<p>^ “Get over it” doesn’t seem like a great response. If you’re contagious and you still go to class, you’re pretty much saying you don’t care about anyone else’s health, or that skipping one class is more severe than spreading your sickness to countless other people. All of my professors tell us not to come in if we’re sick, you’d be surprised how quickly it spreads. And saying it’s a “reality” doesn’t make it okay either. It’s a reality because people share your mentality, not because it’s right. </p>
<p>This coming from someone who has a high fever currently because some students in my classes decided they don’t care if anyone catches what they have, so long as they’re not marked absent.</p>
<p>I skipped class like 3 times for my Monday literature class, but I was sick one day, had a really bad allergic reaction another day, and had strep throat just last week. </p>
<p>I missed my French and gender studies class one day because I had intense stomach cramps so I went back home that afternoon.</p>
<p>So basically I am lame because the only reason I skip class is because my body fails me. I used to skip my Friday psychology class last semester because it was early in the morning, but I ended up getting a C+ for the class and learned a lesson.</p>
<p>Indeed, it depends on the usefulness of the class. I only regularly go to one class now, because the rest of my classes have either ended or are intro classes. In those intro classes, grades depend on problem sets and tests, and the material is easy enough to learn by yourself.</p>
<p>I think it really depends if you’re a commuter student or not. If you live on campus, it might not take much just to get out of bed and go to class, and then go back to your dorm between classes to rest. However, I commute, and in bad traffic it takes a good 45 minutes to get there. If I were throwing up, or had a high fever, I don’t see how I could stand that drive to campus and back just to attend classes that aren’t mandatory…cause it’s not like I can go back to my room and crash for a bit inbetween classes! </p>
<p>However, if I lived on campus, I think I would attend class a lot more if I were sick…not contagious-sick, though…you have to think of other people you’re going to infect.</p>
<p>Last semester I skipped 1 or 2 classes tops… Got a 3.9
This semester I skipped about 70% of my classes… Only one class that I’m not getting an A in, and the average in that class is a 60 so no problem really lmao</p>
<p>I almost never go to my economics class. Instead I just read and work on my own. I got nearly a 100 on the last exam, so I think it is an acceptable replacement.</p>
<p>lol. On Monday I bragged “I went to all my classes today!” I think I will do so today as well.</p>
<p>I normally go to Lit then fall asleep after not waking up for my next class. Lit has attendance so I make sure I go. Classes late in the day I never skip. I only do because of sleep.</p>
<p>I usually end up skipping both of my Monday and Friday classes which are physics and calculus. Since the only two physics lectures are Monday and Friday, I essentially ended up going to a total of about 5 lectures this whole semester. Not doing too good in the class.</p>
<p>I skip almost all the time, simply because its too damn early. If I was able to get later classes I would go, but 9 or 930 classes are terrible, because you have to wake up at 8 or so. That is just too hard to get out of bed and plus I’m too tired to focus anyway.</p>
<p>^I agree, I have a class on Monday and Wednesday at 8:15…which means I have to leave my house no later than 7:20 or so…which means I have to get up at 6:30am. Way too early…I usually end up skipping it. However I have no problem getting to my 9:20 class cause I have to wake up around 7:30am for that and it’s not so bad…</p>
<p>I rarely skip class. I’ve only skipped class 3 times this semester. All my classes are in the afternoon, so I don’t have to wake up early. I don’t skip classes that are important and/or don’t know anyone in, because then it would be hard to get notes.</p>
<p>Its nice to at least know im not the only one I got sick one week and ended up missing that week of class when I emailed the professor about it he was just like all the stuffs online no one has to really come to class well im not the kinda person you say that too and used that to justify my skipping when I was tired or just plain didnt want to go. and Now here I sit 52 mins away from my first exam that makes up 1/3 of my grade which I know I will fail since I never went to class life sucks but in the end it was my choice and I gotta deal with the outcomes of my actions one thing for sure my ass will be in that chair front row come friday</p>
<p>I try not to skip any of my classes. However, if I do, I make sure I contact the prof and see if there’s anything I missed by not being there that day. On average last semester, I did not go to 8 or 9 of my class periods. All of those due to me overslept, or just not wanting to leave my room…lazy in a word.</p>
<p>As a parent reading this I just don’t understand why you would routinely skip a class? What is the purpose of going to school - to learn or just to get a good grade in the class? Makes no sense to me why you would do this. Maybe you think that getting that degree is sufficient but I really feel you learn from others in the class, you hear different opinions that you didn’t even think of before. There is more to college and getting a degree than just passing a class. Just about all of my DD’s classes have mandatory attendance.</p>
life sucks but in the end it was my choice and I gotta deal with the outcomes of my actions one thing for sure my ass will be in that chair front row come friday</p>