Skipping class!!

[NutMeg]

Ok, I've been such a bad student. I'm having issues wrapping my head around my Stellar Astrophysics class (although it sounds way more intimidating than it actually is), and I just haven't been going! I get so annoyed with myself, but I just keep... Not going. It's not the end of the world because all the notes are online and I'm up to date with the notes and the readings... But still. ARGH!

 

[jenavii]

*sigh* No matter what anyone tells you, sometimes you just have to learn the hard way.

I'm never ditching class again, I learned the hard (having to pay back financial aid) that skipping class is very bad!

Suck it up and a be a tough cookie!!! You can do anything u set you mind to. If you heads not in it, there won't be much achievement

 

[NicksWifey]

A few semesters ago, I took most of my classes as lectures in person. It was just easier for me then. It must not have been too easy, because I skipped a lot of classes. It would start as just missing one class for a doctor's appointment, then another, then another. The tables turned though in the spring 2007 semester when I started skipping the hell out of my American Literature class. I really hated the teacher, he was such a dickhead and it seemed like he was always high on something during the classes I actually did attend. Our policy was to only miss 4 classes a semester, and I probably missed 10. I kept up with the readings, but stopped going. The last month of class, I ended up going to each lecture and I even had turned in all of my papers, but the jerk still failed me, just because he didn't like me. I had passing grades on my papers, but he failed me for attendance. I took it to the Dean and there was nothing they would do, of course, they sided with him. To this day, I still want to slash his tires, but he's just a miserable ass teacher and he does it to lots of students each semester that he doesn't like.

I just think once you get in a habit of skipping classes, it's hard to break it. Now, all of my classes are online with one lecture @ night and it's sooooo much easier that way. I actually like going to night classes better and doing everything else online.

 

[M.A.C. head.]

Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirl break that HABIT!

I was doing the same thing Brit did. I would skip a class here and there, a different one each week. I would still get notes and email my teacher. I got into bad habits and sometimes I wouldn't go to a class for a whole week. I still managed to pass them for the most part, in the ones I did my work in anyway. I've never had a professor that didn't like me. The shitty thing is that my professors always adored me and tried to help me out to the fullest, and I regret not returning the favor by keeping up my end of the bargain.

 

[vocaltest]

Oh maaaan. I've always been bad for skipping classes. I hate my university so much, so much that I can't bring myself to go half of the time! I'm about to start my second year and I'm gonna try & be real good and go constantly! Try and break the habit, I know the feeling... its like, 'one more won't hurt'. Just try, i'm going to!

 

[Simply Elegant]

I agree, it's a hard habit to break. I don't like the attendance policies, especially since they vary from each professor and I don't think it's fair because I'm paying for this and if I choose one day not to go, I shouldn't be punished for it unless I'm not doing the assignments.

 

[kittykit]

Break the habit, girl! Once you've done it for the first time, you'll do it again. I've skipped a lot of classes in uni before - especially those boring classes related to operating systems and databases. Notes and homework were posted online so I thought it was OK to skip some of the classes. I managed to pass everything. I knew I could have better grades if I even made the effort to attend all classes.

Maybe I shouldn't blame everything on the boring subjects. If you're out partying late and drinking on Wednesday night, I don't think it's easy to drag you a$$ out of the bed for the 8am classes. LOL.

 

[xsnowwhite]

ha just today i skipped a class! I know the feeling. And I always say "well it's just one more, it can't hurt..." but then they add up. Last year I ended up with 14 absences. Right now im at 4 so I can only miss like 1 or 2 more.

 

[Divinity]

I paid and am still paying for my education and I graduated 2003. I skipped once and couldn't do it again without feeling guilty.

 

[gigglegirl]

wow. see my thing is that I feel like if I skip class, that will be THE class where the prof gives some big hint for the final. (yes, its pretty much not true, but I really feel like I'm missing something.) I barely skip, but am so tempted.

Seriously, attendance? Like to me, if you are paying for class, its your prerogative and final mark to do as you please. Just my opinion. It does suck for group type classes, but in my case, my group is attending the freaking class but not being prepared for meetings. Now that rubs me the wrong way.

 

[NutMeg]

The worst part is sometimes its easier for me to absorb the material if I sit down with it on my own time and go over it... Depending on the subject or the teacher, being in lecture doesn't really do anything for me. Especially because for a lot of the profs at my school English is their second language and there's been a couple that just make me shake my head. I fully support people trying to learn another language, but it pisses me off when I can't understand one of my profs. But of course, that just makes it easier to not go.

 

[couturesista]

I'm guilty of doing this today. I skipped my Law Research class, I know there isn't a good excuse except for death or being really ill, but I just wasn't feeling it today. I say all of the Class Skippers make a pack starting tonight that we will not skip another class, and we have to be honest about it and stick to it.

" I Shika (couturesista) promise to never skip another class this semester".

 

[benzito_714]

yeah i skipped class tonight too. i skipped so that i could do an interview for an assignment for this class. i did the interview now i just gotta do the paper.lol.

 

[NutMeg]

Hah! I've been so much better since this post, I think I've skipped once since I posted this and it was because I was feeling really dizzy. I keep telling myself that I need to get a good average so I can get into my honours program. I literally recite that to myself every time I feel like skipping.

 

[Shadowy Lady]

hey, I actually used to skip classes a lot. But that was only when I was in my fourth year of Mechanical Engineering so I had to work on my project. That project took so much time that sometimes I had no choice but to skip classes.

I graduated 3 years ago and I'm now paying for my student loans and working. I do regret skipping classes now. I think my money would have been put to better use if I had gone to all of them (even the boring classes). Just think about it this way: soon you'll be done with school and will be working for the rest of your life. So just make as much use of school as you can. 2-3 hours of freedom you get from skipping class is nothing compared to how much you could potentially loose...

I sound like an old lady :/ I swear I'm not that old

HTH

 

[carandru]

Well, I've learned that I have to learn my own way. I managed to miss my first class at least once a week (didn't matter if it started at 8 am or 2 pm) and I was probably late on every other day. I was the laziest person ever when it came to actually getting up and going to class. O, if I took a nap before a class, you could forget me going unless there was an exam.

But, I still managed to graduate cum laude so I guess the skipping didn't hurt me tooooo much. I know I did much better when I just read the book instead of listening to boring lectures. The only class I regret skipping that much was biochem, and I don't give a rat's behind about the money that wasted. But, it did make it harder to get help in office hours, especially if the teacher covered my question during lecture :-/.

 

[NutMeg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadowy Lady Just think about it this way: soon you'll be done with school and will be working for the rest of your life.

Yeah I wish I could use that, but I've got about 10 years left. Ugh.

 

[astronaut]

Oh my gosh skipping lectures are so horrible. You tell yourself just once, then it just snowballs into not going at all! I tell myself, "after this unit I'll start going" then I never do. ARGHHHAHAHAHAHAH aflack

 

[FiestyFemme]

I was terrible about skipping classes in college! Most of the ones I'd skip were classes that did not have attendance policies. Now granted, it was probably in my best interest to go, but I didn't. I never missed classes to the point where it affected my grade, except one. I took 4 semesters of Spanish, and some moron put me in the 2nd level when I registered. So I took the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and then went back to take the first. Needless to say I wanted to shoot myself in that class... I was so bored. We were allowed 3 absences, and I missed 15 past that. It added up to about a month's worth of classes. OOPS. I went from a 100 average to a solid B, but I didn't care. So worth it. I got a lot better about skipping my last 3 semesters in college... there were actually some classes I had perfect attendance in. I figured I might as well get in the habit of going because when I graduated, I'd have to go to work everyday regardless.

 

[xxManBeaterxx]

This is why im glad classes are only 50 - 80 minutes long and god bless the guy who invented the portable laptop. That way i go to class open up my laptop connect to the interent and leave a notepad on the desktop somewhere lol. I hate 4 hour labs for biochemistry and anatomy, godddddd i feel like i lived a lifetime after im done with those classes.

To all the highschool kids reading this, ITS NOT TOO LATE!! Dont ditch, i swear the first time you ditch you will want to do it over and over and over again and before you know it your in your second year repeating freshman classes, regretting you ever ditched. Then most get lazy and quit college to work minimum wages.. I know thats what happened to a lot of my friends...