Why attendance should not be mandatory in college




















Parents work hard day and night to pay the five figure fees of the college, because they want to give the best there can be for their children. Ruining their efforts by simply bunking lectures is not a way to pay back. It is extremely important to be responsible and attend lectures to keep in track with the study pattern and the important notes that are delivered out in the process.

It's not that the attendance issue is going to be there forever. It is just a matter of 3 or 4 years where the parents invest a lot for their child. Going to college makes the students follow a daily routine. There will no longer be classes and teachers to guide along, once the college is over. This is the part of life that comes with the package of being in college and one must learn to live it. Students learn self-discipline due to mandatory attendance, which will help them in their professional as well as personal life.

Enforcing mandatory attendance could actually be treating students as adults. Once students get a job, they would be allowed only a certain amount of vacations and absences. To make sure they get to class, while meeting all their other obligations, students will have to perfect time management skills. Also, In the process of learning how to balance all their responsibilities, students could become better at multi-tasking as well.

Unnecessary excuse as this may sound to the professors yet it is true that not all students are born with that silver spoon that could pay for the college and other expenses.

There are some students in the society that need to work along with attending the college to fight the financial problems of the family. For such students, the mandatory attendance rule becomes difficult to follow.

Having a desire to earn for the family and also educated oneself is a very great thought, but remains unsupported due to this rule. The main reason for this issue is the scarcity of quality teachers in colleges these days.

If a faculty is not good, no one will pay attention even if all the students are forced to attend all the lectures. Contrary to popular opinion, students like to study. Most courses begin the same way: you walk into the first meeting of the semester, a stack of syllabi is passed around the room and the professor outlines policies and expectations.

Flipping through the syllabus, you find the breakdown of your final grade, which includes the dreaded participation grade based on attendance. College students are autonomous adults, albeit young ones.

They are responsible for taking care of themselves and making long-term decisions about their careers and futures. Upon finishing their mandated primary and secondary education, students choose to pay thousands of dollars for their optional higher education. Since college students pay for the optional opportunity to attend classes, they also pay for their absences.

When they decide to skip a class, they are still paying for the ability to attend that class. To deduct points from their grade on top of that is a needless additional punishment. For some students, college is the time in their academic career when they develop time management skills as they juggle new responsibilities. They are transitioning and gaining control of themselves, their education and their lives. This treatment implies professors believe college students cannot behave autonomously in a way that is good for them.

Mandatory attendance demeans students while they are figuring out how to use their newfound independence. Another flaw in requiring attendance is that it fills seats, but not necessarily minds. These students can distract others by talking, using their phones and browsing the internet.

A major issue with the premise of mandatory attendance is that it values physical presence with no guarantee of engagement. Forcing students to come to class will not necessarily make them participate or glean anything from the lecture. Students who want to be there in the first place will benefit the most from showing up to class, and suffer the most from the disengagement of their peers. Additionally, if a student can do well without coming to class, why punish them for skipping class and using their time more valuably?

Some argue that due to the relationship between attendance and positive learning outcomes , professors are doing what is best for students by mandating attendance. If you are enrolled in the average 15 hours — or five classes — and three of your classes require you to show up when the class is held, are you more likely to show up just to the classes that require mandatory attendance, or all of them all the time?

I would sure like to sit here and tell you I would show up to all of them, all the time , but I am afraid I would be a liar. Look, we all have those days where we need a mental break or a sick day, and sometimes we just do not always show up to every class.

Poor eyesight, reduced hearing, and imbalance put older individuals at risk of falling while moving around the house. Falling is actually the main cause for injured seniors. Since this is a dangerous problem, you need to remove all fall hazards from their house immediately. Throw rugs, long cords, and old unused furniture all pose a huge risk. Make the house as open as possible. Walking up stairs puts a lot of stress on older bodies. They have to use all of their strength just to go up a flight of stairs.

There is also a major injury risk if they fall while using the stairs. Avoid all of these dangers by adding a stair lift in the house.

Stair lifts will safely go up and down the stairs whenever needed with absolutely no risk of injury. The slippery surfaces in the bathroom make it one of the most dangerous rooms in the house for your older parents. There are several changes you need to make to ensure they stay safe. Put rubber mats inside and outside of the tub to prevent slipping. Add grab bars in the shower and next to the toilet. It is also a good idea to lower the temperature on the water heater to stop accidental burns in the shower.

The best thing you can do to make sure your aging parents are safe in their home is by making regular visits to see them. In addition to spending valuable time with your family, you will also be able to access the house and your parent's well-being during these trips.

Make sure some of your visits are unannounced to get a true sense of how they are living. Your parents took care of you your entire life, so it is now time to repay the favor. Making these changes to the house will let your parents have independent lives in their own home for as long as possible.

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