class and you can get an a just showing up to the final, then they don't care if you show up. For other kinds of classes like literature or history with a strong discussion component, part of the coursework might be predicated on talking to other students so they want you to show up
u/SnoopyScone, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...
If i didn't want to go to class I just didn't go.
Attendance requirements arent in just US, its in Turkiye too for example
Attendence requirement at a university is kinda crazy ngl
IMO it depends on who’s paying for it. If you’re paying for your own schooling, do what you want, it’s your money. But if your tuition being funded by public money, then I’d definitely want to be sure my money isn’t being wasted on a kid who’s playing hooky.
The only time I ever had attendance requirements were shit professors who needed to fill seats.
I’m graduating this semester, and weirdly had a professor in my major who would require attendance for some of his classes and not the other. Never did quite crack what the difference was, and I had him for about 5 different classes (two of them this semester!)
Truly a hero among us. I’ll be sure to schedule all my future appointments around 3 pm now.
Can you believe that one kid had 17 grandparents die in just one semester? How unlucky!
his granddad was a mormon
I had an 8 am class this last semester without required attendance. I’m pretty sure I showed up for like 5 non test lectures in total.
A hero without cape.
It's crazy to me that lectures in the US have mandatory attendance.
Elsewhere in the world it's your choice whether you go or not. It's also your responsibility whether you pass the exam or not. I think it's better if only those people sit in lectures that actually want to be there.
Honestly I never got in trouble for not attending lecture. The syllabus mandated attendance, but pretty much every single professor only cared that you did well and weren't causing problems.
Do the professors generally keep track of each student individually, including vocal participation and stuff?
Yes, but this was also during the height of COVID, so I wouldn't be surprised if they just marked everyone as in attendance and moved on with their day. Even after many of the restrictions were removed I still had a similar experience though.
Could be the culture shifted afterwards if you've heard different, or maybe it was just my school in particular that was lax about it.
It's not the large lectures that have attendance, but rather discussion groups, labs, seminars, and intensive programs (like languages).
Nope, I’ve had multiple large lectures that have attendance. They were not advanced classes though.
It's because they want you to miss enough classes and retake the cour$e
I assume the Tweet is a joke and the joke here is that nobody wants to go to college at 8AM, so they lie and say their grandparents have died.
You assume correctly, that's the joke.
Thanks Peter
Week before college classes start:
I chose no classes on Fridays so I can start partying on Thursday
Non cosmopolitan me:
your parents were cool with that?
How does one move a class from 8am to 3pm?
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3GwBqkjpZy5MmuWBcsJbKoT0CtprWSvC?si=qKR7adX4lyt5TOh4 Reminded me of Klinger
You are still taking attendance and asking for reasons in college? Is your college for special needs kids?
US colleges get most of their money from the federal government. It's paid per head, so they want to make sure that if your class says there's 100 bodies in it, they're giving you money for 100 bodies. If people don't show up, they want to pinch pennies, so force the college to impose attendance audits such as sign in sheets or clickers or daily quizzes, and the college forces the professors to implement this.
It's a moneygrub thing. It's not about professors wanting to micromanage or baby their students. ask any professor, they hate it because it's worthless bullshit.
They know you're an adult and if it's a bullshit physics 101 lecture class and you can get an a just showing up to the final, then they don't care if you show up. For other kinds of classes like literature or history with a strong discussion component, part of the coursework might be predicated on talking to other students so they want you to show up
I only had attendance for some lower classes and the professors were dicks about it.
The students usually lie about grandparents dying when they didn’t show up to take the exam.
So they had the exam at 8am and then moved it to 3pm? We are not talking about classes here like what OP suggested?
Also you will probably need a death certificate for missing something as important as an exam.
College isn’t for everyone. There are always places for idea men and independent thinkers on the cash register.
what is bro waffling about
There’s one now