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Originally Posted by kutulu
Compared to doing the reading, completing assignments, and doing projects? Yes, it's trivial. I got A's in plenty of classes where I only showed up to take exams and turn in assignments.
You can always get notes from friends if you really need them. I am the one accountable for my grade. If I feel I am understanding things well and can miss a class here and there, but still perform well on the exam my ego-driven professor shouldn't change my grade because of it.
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The instructor is also accountable for the grades she gives. In-class discussion is one of the required elements of my classes. In-class assignments are also required elements. Taking notes is also a required element. You cannot participate in discussion or do in-class assignments or take notes if you are not present.
Sure, you can get notes from another student. When you do this, the student who was in class taking notes has done that part of your work for you, and it is perfectly fair to take this into account when determining a student's grade.
Some instructors are lecture and test, and couldn't care less whether students attend. That method of instruction, though not the most effective, is one that works well for them. It is not, however, one that works well for every instructor or every class. The fact that you dislike a grading policy is does not invalidate it. And this being a University, you are always free not to take a class whose policies you disagree with.
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Refer to what I said about times when there is one class offerred and its required. Also, I took great care in selecting the schedule that works around my personal and work live. I couldn't go dropping classes because the professor has moronic policies.
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Sure you can. Unless your schedule chosen for you, you have the choice to take the class or not to take the class. Having only one class available taught by an instructor whose policies you disagree with makes the decision more difficult, but it does not change the fact that you are free to take or not to take the course as you see fit.
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The 'learning process' is grossly overrated. Life is full of distractions. A hot girl with a low cut shirt can distract me a hell of a lot more than a couple people shuffling around. If someone can't tune those out they have bigger problems.
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If the distractions don't exist in the first place, there is no need to tune them out. That you can tune them out easily does not mean that others are the same.