College Attendence

Ajit Vakharia

College is a time where students are introduced to an independent based around their own plans. Students can decide when they want to eat, when they want to go to sleep, when they want to wake up, and even when they want to go to class, but many classes are preventing the latter from happening because of required attendance towards students grades. When a student enters college, they are now independent individuals capable of making their own decisions such as whether if they want to attend class or not, and teachers should not mandate attendance for this reason. According to Mark Clayton, one in three college students will not graduate. The new attendance policies coming up all over colleges in America are hoping to bring this statistic up, but the fact of the matter is that college students are on the verge of being adults and should realize how important classes are, and if a student after the realization of the importance of classes still skips, hopefully they are doing something productive to get ahead in other classes. There are many students in college the pay their own bills and live by themselves, and no adult wants to be treated like an elementary school student and made to keep a set warm if they could do just as good if not better by not showing up to class. Professors are not parents and do not need to be looking after students to see if they are in class and participating; their job is to teach to the best of their ability and prepare today’s students who are motivated to become tomorrow’s leaders in whatever field they may pursue. On top of that, different students have different learning styles, and for some students lecture may not be the best way for that particular student to understand the material to the best of their ability, and when these students enter the work force in few years, roll is not going to be taken. They are going to be expected to show up and finish their work, and if they are not able to do that then they may be let go, and if students are not given the option now, they will never learn.