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ENGL 102
Dr. Tom Sloane
January, 28, 2003
Changing Students minds
I do not entirely agree with the WVU attendance policy. I do not
feel my opinion means that students have the right to skip a class
if they can pass the class without attending it. My opinion is that
a class attendance is important, and students should attend a class.
However, I do not agree with the WVU attendance policy in the point
that “instructors may include attendance records in determining
the final course records.”
The reason why professors should not include attendance records
in determining the final course record is that we have unexpected
events like illness, traffic accidents or a death in the family
once or twice a semester. Eric Miller said in Daily Athenauem, “
the proposal is unfair to those who have legitimate reasons to miss
class….Well, is this the students’ fault?” He is
right. That is not students’ fault. We can not attend a class
for those reasons, even though we want to attend a class. It is
unfair for the policy to force professors to take off the points
for those legitimate reasons.
I strongly think that students should attend a class. It is natural
for students to attend a class because that is the first step toward
learning from professors and classmates in a class. One of my classmates,
Russell Cersosimo, said, “I think that if a student can pass
a class without going to that class, then why should his grade be
affected? We are supposed to be graded on our academic ability.”
I agree with him in the point that we are supposed to be graded
on our academic ability. However, I do not think that we can pass
classes without at least going to classes. How do students know
what the assignments are? How do they listen to their classmates’
opinions? Doing assignments and listening to opinions from professors
and classmates help to improve their academic ability.
Another reason that students should attend classes is the tuition
rate. Going to school is not free and can be very expensive. My
parents pay for me, and sometimes I pay for school by myself. I
cannot waste money which my parents and I have worked hard to earn.
University students are not children. They have to think of themselves
what a most important thing for their goals is. I think that going
to school and improving their ability are most important jobs while
they are students. Therefore, students should change their minds
that they go to school because professors record their attendance.
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